Constitutional carry since 2022. No AWB, no mag limit, strong preemption. Stand-your-ground codified (2021). Suppressors legal. No waiting period, no red-flag law.

Recreational cannabis legal 2023 (Issue 2). Medical program since 2016. Sealing/expungement available by petition. Naloxone widely accessible. Republican legislature has narrowed Issue 2 implementation. No psychedelic reform.

State minimum wage $11.00/hr. MIT living wage for 1 adult: $14.94/hr. Ratio 0.74 — minimum-wage workers earn 74% of what's needed to live there alone.

Moderate tax burden, average NAEP scores, mid-pack infrastructure. Spending near national median produces near-median outcomes — middle of the road.

IJ grades OH B- (HB 347, 2017 - raised burden, conviction required for under $25k). No QI reform. No-knock allowed. No statewide body cam mandate. No comprehensive privacy law. SB 175 (2023) banned sanctuary cities.

No-excuse absentee voting. Early voting reduced to 4 weeks. No same-day registration. HB 458 (2023) imposed strict photo ID and shortened ballot deadlines. Aggressive voter purges (Husted v. APRI). Felons vote after release. Republican-drawn maps repeatedly struck down by OH Supreme Court but used anyway; extreme partisan bias. Major recent restrictions.

Medicaid expansion adopted 2014. Abortion right enshrined in state constitution (Issue 1, 2023); legal up to viability. Trans youth gender-affirming care ban (HB 68, 2024). Maternal mortality elevated. Rural Appalachian healthcare gaps.

No qualified immunity reform. No statewide BWC mandate. Personnel records partially accessible under Public Records Act but with extensive exemptions. OPOTC decertification. No no-knock ban. No necessity standard. Local DAs prosecute (BCI assists). Chokeholds restricted in some agency policies. Per-capita killings above median.

Abortion right added to state constitution (Issue 1, 2023). However, gender-affirming care ban for minors (HB 68) overrode DeWine veto. No statewide LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination. Anti-trans bathroom law (2024). RFRA. Mixed picture: voter-protected abortion vs. legislative anti-trans escalation.

Not a right-to-work state (SB5 RTW repealed 2011). No paid family leave. No paid sick leave. State OSHA plan for public sector. Prevailing wage. Moderate wage theft enforcement. Above-median fatal injury rate. No heat, domestic worker, or scheduling protections.