# Ohio HB 654: Enact Amanda Dean's Law

Ohio HB 654, Enact Amanda Dean's Law, is a 136th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Gayle Manning (Republican), Kellie Deeter (Republican); status passed house, last action 2026-09-30 (Refer to Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB654-2025-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Ohio HB 654
- State: Ohio
- Session: 136th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: Enact Amanda Dean's Law
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-27
- Last action: 2026-09-30, Refer to Committee
- Sponsors: Gayle Manning (Republican), Kellie Deeter (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement, Crime and Punishment
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (104 yes, 4 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gayle Manning (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Kellie Deeter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bernard Willis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cecil Thomas (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cindy Abrams (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-09 | House | Passed | pass | 93 | 2 |   |
| 2026-06-03 | House | Public Safety: Reported | pass | 11 | 2 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2026-09-30: Refer to Committee (Senate)
- 2026-06-11: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-06-09: Passed (House)
- 2026-06-03: Reported (House)
- 2026-02-04: Refer to Committee (House)
- 2026-01-27: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [HTML](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/00_IN/html/), [PDF](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/00_IN/pdf/)
- As Passed by the House: [HTML](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/02_PH/html/), [PDF](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/02_PH/pdf/)
- As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee: [HTML](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/01_RH/html/), [PDF](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/01_RH/pdf/)

## Related bills

- HB 519: Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle (signed)
- HB 692: Revise the household sewage treatment system law (passed house)
- HB 647: Regards publicly funded child care, the Child Care Cred Program (passed house)
- HB 630: Regards police escorts for farm equipment, agricultural vehicles (passed house)
- HB 459: Enact Katelyn's Law (passed house)
- HB 314: Limit certain public record requests; allow contractor response (passed house)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (HTML)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/00_IN/html/)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/00_IN/pdf/)
- [As Passed by the House (HTML)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/02_PH/html/)
- [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/02_PH/pdf/)
- [As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee (HTML)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/01_RH/html/)
- [As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee (PDF)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb654/01_RH/pdf/)

## Related
- [HB 519: Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB519-2025-2026)
- [HB 692: Revise the household sewage treatment system law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB692-2025-2026)
- [HB 647: Regards publicly funded child care, the Child Care Cred Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB647-2025-2026)
- [HB 630: Regards police escorts for farm equipment, agricultural vehicles](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB630-2025-2026)
- [HB 459: Enact Katelyn's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB459-2025-2026)
- [HB 314: Limit certain public record requests; allow contractor response](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB314-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB654-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).