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HB492 • 2026

Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests

Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Sharon A. Ray
Last action
2026-07-07
Official status
As Enrolled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests

To amend section 4513.36 of the Revised Code to expand the prohibition against interfering with arrest to all motor vehicle-related laws and require drivers and passengers to disclose their name, address, and date of birth to a peace officer on request.

What This Bill Does

  • To amend section 4513.36 of the Revised Code to expand the prohibition against interfering with arrest to all motor vehicle-related laws and require drivers and passengers to disclose their name, address, and date of birth to a peace officer on request.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-07 Ohio Legislature

    As Enrolled

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee

  4. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the House

  5. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee

  6. Ohio Legislature

    As Passed by the Senate

Official Summary Text

To amend section 4513.36 of the Revised Code to expand the prohibition against interfering with arrest to all motor vehicle-related laws and require drivers and passengers to disclose their name, address, and date of birth to a peace officer on request.

Current Bill Text

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hb492_05_EN

(136th General Assembly)

(Substitute
House Bill Number 492)

AN
ACT

To amend section 4513.36 of
the Revised Code to expand the prohibition against interfering with
arrest to all motor vehicle-related laws and require drivers and
passengers to disclose their name, address, and date of birth to a
peace officer on request.

Be
it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

Section
1.
That
section 4513.36 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
4513.36.
(A)

As
used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning
as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code.

(B)

No
person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any
sheriff,
constable, or other official
peace
officer
while
that
official

peace
officer
is
attempting to arrest
offenders
under
an
offender for a violation of
any

provision
of sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37

section
contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code or a violation of a
municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any section
contained in Title XLV
of
the Revised Code.
No
person shall interfere with any person charged under any provision of
any of those sections with the enforcement of the law relative to
public highways.

(B)

(C)(1)(a)
No operator of a motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley,
motorcycle, under-speed vehicle, motorized bicycle or moped,
motor-driven cycle or motor scooter, all-purpose vehicle, utility
vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, watercraft, or aircraft shall refuse
to disclose the operator's name, address, or date of birth when
requested by a peace officer who reasonably suspects that the
operator has committed a violation of any section contained in Title
XLV of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that
is substantially equivalent to any section contained in Title XLV of
the Revised Code.

(b)
No passenger of a motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley,
motorcycle, under-speed vehicle, motorized bicycle or moped,
motor-driven cycle or motor scooter, all-purpose vehicle, utility
vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, watercraft, or aircraft shall refuse
to disclose the passenger's name, address, or date of birth when
requested by a peace officer who reasonably suspects that the
passenger has committed a violation of any section contained in Title
XLV of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that
is substantially equivalent to any section contained in Title XLV of
the Revised Code.

(2)
Nothing in division (C)(1) of this section requires an operator or a
passenger to answer any questions beyond that operator's or
passenger's name, address, or date of birth.

(3)
It is not a violation of division (C)(1) of this section for an
operator or passenger to refuse to answer a question that would
reveal that operator's or passenger's age or date of birth if age is
an element of the crime that the operator or passenger is suspected
of committing.

(D)(1)

Whoever
violates
division
(B) of
this
section is guilty of a
minor

misdemeanor

of the second degree
.

(2)
Whoever violates division (C)(1) of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

Section
2.
That
existing section 4513.36 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.

Speaker
___________________ of the House of Representatives.

President
___________________ of the Senate.

Passed
________________________, 20____

Approved
________________________, 20____

Governor.

The section numbering of law
of a general and permanent nature is complete and in conformity with
the Revised Code.

Director, Legislative
Service Commission.

Filed
in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the
____ day of ___________, A. D. 20____.

Secretary of State.

File
No. _________ Effective Date ___________________