Gov. DeWine signs law requiring anyone pulled over to disclose name, address, date of birth

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.fox19.com/2026/07/08/gov-dewine-signs-law-requiring-anyone-pulled-over-disclose-name-address-date-birth/?outputType=amp

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed Ohio House Bill 492 into law Tuesday.

The law requires the driver and passengers of a vehicle pulled over for any moving violation to disclose their names, addresses, and dates of birth to a peace officer upon request.

[Mad_Machine76]

1. Name, rank, serial number....

[Wounded Bear]

2. ...AND PASSENGERS?!?!?!

Sounds bogus to me.

Papers please.

[RandySF]

3. Unconstitutional

[appmanga]

15. That's my opinion too...

...and it's long settle law that a passenger has no obligation to answer questions during a traffic stop. Which likely means nothing since this Court has no regard for precedent, and this law was only passed to get a case in front of Jim Crow John and His Antebellum Five.

[Bettie]

17. With a normal Supreme Court it would be

it's at best 50/50 that they'll go with it to placate Republicans.

At worst they will come up with some torutured reading of the Constitution that totally allows it.

I have no faith whatsoever in that court. None.

[Ocelot II]

4. WTF? Passengers, too?

That info is already on the drivers' license that you'd show the cop, but there's no reason for passengers to have to provide it. Unless, of course, those passengers are brown or black and might be immigrants.

[ABC123Easy]

5. Passengers is the nutty part

Isn't all of that information on your driver's license already? EVERY state I've lived in or been to has that info on their licenses.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. Sounds like an deportation supporting ploy

[Ocelot II]

7. Bingo.

[ABC123Easy]

11. Yep

Could be

[CrispyQ]

13. Not sure what Ohio's laws are, but abortion tracking, too. -nt

[dave99]

8. OHIO is off the list of States to visit, joining all southern states and Idaho.

[Hope22]

10. Especially if you are female or traveling with any.

Backwoods medical care.

[Hope22]

9. Happened to me in Ohio about ten years ago.

I was a passenger in a car that hit a deer. The officer did all of the usual conversation with the driver and after that walked around the car and requested to see my drivers license. I responded that I didn’t mean to be rude but I didn’t know I needed a license to be a passenger in a car. He gave a BS excuse that I could claim to be injured later and it needed to be on record. They have been doing this for years. Illegally no doubt. I’m sure my white privilege kept me from being hauled out of the car! My heart goes out to those targeted by these officers.

[Blues Heron]

12. fascist america sucks

[Bayard]

14. So...... Would a two year old in a carseat have to provide that info himself,

Or, would they take his Mom's word for it?

[Swede]

16. Papers! Hand over your papers!

Said no Nazi ever.

[Buckeyeblue]

18. For the driver they can get that from your DL

Interesting for the passenger though. It's a second degree misdemeanor if you refuse. And, of course, becomes part of your permanent record--which means it will show up on a background check.

For the passenger, unless they are being accused of something related to the moving violation, like not wearing a seat belt, it seems to be a due process violation. Although I'm sure Alito and Thomas will be all for it.