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sb157_02_PS
As Passed by the Senate
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
Sub. S. B. No. 157
2025-2026
Senator Lang
Cosponsors: Senators Manning,
Antonio, Brenner, Cirino, Craig, Johnson, Reineke, Roegner, Schaffer,
Timken
To
amend sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the Revised Code
to
reduce the statute of limitations for bringing an action upon a
written or oral contract.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
That
sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the Revised Code be amended to read
as follows:
Sec.
2305.06.
(A)
Except
as provided in sections 126.301, 1302.98, 1303.16, 1345.10, and
2305.04 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an
agreement, contract, or promise in writing
that
does not specify a timeframe in which an action may be brought
shall
be brought within
six
four
years
after the cause of action accrued.
(B)
Except as provided in division (C) of section 2305.07 and sections
126.301, 1302.98, 1303.16, 1345.10, and 2305.04 of the Revised Code,
an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in
writing may be brought within a period specified in writing in the
specialty or agreement, contract, or promise in writing, with the
specified period not to exceed thirty years from the accrual of the
cause of action.
Sec.
2305.07.
(A)
Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised
Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied,
shall be brought within
four
two
years
after the cause of action accrued.
(B)
An action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture
or penalty shall be brought within six years after the cause of
action accrued.
(C)
Except as provided in sections 1303.16, 1345.10, and 2305.04 of the
Revised Code, and notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this
section, section 1302.98, and division (B) of section 2305.03 of the
Revised Code, an action arising out of a consumer transaction
incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, based
upon any contract, agreement, obligation, liability, or promise,
express or implied, including an account stated, whether or not
reduced to writing or signed by the party to be charged by that
transaction, shall be commenced within six years after the cause of
action accrued. For purposes of this division, a cause of action
accrues thirty calendar days after the date of the last charge or
payment by, or on behalf of, the consumer, whichever is later.
Section
2.
That
existing sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the Revised Code are hereby
repealed.
Section
3.
Subject
to Sections 4 and 5 of this act, sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the
Revised Code, as amended by this act, apply to an action in which the
cause of action accrues on or after the effective date of this
section.
Section
4.
For
causes of action that are governed by section 2305.06 of the Revised
Code and that accrued prior to the effective date of this section,
the period of limitations is four years from the effective date of
this section or the expiration of the period of limitations in effect
prior to the effective date of this section, whichever occurs first.
Section
5.
For
causes of action that are governed by division (A) of section 2305.07
of the Revised Code that accrued prior to the effective date of this
section, the period of limitations is two years from the effective
date of this section or the expiration of the period of limitations
in effect prior to the effective date of this section, whichever
occurs first.