HB 583: Regards provision of online library databases by certain entities
This bill aims to provide online library database resources to public schools, public libraries, and state agencies. It rewrites the law regarding the provision of these resources and introduces new sections. The bill allows the attorney general to investigate potential acts or practices that violate the law. A report made under the law is considered a public record. Existing contracts entered into for the provision of these resources must be filed with the director of education and workforce. The department of education and workforce will make the approved contracts available on its website.
| Nov. 12, 2025 | Referred to committee: Finance |
| Nov. 10, 2025 | Introduced |
As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session
H. B. No. 583
2025-2026
Representatives Ritter, Newman
Cosponsors: Representatives Bird, Williams, Johnson, Hall, T., King, Salvo, Klopfenstein, Gross, Workman
To amend sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 and to enact sections 109.881, 3329.11, 3329.12, 3329.13, 3375.03, 3375.031, 3375.032, 4113.35, 4113.36, and 4113.37 of the Revised Code regarding the provision of online library database resources by public schools, public libraries, and state agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 be amended and sections 109.881, 3329.11, 3329.12, 3329.13, 3375.03, 3375.031, 3375.032, 4113.35, 4113.36, and 4113.37 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 109.881.
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(A) If, by the attorney general's own inquiries or as a result of one or more complaints, the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person or enterprise has engaged or is engaging in an act or practice that violates section 3329.11, 3375.03 or 4113.35 of the Revised Code, the attorney general may investigate.
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(B) All powers and remedies available to the attorney general under section 1345.06 of the Revised Code are available to the attorney general for an investigation under this section.
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(C) A report made under section 3329.11, 3375.03 or 4113.35 of the Revised Code is a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3314.03.
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A copy of every contract entered into under this section shall be filed with the director of education and workforce. The department of education and workforce shall make available on its web site a copy of every approved, executed contract filed with the director under this section.
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(A) Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the governing authority of a community school shall specify the following:
Section 2.
That existing sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3.
The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the following sections, presented in this act as composites of the sections as amended by the acts indicated, are the resulting versions of the sections in effect prior to the effective date of the sections as presented in this act:
Section 3314.03 of the Revised Code as amended by H.B. 8, H.B. 214, H.B. 250, S.B. 104, S.B. 168, S.B. 208, and S.B. 234, all of the 135th General Assembly.
Section 3326.11 of the Revised Code as amended by H.B. 8, H.B. 47, H.B. 214, S.B. 104, S.B. 168, S.B. 208, and S.B. 234, all of the 135th General Assembly.