Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement : Crime And Punishment
Ohio 136th General Assembly
Enact the Hate Crime Act [HB-306]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2927.12 and to enact sections 2749.01, 2749.02, 2749.03, 2749.04, and 2927.121 of the Revised Code to enact the Hate Crime Act to prohibit hate crimes and to create a civil remedy for a person who is terrorized by another because of specific characteristics or beliefs.
HB-306: Enact the Hate Crime Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/28/2025
Delay offender financial sanctions until 180 days after release [HB-296]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2929.18 of the Revised Code to delay financial sanctions for one hundred eighty days after an offender's release from prison or completion of transitional control.
HB-296: Delay offender financial sanctions until 180 days after release
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/21/2025
Enact the Atmosphere Protection Act [HB-290]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
To enact section 2917.43 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person from engaging in solar radiation modification, cloud seeding, or sunlight reflection methods, and to name the act the Atmosphere Protection Act.
HB-290: Enact the Atmosphere Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas J. Young
Referred To Committee: Natural Resources on 05/21/2025
Add immigration status as a required factor for sentencing, bail [HB-282]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2929.12, 2929.15, 2929.22, 2929.25, and 2937.011 of the Revised Code to add a person's immigration status as a factor a court must consider when sentencing or ordering bail.
HB-282: Add immigration status as a required factor for sentencing, bail
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Williams
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/21/2025
Modify offenses of burglary, breaking and entering, and trespass [HB-252]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2911.11, 2911.12, and 2911.13 of the Revised Code to modify the offenses of burglary, aggravated burglary, breaking and entering, and trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present.
HB-252: Modify offenses of burglary, breaking and entering, and trespass
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/07/2025
Regards dog quarantine, disposition hearing, after a dog attack [HB-241]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 955.222 and to enact section 955.13 of the Revised Code to require a 10-day quarantine period for a dog following an attack and to require a court, under certain circumstances, to hold a hearing to determine the dog's disposition.
HB-241: Regards dog quarantine, disposition hearing, after a dog attack
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 04/30/2025
Enact Avery's Law [HB-240]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend sections 955.11, 955.22, 955.222, 955.54, 955.99, and 956.99 and to enact sections 955.13, 955.60, and 956.25 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing dogs and other companion animals and to name this act Avery's Law.
HB-240: Enact Avery's Law
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 04/30/2025
Regards crimes committed while masked or disguised [HB-236]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2152.17, 2911.21, 2917.02, and 2929.14 and to enact sections 2917.10 and 2941.1427 of the Revised Code to prohibit masked harassment and masked trespassing, to modify the offense of aggravated riot when the offender is wearing a mask or disguise or is otherwise concealing or attempting to conceal the offender's face, and to require an additional prison term of one year for an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony if the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification that the offender wore a mask
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HB-236: Regards crimes committed while masked or disguised
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Williams
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/30/2025
Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraud [SB-163]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 1345.51, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, and 2913.49 and to enact section 1349.10 of the Revised Code to require AI-generated products have a watermark, to prohibit simulated child pornography, and to prohibit identity fraud using a replica of a person.
SB-163: Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraud
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine D. Ingram
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025
Regards the sale of used catalytic converters [HB-210]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 2913.02, 2913.51, 4737.012, 4737.04, 4737.041, 4737.043, 4737.045, 4737.99, 4738.03, 4738.07, 4738.12, and 4775.09 and to enact sections 4737.046 and 4737.98 of the Revised Code regarding the sale of used catalytic converters.
HB-210: Regards the sale of used catalytic converters
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/11/2025
Enact the Courtroom Employee Protection Act [HB-208]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2903.13 of the Revised Code to enact the Courtroom Employee Protection Act to increase the penalty for assault when the victim is a judge, magistrate, prosecutor, or court official or employee.
HB-208: Enact the Courtroom Employee Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Johnson
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025
Require consideration of caretaker status in criminal cases [HB-211]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2929.19, 2951.03, and 2951.041 of the Revised Code to require a court to consider an offender's status as a primary caretaker of a child in determining whether the offender is amenable to a community control sanction or to intervention in lieu of conviction.
HB-211: Require consideration of caretaker status in criminal cases
Sponsored by: Rep. Allison Russo
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025
Enact Aspen Runnels' Law [HB-203]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.06, 2903.08, 2903.081, 4511.01, 4511.132, 4511.20, 4511.202, 4511.204, 4511.205, 4511.21, 4511.25, 4511.251, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.46, 4511.54, 4511.60, 4511.711, 4511.712, and 5501.27 and to enact section 4510.039 of the Revised Code to increase penalties for vehicular assault and vehicular homicide that occur in an active school zone, to require doubled fines
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HB-203: Enact Aspen Runnels' Law
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Hall
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025
Enact the America First Act [HB-200]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2909.30, 2929.15, 2929.16, 2929.17, 2929.25, 5747.50, 5747.502, 5747.51, and 5747.53; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 2909.30 (2965.03); and to enact sections 2965.01, 2965.02, 2965.04, 2965.05, 2965.06, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code to enact the America First Act to prohibit a person who is unlawfully present in the United States from entering or being present in Ohio, to require law enforcement agencies and detention facilities to cooperate in the enforcement
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HB-200: Enact the America First Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 04/02/2025
Allow motion for new trial, other relief based on new evidence [HB-177]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 181.25, 2929.06, 2945.79, 2945.80, 2945.81, 2953.21, and 2953.23 and to enact section 2945.811 of the Revised Code to allow a person to file a motion for a new trial or a petition for postconviction relief if the person produces new evidence that would establish a strong probability of a different result at trial.
HB-177: Allow motion for new trial, other relief based on new evidence
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Williams
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 03/19/2025