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Ohio Rev. Code § 109.801 (2026)

Annual firearms requalification program

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October 24, 2024
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Senate Bill 98 - 135th General Assembly
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(A)(1) Each year, any of the following persons who are authorized to carry firearms in the course of their official duties shall complete successfully a firearms requalification program approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission in accordance with rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.743 of the Revised Code: any peace officer, sheriff, chief of police of an organized police department of a municipal corporation or township, chief of police of a township police district or joint police district police force, superintendent of the state highway patrol, state highway patrol trooper, or chief of police of a university or college police department; any parole or probation officer who carries a firearm in the course of official duties; any county correctional officer; the house of representatives sergeant at arms if the house of representatives sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of section 101.311 of the Revised Code; any assistant house of representatives sergeant at arms; the senate sergeant at arms; any assistant senate sergeant at arms; any tactical medical professional; any fire investigator; or any employee of the department of youth services who is designated pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 5139.53 of the Revised Code as being authorized to carry a firearm while on duty as described in that division.

(2) No person listed in division (A)(1) of this section shall carry a firearm during the course of official duties if the person does not comply with division (A)(1) of this section.

(B) The hours that a sheriff spends attending a firearms requalification program required by division (A) of this section are in addition to the sixteen hours of continuing education that are required by division (E) of section 311.01 of the Revised Code.

(C) As used in this section, "firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.

Last updated August 28, 2024 at 4:26 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2021 · leading case: Gabbard v. Madison Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. (Slip Opinion), 2021 Ohio 2067 (Ohio 2021).
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Gabbard v. Madison Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. (Slip Opinion), 2021 Ohio 2067 (Ohio 2021). · cites it 5× “) {¶ 54} R.C. 109.801 governs firearms-carrying requalification for the following: 24 January Term, 2021 [A]ny peace officer, sheriff, chief of police of an organized police department of a municipal corporation or township, chief of police of a township police district or joint…”
Am. Ass'n of Univ. Professors v. Cent. State Univ., 87 Ohio St. 3d 55 (Ohio 1999). “22, for instance, allows rules imposing continuing education requirements upon teachers; R.C. 109.801 requires police officers to undergo annual firearm training; public employees are limited by R.”
Dayton v. State, 892 N.E.2d 506 (Ohio Ct. App. 2008). “22, for instance, allows rules imposing continuing education requirements upon teachers; R.C. 109.801 requires police officers to undergo annual firearm training; public employees are limited by R.”
Am. Assn. of Univ. Professors, Cent. State Univ. Chapter v. Cent. State Univ., 1999 Ohio 248 (Ohio 1999). “22, for instance, allows rules imposing continuing education requirements upon teachers; R.C. 109.801 requires police officers to undergo annual firearm training; public employees are limited by R.”
Pica Corp., Inc. v. Tracy, 646 N.E.2d 206 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). “Every peace officer is required annually, pursuant to R.C. 109.801(A)(1), to “successfully complete a firearms requalification program approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training council.”
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Pica Corp., Inc. v. Tracy, 646 N.E.2d 206 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). “Every peace officer is required annually, pursuant to R.C. 109.801(A)(1), to “successfully complete a firearms requalification program approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training council.”
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