Scope: State (Ohio)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Green
Date occurred: September 7, 2026
Ohio HB 31 amends the Revised Code to require electronic recordings of certain parole board hearings and designates recordings of full board hearings as public records. The bill also grants prosecuting attorneys access to Department of Rehabilitation and Correction health care records in specified parole and judicial release cases. The act is effective September 7, 2026.
Constitutional basis: Ordinary legislative exercise over public records and parole procedure, expanding disclosure of an administrative body's proceedings within settled state authority.