CLEVELAND -- Citizens were told a tough new state law would protect us and save lives, but a 5 On Your Side investigation has uncovered why our children are still at risk on carnival rides

5 On Your Side Investigator Ron Regan has discovered Ohio's amusement ride safety laws are not what was promised.

The law in question was called Greyson's law. It turns out, there are tougher laws for a shed in one's back yard than there are for electrical inspections at carnival rides.

Greyson Yoe, 8, was electrocuted at the Lake County Fair four years ago. The new law was supposed to make rides safer. He was waiting to climb into bumper cars when he touched the rail and was electrocuted.

5 On Your Side dug into inspection reports, court records and hundreds of pages detailing the case and found the much-publicized law not only never got passed, it never even got debated.

It means that life-saving measures like double grounding of all electrical equipment and hefty $5,000 fines never became law.

Former Ohio legislator Tim Cassell sponsored the bill.

He told Regan, "We were basically told by the chairman of the committee that you're not going to make a zoo out of my committee. And I asked him 'What do you mean, make a zoo out of your committee?' And he said, 'you're not going to drag people through here, news cameras in here, and embarrass us.' "

Instead, the law became a tiny footnote tacked onto to the state budget.

Only rides "hooked to electric company power lines" would now be required to have circuit breakers certified by licensed electricians.

It was discovered that the vast majority of rides were powered by generators checked by state inspectors.

Regan also found inspectors that are not licensed electricians.

Cindy Brown with the Ohio Ride Inspection Program told us inspectors are not required to be certified electrical inspectors.

The state insists inspectors do receive some training.

Even so, just last year, another child received an electrical shock on a ride at the Lorain County Fair. She was rushed to the hospital and survived.