What is the Ohio Revised Code?

The Ohio Revised Code codifies laws enacted by the Ohio government, explains Lexis Nexis. A bill becomes law after it passes the House of Representatives and the Senate and the governor signs it, according to The Ohio Senate.

The Revised Code is not the official law of Ohio, states Lexis Nexis. Instead, the official law is in Ohio's collected session laws, known as the Laws of Ohio. Session laws are the bills that a legislature passes, while a code organizes those bills by subject.

Ohio's Revised Code, adopted in 1953, represents Ohio's third statutory compilation. Its predecessors were the Ohio General Code and the Ohio Revised Statutes, according to Lexis Nexis.