SB 280 — Allow registration of a humvee as a historical motor vehicle

As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee 136th General Assembly Regular Session Sub.

280 2025-2026 Senator Johnson Cosponsor:Cosponsors:

SenatorSenators O'BrienO'Brien, Antonio, Brenner, Chavez, Cirino, Craig, Patton, Roegner To amend sections 4501.01, 4505.08, 4505.111, and 1 4513.02 and to enact sections 4503.184, 2 4505.073, and 4513.381 of the Revised Code to 3 allow for the registration of a high mobility 4 multipurpose wheeled vehicle manufactured for 5 military purposes, commonly known as a humvee.

280 Page 2 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee or volunteer fire department, or that are used by such a 20 department in the discharge of its functions.

280 Page 3 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee designed and used for carrying not more than nine persons and 50 includes any motor vehicle that is designed and used for 51 carrying not more than fifteen persons in a ridesharing 52 arrangement.

280 Page 4 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee not more than fifteen passengers in a ridesharing arrangement.

280 Page 5 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee travel trailer.

280 Page 6 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee structure that meets all of the following conditions:

280 Page 7 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee (d) "Fifth wheel trailer" means a vehicle that is of such 167 size and weight as to be movable without a special highway 168 permit, that is constructed with a raised forward section that 169 allows a bi-level floor plan, and that is designed to be towed 170 by a vehicle equipped with a fifth-wheel hitch ordinarily 171 installed in the bed of a truck.

280 Page 8 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee (V) "Owner" includes any person or firm, other than a 196 manufacturer or dealer, that has title to a motor vehicle, 197 except that, in sections 4505.01 to 4505.19 of the Revised Code, 198 "owner" includes in addition manufacturers and dealers.

280 Page 9 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee a motor vehicle upon the public highways.

280 Page 10 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee persons in a motor vehicle where the transportation is 256 incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes 257 ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and 258 buspools.

280 Page 11 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee chartered group after having left the place of origin.

280 Page 12 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee the control of the person hiring the vehicle and not over a 314 defined and regular route.

280 Page 13 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee whom the registrar of motor vehicles determines meets the 343 criteria designated in section 4503.035 of the Revised Code for 344 electronic motor vehicle dealers and designates as an electronic 345 motor vehicle dealer under that section.

280 Page 14 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee twenty miles per hour and with a gross vehicle weight rating 372 less than three thousand pounds.

280 Page 15 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee (CCC) "Autocycle" means a three-wheeled motorcycle that is 402 manufactured to comply with federal safety requirements for 403 motorcycles and that is equipped with safety belts, a steering 404 wheel, and seating that does not require the operator to 405 straddle or sit astride to ride the motorcycle.

280 Page 16 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee (III) "Adaptive mobility vehicle" means a passenger car or 430 bus that is designed, modified, or equipped to enable an 431 individual with a disability to operate or to be transported in 432 the passenger car or bus, in accordance with 49 C.F.R.

280 Page 17 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee do all of the following:

280 Page 18 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee registration is requested is operated solely for a limited 485 purpose.

280 Page 19 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee apply to the clerk of a court of common pleas for a certificate 514 of title for that humvee that removes the "OFF-ROAD USE ONLY" 515 designation on the certificate of title.

280 Page 20 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee duplicate certificate of title or memorandum certificate of 543 title for a humvee previously titled in accordance with either 544 division (A) or (B) of this section, that certificate of title 545 shall be identical to the existing certificate of title.

280 Page 21 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee model year of the humvee.

280 Page 22 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee The clerk need not retain on file any current certificates 602 of title, current duplicate certificates of title, current 603 memorandum certificates of title, or current salvage 604 certificates of title, or supporting evidence of them covering 605 any motor vehicle or manufactured or mobile home for a period 606 longer than seven years after the date of its filing;

280 Page 23 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee state in which it was last previously registered to be a law 633 enforcement vehicle or a taxicab or was once in a flood.

280 Page 24 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee by this state and that the previous title included the notation 663 "REPLICA" in accordance with section 4505.072 of the Revised 664 Code, or the previous title to the vehicle issued by another 665 state indicates that the vehicle is a replica motor vehicle, the 666 clerk shall cause the certificate of title the clerk issues to 667 display the notation "REPLICA" in the location prescribed by the 668 registrar pursuant to that section.

280 Page 25 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee this section to record or enter and in causing the titles the 693 clerk issues to bear any notation required by those divisions, 694 but the clerk is not liable for any of the clerk's errors or 695 omissions or those of the clerk's deputies, or the automated 696 title processing system, in the performance of the duties 697 imposed on the clerk by this section.

280 Page 26 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee (H) The owner of a motor vehicle may apply at any time to 723 a clerk of a court of common pleas for a non-negotiable evidence 724 of ownership for the motor vehicle.

280 Page 27 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee established by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.

280 Page 28 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee form as the superintendent prescribes except that its color 781 shall vary from year to year.

280 Page 29 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee of the state highway patrol applications for permits for such 811 service departments as official inspection stations for its own 812 motor vehicles.

280 Page 30 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee repair, until it has been repaired pursuant to a repair order as 841 provided in division (F) of this section.

280 Page 31 As ReportedPassed by the Senate Transportation Committee a humvee that is registered under division (B) of section 870 4503.184 of the Revised Code for failing to comply with an 871 equipment provision contained in Chapter 4513.