Note: Final hearing on HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization) postponed until Wednesday

The Senate Judiciary Committee's third and final hearing on House Bill 495, originally scheduled for Tuesday at 3:00 p.m., has been postponed until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the North Hearing Room of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

Please continue to call and e-mail members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today and urge them to support HB495. Contact information for members of this committee can be found by clicking here.

This essential pro-gun reform legislation was introduced on March 27 by state Representative Terry Johnson (R-89) and, if enacted, would address several problems with current Ohio gun laws.

HB 495 passed in the state House of Representatives by a 59 to 28 vote on June 13, and needs to be approved by the state Senate before being sent to the Governor for his signature. Attorney General Mike DeWine expressed his support for HB495 in a letter to this committee at its previous hearing on December 4.