As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 492
2025-2026
Representatives Ray, Abrams
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 to disclose their name, address, and date of birth to a police 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)
No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any sheriff,
constable, or other official while that official 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) No operator of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley shall refuse to disclose the operator's name, address, or date of birth when requested by a police officer who reasonably suspects 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.
(C)(1)
Whoever
violates division
(A) of this
section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor
of the second degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (B) 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 That existing section 4513.36 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.