House Bill 240
Revises the law regulating coroners
To amend sections 9.15, 313.01, 313.02, 313.04, 313.05, 313.14, 313.161, and 325.15 and to repeal section 313.141 of the Revised Code to define the legal residence of a dead person for purposes of the body's disposal; to recognize that coroners include medical examiners; to change the qualifications for holding office as a coroner of a charter county; to require, under certain conditions, and to authorize, under other conditions, supplemental compensation for coroners who are forensic pathologists; to revise how the office of coroner is filled when a vacancy cannot be filled by election or appointment; to specify the disposition of a firearm when a person meets death under certain circumstances; to specify who pays for the autopsy of an inmate of a state correctional facility; and to make other changes to the coroners' law.
Current Version
Effective Date
August 31, 2016









Subjects
Committees
House State Government Committee
Senate State and Local Government Committee
Primary Sponsors
Stephen A. Huffman
Terry Johnson
Cosponsors
Senators
Bill Beagle
Edna Brown
Dave Burke
William P. Coley, II
John Eklund
Bob D. Hackett
Jay Hottinger
Jim Hughes
Frank LaRose
Thomas F. Patton
Bob Peterson
William Seitz
Charleta B. Tavares
Joe Uecker
Representatives
Ron Amstutz
Marlene Anielski
Nickie J. Antonio
Michael Ashford
John Becker
Louis W. Blessing III
Terry Boose
Andrew Brenner
Jim Buchy
Tony Burkley
Nicholas Celebrezze
Jonathan Dever
Michael D. Dovilla
Doug Green
Cheryl L. Grossman
Stephen D. Hambley
Bill Hayes
Brian Hill
Greta Johnson
Jeffrey A. McClain
Michael J. O'Brien
Rick Perales
Wes Retherford
John M. Rogers
Margaret Ann Ruhl
Scott Ryan
Barbara R. Sears
Michael Sheehy
Marilyn Slaby
Stephen Slesnick
Ryan Smith
Robert Cole Sprague
Fred Strahorn
Martin J. Sweeney
Andy Thompson
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