Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement : Crime And Punishment

State (Ohio)
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/28/2025

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Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/21/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas J. Young Referred To Committee: Natural Resources on 05/21/2025

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Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Williams Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/21/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

Regards filing for certificate of qualification for employment [HB-268] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2953.25 of the Revised Code to modify when a person may file a petition for a certificate of qualification for employment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Allison Russo Referred To Committee: Small Business on 05/14/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/07/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs [HB-247] [Animals ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 304.02, 304.03, 715.23, 901.80, 935.03, 955.01, 955.011, 955.012, 955.02, 955.03, 955.04, 955.05, 955.06, 955.07, 955.10, 955.11, 955.12, 955.121, 955.14, 955.16, 955.20, 955.22, 955.221, 955.222, 955.26, 955.261, 955.40, 955.43, 955.44, 955.50, 955.54, 959.132, 1533.12, 1901.18, 1907.031, 2913.01, and 2921.321; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 955.01 (955.02), 955.011 (955.021), 955.012 (955.022), 955.013 (955.023), 955.02 (955.01), 955.09 (955.08), 955.10 (955.09), (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert A. Peterson Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/25/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

Regards failure to comply with an order of law enforcement [SB-188] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 2921.331 and 2929.14 of the Revised Code to expand the offense of failure to comply with an order or signal of a law enforcement officer.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/30/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs [SB-185] [Animals ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 304.02, 304.03, 715.23, 901.80, 935.03, 955.01, 955.011, 955.012, 955.02, 955.03, 955.04, 955.05, 955.06, 955.07, 955.10, 955.11, 955.12, 955.121, 955.14, 955.16, 955.20, 955.22, 955.221, 955.222, 955.26, 955.261, 955.40, 955.43, 955.44, 955.50, 955.54, 959.132, 1533.12, 1901.18, 1907.031, 2913.01, and 2921.321; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 955.01 (955.02), 955.011 (955.021), 955.012 (955.022), 955.013 (955.023), 955.02 (955.01), 955.09 (955.08), 955.10 (955.09), (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Louis W. Blessing Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/30/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act [HB-249] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2907.09, 2907.39, and 4301.25 of the Revised Code to enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert A. Peterson Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/07/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 04/30/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 04/30/2025

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Ohio 136th General Assembly

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Williams Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/30/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine D. Ingram Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/11/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Johnson Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Allison Russo Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Hall Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/02/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 04/02/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Williams Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 03/19/2025

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