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HB859 • 2026

Prohibit civil immigration-related arrests in certain locations

Prohibit civil immigration-related arrests in certain locations

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ismail Mohamed
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibit civil immigration-related arrests in certain locations

To enact section 2935.40 of the Revised Code to prohibit civil immigration-related arrests in certain locations.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 2935.40 of the Revised Code to prohibit civil immigration-related arrests in certain locations.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 2935.40 of the Revised Code to prohibit civil immigration-related arrests in certain locations.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 859

2025-2026

Representatives Mohamed, Synenberg

Cosponsors: Representatives Brownlee,
Cockley, Grim, Lett, McNally, Piccolantonio, Rogers

To
enact section 2935.40 of the Revised Code
to
prohibit civil immigration-related arrests in certain locations.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 2935.40 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
2935.40.
(A)
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Revised Code, but
subject to division (B) of this section, a person is privileged from
arrest pursuant to a civil or administrative warrant based on the
person's citizenship or immigration status while any of the following
apply:

(1)
The person is on the premises or grounds of a public or private
primary or secondary school or other educational institution.

(2)
The person is on the premises or grounds of a church, synagogue, or
other established place of religious worship or is attending a public
religious ceremony.

(3)
The person is on the premises or grounds of a health care facility,
including a facility a state agency maintains or operates to provide
health care, or a health care practitioner's office. As used in this
division, "health care facility" has the same meaning as in
section 1751.01 of the Revised Code.

(4)
The person is on the premises or grounds of a facility that provides
forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors.

(5)
The person is on the premises or grounds of an organization for
assisting children, pregnant women, victims of crime or abuse, or
individuals with mental or physical disabilities, or any other social
service agency providing services to the public.

(6)
The person is on the premises or grounds of a courthouse or other
building or structure in which a courtroom is located.

(B)
Division (A) of this section does not prohibit any arrest pursuant to
a lawful judicial warrant issued in a criminal proceeding.