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H. B. No. 222 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representatives Hagan, R., Foley
A BILL
To enact sections 2923.221 and 3701.051 of the
Revised Code to require the department of health
to conduct a study to determine and describe the
types of bodily injuries that can be incurred by
the user of a firearm and by others in proximity
to a firearm following the discharge of a firearm
and to require a person who sells a firearm in
this state to provide a copy of that study and a
list of all of the types of ammunition that can be
used in the firearm to the purchaser of that
firearm.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2923.221 and 3701.051 of the
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2923.221. (A) A person who sells a firearm in this
state on or after the date that is six months after the effective
date of this amendment shall provide the purchaser with the
following information:
(1) A printed copy of the study posted on the department of
health's web site pursuant to section 3701.051 of the Revised Code
that describes the types of bodily injury that can be incurred by
the user of the firearm and by others in proximity to the firearm
following the discharge of the firearm;
(2) A list of all of the types of ammunition that can be used
in the firearm.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty
of failure to provide information to a purchaser of a firearm, a
felony of the first degree.
Sec. 3701.051. The director of the department of health
shall conduct a study to determine and describe the types of
bodily injuries that can be incurred by the user of a firearm and
by others in proximity to a firearm following the discharge of a
firearm. The study shall be completed within six months of the
effective date of this amendment and shall be posted on the
department's web site. The director shall update the study and
post an updated version every three years thereafter.
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