Scope: State (Ohio)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: October 22, 2025
Ohio SB 61 would amend roughly twenty sections of the Revised Code and repeal roughly twenty-seven others relating to courts and court procedures, including provisions on testimonial privileges, grand jury proceedings, waiver of indictment, plea procedure, and assignment of counsel. The bill was referred to committee, with the latest recorded action on October 22, 2025.
Constitutional basis: Ordinary legislative revision of court-procedure statutes, still in committee with no outcome; intersects the Ohio Supreme Court's rulemaking authority under Article IV.