The ohio law looks to be bad news and badly written. Its SB310 passes in its current form, the Ohio director of agriculture could add any species he wants to the bill at any time without any other legislative process or any input from the public or other lawmakers. It would be at his sole discretion.
http://usark.org/action-alert/stop-sb310...background
And, I highly doubt the army is the cause of the pythons in south florida. But, I disagree with the thought that they wouldn't have been dumb enough to try it. There its actually anecdotal evidence to support it. Not saying any of this is solid. But if your bored, give it a read.