SB 114 — Prohibit law enforcement from using quotas for arrests, citations

As(136th PassedGeneralAssembly) by(Senate Bill Number 114) ANACT To enact section 109.70 of the SenateRevised 136thCode Generalto Assemblyprohibit Regularlaw Sessionenforcement S.agencies from using quotas for arrests and citations.

B.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

No.SECTION 1.

114That 2025-2026section Senator109.70 Pattonof Cosponsors:the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

SenatorsSec. Manning, Antonio, Blackshear, Brenner, Cirino, Craig, Cutrona, DeMora, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Huffman, Ingram, Johnson, Lang, O'Brien, Reineke, Roegner, Romanchuk, Schaffer, Smith, Timken, Weinstein, Wilkin, Wilson A BILL To enact section 109.70 of the Revised Code to 1 prohibit law enforcement agencies from using 2 quotas for arrests and citations.

3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1.

That section 109.70 of the Revised Code be 4 enacted to read as follows:

5 Sec.

6 (1) "Law enforcement official or agency" means any of the 7 following that has jurisdiction over the applicable local or 8 state police officer listed in division (A)(2)(a), (b), (c), 9 (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section that corresponds with the 10 respective division (A)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) 11 of this section:

12 (a) A county sheriff;

13 (b) A village marshal;

14(c) S.The organized police department of a municipal corporation;

(d) The organized police department of a township;

(e) A board of township trustees that appoints a township constable;

(f) The board of a township police district or of a joint police district;

(g) The state highway patrol.

(2) "Local or state police officer" means any of the following who is under the jurisdiction of the applicable law enforcement official or agency listed in division (A)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section that corresponds with the respective division (A)(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section:

(a) A county deputy sheriff;

(b) A village deputy marshal;

(c) A member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation;

(d) A member of the organized police department of a township;

(e) A police constable appointed by a board of township trustees;

(f) A member of the police force of a township police district or of a joint police district;

(g) A highway patrol trooper of the state highway patrol.

(3) "Quota" means a mandate of a finite number of arrests made or citations issued for any offense that a local or state police officer must meet in a specified time period.

(B) No law enforcement official or agency shall do any of the following:

(1) Establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan utilizing a quota as the basis by which to evaluate, promote, compensate, transfer, or discipline a local or state police officer over S.

114 Page136th 2G.A. As Passed by the Senate (c) The organized police department of a municipal 15 corporation;

16whom (d)the Thelaw organizedenforcement policeofficial departmentor ofagency ahas township;jurisdiction;

17(2) (e)Require Aa boardlocal or state police officer described in division (B)(1) of townshipthis trusteessection, or suggest to the police officer, that appointsthe apolice townshipofficer 18is constable;required or expected to meet a quota;

19(3) (f)Offer Thea boardfinancial ofreward or other benefit to a townshiplocal or state police districtofficer ordescribed in division (B)(1) of athis jointsection 20that is determined by or based on the quota of that police district;officer.

21(C) (g)This Thesection statedoes highwaynot patrol.prohibit a law enforcement official or agency from doing any of the following:

22(1) (2)Collecting, "Localanalyzing, orand stateapplying police officer" means any ofinformation theconcerning 23 following who is under the jurisdictionnumber of thearrests applicablemade lawand 24citations enforcementissued officialin ororder agencyto listedensure inthat divisiona (A)(1)(a),particular 25local (b),or (c),state (d),police (e),officer (f), or (g)group of thislocal sectionor thatstate correspondspolice 26officers withdoes thenot respectiveviolate divisionan (A)(2)(a),applicable (b),legal (c),obligation (d),of (e),the (f),officer 27 or (g)officers; of this section:

28(2) (a)Assessing Athe countyproportion deputyof sheriff;the arrests made, and citations issued, by a local or state police officer or group of local or state police officers.

29(D)(1) (b)The Aattorney villagegeneral deputyshall marshal;establish a form that any local or state police officer may access on the web site of the attorney general for the purpose of reporting the use of quotas in violation of division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section by the law enforcement official or agency that has jurisdiction over the local or state police officer.

30Upon (c)receiving Aa memberreport, including a report submitted by an unidentified complainant, under this division, the attorney general shall investigate the alleged use of quotas in violation of any of those divisions by the organizedlaw policeenforcement departmentofficial or agency that is the subject of athe 31report municipaland corporation;whether any of the circumstances described in division (C) of this section apply.

32The (d)investigation Ashall memberbe ofconducted thewithin organizedone policeyear departmentafter ofreceiving athe 33report. township;

34(2) (e)The Aattorney policegeneral constableshall appointeddetermine bythe procedure for the investigation conducted under division (D)(1) of this section on a boardcase-by-case basis and shall provide the law enforcement official or agency that is the subject of townshipthe 35investigation trustees;an opportunity to be heard.

36If (f)after Athe memberinvestigation ofthe attorney general finds that the policelaw forceenforcement official or agency uses quotas in violation of adivision township(B)(1), police(2), 37or district(3) of this section, the attorney general shall order the law enforcement official or agency to cease and desist from using quotas in violation of aany jointof policethose district;divisions.