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Decoding the OMR (Ohio Monthly Record)

One of the resources for Ohio legislative history is the OMR. The OMR is an unofficial supplement to the Ohio Administrative Code with “monthly updates, of the full text of, or a reference to, all administrative agency rules, including emergency rules that have been adopted, amended, or rescinded”.

It is only available in print and can be found at the following locations in the Moritz Law Library:

1) The most recent editions are located in the Reserve Room under call number
KFO 36 .O44


2) Older editions, starting in 1977 are in the Law State Section under the same call number

The OMR has many other features, however when you are looking at Ohio legislative history in a Westlaw publication you could see something like the following listed:

1998-99 OMR 2340 (E)

The first part refers to the year of the journal, in this case 1998-99. The second part refers to the title, the Ohio Monthly Record. The third part, the numerical portion, refers to the page number within the OMR. The last part, the letter, indicates what happened to that piece of administrative code. In this case it was “Enacted”.

There are 9 letters which could appear:

A- Amended E- Enacted TF- Transferred From

N/A- Not Applicable TT- Transferred To W- Withdrawn

R-Repealed L- Legislative Action RRD- RC 119.032 rule review date

Please note these can appear as a combination for example R-E. Also if the “A” appears in the following format “A*” this indicates it was "an emergency rule, in effect for 90 days unless readopted".