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HB 622136th General AssemblyIN COMMITTEEREPUBLICAN

Enact the Mental Health and Community Wellness Act

Introduced Dec 8, 2025Monica Blasdel (R-OH)1 cosponsor

Summary

To amend sections 2945.37, 2945.38, 2945.39, and 2945.401 and to enact section 5120.101 of the Revised Code to enact the Mental Health and Community Wellness Act to amend the competency to stand trial law, to create the mental health and substance abuse community-based correctional facility pilot program, to require a prosecutor to file for civil confinement of a defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial and who is charged with a felony or a misdemeanor offense of violence, and to make an appropriation.

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Legislative Journey

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor
  4. Passed Chamber 1
  5. Passed Chamber 2
  6. Signed
Dec 8, 2025

Introduced

House
Feb 4, 2026

Referred to committee

House