Form of Citation, Effective Date, Application(A) These rules shall be known as the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct and cited as "Jud. Cond. Rule ___." (B) The Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct shall take effect March 1, 2009, at which time the Code shall supersede and replace the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct, in effect prior to March 1, 2009, to govern the conduct of judges occurring on or after that effective date. The former Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct shall continue to apply to govern conduct occurring prior to March 1, 2009 and shall apply to all disciplinary investigations and prosecutions relating to conduct that occurred prior to March 1, 2009. (C) The amendments to the Jud. Cond. Rule 4.2(B) and (C) and Comment [2] and Jud. Cond. Rule 4.4(A) and Comment [1]) adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on August 10, 2010, shall take effect on August 12, 2010.(D) The amendment to the Jud. Cond. Rule 4.4(F) adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on August 8, 2011, shall take effect on August 9, 2011.(E) The amendment to the Jud. Cond. Rule 4.4(F) and Temporary Provision adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on October 4, 2011, shall take effect on October 5, 2011. (F) The amendments to Jud.Cond. Rule 4.4(I) and (J) adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on December 5, 2012, shall take effect on January 1, 2013. The amended contribution limits shall apply to fundraising that occurs on behalf of judicial candidates who campaign for election to judicial offices that will appear on the ballot in the 2013 and subsequent years. The contribution limits that were in effect prior to January 1, 2013, shall apply to fundraising that has occurred or will occur on behalf of judicial candidates who campaigned for election to judicial offices that appeared on the ballot in calendar year 2012. (G) The amendments to Jud.Cond. Rules 4.3(C) and (E), Rules 4.4(A)(3) and 4.6(D) and (N) adopted December 5, 2012, shall take effect on January 2, 2013.(H) The amendment to the Terminology section adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on November 13, 2012, shall take effect on January 1, 2014.(I) The amendments to Jud.Cond. Rule 4.3(A), adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on November 18, 2014, in response to In re Judicial Campaign Complaint Against O'Toole, Slip Opinion No. 2014-Ohio-4046, shall take effect immediately and apply retroactively to September 24, 2014.(J) The amendments to Jud. Cond. Rule 3.15 and Comment [2], Jud. Cond. Rule 4.2(A)(4), and Jud. Cond. Rule 4.4(N), adopted August 11, 2015, shall take effect on August 11, 2015.(K) The amendments to Jud. Cond. Rules 4.2, Comment [1], 4.3, Comment [1], and 4.4(I) and (J) adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on November 29, 2016, shall take effect on January 1, 2017. The amended contribution limits shall apply to fundraising that occurs on behalf of judicial candidates who campaign for election to judicial offices that will appear on the ballot in the 2017 and subsequent years. The contribution limits that were in effect prior to January 1, 2017, shall apply to fundraising that has occurred or will occur on behalf of judicial candidates who campaigned for election to judicial offices that appeared on the ballot in calendar year 2016.(L) The amendments to Jud. Cond. Rule 4.3, Comment [2], adopted on May 26, 2017, in response to the May 17, 2017, opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division in O'Toole, et al. v. O'Connor, et al., Case No: 2:15-cv-1446, shall take effect immediately and apply retroactively to May 17, 2017.(M) The amendments to Jud. Cond. Rule 2.15, Comment [2], adopted on June 6, 2017, shall take effect immediately.(N) The amendments to Jud. Cond. Rule 4.4(E) and (H)(1), adopted on May 8, 2019, shall take effect on June 1, 2019. The amended date upon which campaign committees may begin soliciting and receiving campaign contributions shall apply to fundraising on behalf of judicial candidates who campaign for election to judicial offices that will appear on the ballot in 2020 and subsequent years.(O) The amendment to Jud. Cond. Rule 4.4, adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on January 28, 2020, shall take effect immediately. The amendment corrects an error in the contribution limits table.(P) The amendments to Jud. Cond. Rule 4.1(B) and 4.6(C), adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on February 11, 2020, shall take effect immediately.(Q) The amendments to Jud. Cond. Rule 4.1(A) and Comments [7], [9], and [12], adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on July 21, 2020, shall take effect on August 1, 2020. The amendments to Jud. Cond. R. 4.6(N), adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on July 21, 2020, shall take effect on November 4, 2020, and shall apply to any campaign materials posted, published, or distributed by a judicial candidate in the 2021 election or any subsequent election.(R) The amendment to Jud. Cond. Rule 4.4(I) and (J), adopted by the Supreme Court of Ohio on September 22, 2020, shall take effect on October 15, 2020. The amended contribution limits shall apply to fundraising that occurs on behalf of judicial candidates who campaign for election to judicial offices that will appear on the ballot in the 2021 and subsequent years. The contribution limits that were in effect prior to October 15, 2020, shall apply to fundraising that has occurred or will occur on behalf of judicial candidates who campaigned for election to judicial offices that appeared on the ballot in calendar year 2020.Amended May 8, 2019, effective 6/1/2019; amended January 28, 2020, effective 1/28/2020; amended February 11, 2020, effective 2/11/2020; amended July 21, 2020, effective 8/1/2020; amended August 11, 2020, effective 8/11/2020; amended September 22, 2020, effective 10/15/2020.