Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement : Crime And Punishment
Ohio 136th General Assembly
Regards motivation or purpose to commit criminal child enticement [HB-168]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2905.05 and 2950.01 of the Revised Code to require that a person act with a sexual motivation or an unlawful purpose to commit the offense of criminal child enticement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gayle L. Manning
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/25/2025
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Condemn issuance of pardons and commutations for January 6, 2021 [HCR-4]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To condemn President Trump's issuance of pardons and commutations for individuals convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol, including those who committed violent acts against law enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Introduced And Referred To Committee: General Government on 02/12/2025
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Codify the common law action for piercing the corporate veil [SB-146]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To enact section 2307.36 of the Revised Code to codify the elements of the common law cause of action for "piercing the corporate veil."
Sponsored by: Sen. Theresa Gavarone
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 03/19/2025
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Abolish death penalty; regards funding of lethal injection drugs [SB-134]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 9.04, 9.07, 120.03, 120.041, 120.06, 120.14, 120.16, 120.18, 120.24, 120.26, 120.28, 120.33, 120.34, 149.43, 149.436, 149.45, 1901.183, 2152.13, 2152.67, 2301.20, 2307.60, 2317.02, 2701.07, 2743.51, 2901.02, 2909.24, 2929.02, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.61, 2930.19, 2937.222, 2941.021, 2941.14, 2941.148, 2941.401, 2941.43, 2941.51, 2945.06, 2945.10, 2945.13, 2945.21, 2945.25, 2945.33, 2945.38, 2949.02, 2949.03, 2953.02, 2953.07, 2953.08, 2953.09, 2953.10, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2953.71, 2953.72, 2953.73, 2953.81, 2967.05, 2967.12, 2967.13,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kristina D. Roegner
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 03/19/2025
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Abolish the death penalty; revise number of juror challenges [SB-133]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 9.07, 120.03, 120.041, 120.06, 120.14, 120.16, 120.18, 120.24, 120.26, 120.28, 120.33, 120.34, 149.43, 149.436, 1901.183, 2152.13, 2152.67, 2301.20, 2307.60, 2317.02, 2701.07, 2743.51, 2901.02, 2909.24, 2929.02, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.61, 2930.19, 2937.222, 2941.021, 2941.14, 2941.148, 2941.401, 2941.43, 2941.51, 2945.06, 2945.10, 2945.13, 2945.21, 2945.25, 2945.33, 2945.38, 2949.02, 2949.03, 2953.02, 2953.07, 2953.08, 2953.09, 2953.10, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2953.71, 2953.72, 2953.73, 2953.81, 2967.05, 2967.12, 2967.13, 2967.193, 2967.194,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Nickie J. Antonio
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 03/19/2025
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Enact the Clock Out Kids Act [HB-150]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend sections 4109.08, 4109.13, and 4109.99 of the Revised Code to enact the Clock Out Kids Act to require school employees to report certain minor labor law violations, to increase penalties for certain minor labor law violations, and to create the Minor Labor Law Enforcement Fund; and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph A. Miller
Referred To Committee: Commerce And Labor on 03/19/2025
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Increase assault penalty if victim is a transit system operator [SB-124]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.13 and 2917.41 and to enact section 306.20 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for assault when the victim is an operator of an Ohio transit system bus or rail car; to authorize Ohio transit systems to post a sign regarding abuse or assault of staff; and to increase the penalty for evading payment of the known fares of a public transportation system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/26/2025
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Enact the Reproductive Care Act [HB-128]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
To amend sections 109.572, 2305.11, 2317.02, 2919.10, 2919.12, 2953.25, 3701.341, 3701.792, 3702.30, 4112.01, 4112.02, 4729.291, 4731.22, 4731.223, 4731.281, 4731.293, and 4743.09; to enact sections 2305.2312, 3732.01, 3732.02, 3732.03, 3732.04, 3732.05, 3732.06, 3732.07, 3732.08, 3732.09, and 3732.11; and to repeal sections 2307.54, 2317.56, 2317.561, 2919.101, 2919.124, 2919.171, 2919.19, 2919.191, 2919.192, 2919.193, 2919.194, 2919.195, 2919.196, 2919.197, 2919.198, 2919.199, 2919.1910, 2919.1912, 2919.1913, 2919.20, 2919.201, 2919.202, 2919.203,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney
Referred To Committee: Health on 02/26/2025
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Restrict sex offender from residing, loitering near victim's home [HB-102]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 1923.02, 2950.99, 5321.03, and 5321.051; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 2950.035 (2950.036); and to enact section 2950.035 of the Revised Code to prohibit a sex offender or a child-victim offender from residing within 2,000 feet of the residence of the victim and from loitering within 1,000 feet of the residence of the victim.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riordan T. McClain
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 02/26/2025
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Increase the penalty for repeat voyeurism [HB-110]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2907.08 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for repeat voyeurism.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/26/2025
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Enact the Self-Defense Protection Act [HB-108]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2901.05 of the Revised Code to enact the Self-Defense Protection Act to create a pretrial procedure for a person asserting self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Williams
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/26/2025
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Impose additional fine for high-speed drivers [HB-111]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 4511.21 of the Revised Code to impose an additional fine on drivers who exceed the speed limit by 30 miles per hour.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Creech
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 02/26/2025
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Regards drug trafficking, human trafficking, and fentanyl [HB-88]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
[Education ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2923.31, 2925.01, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2929.14, 2941.1422, 3313.60, 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24, and 3705.08 and to enact sections 5.57, 2905.321, 2941.1427, 3313.6031, 3313.6032, and 3345.372 of the Revised Code to increase penalties for drug trafficking above certain amounts, to prohibit organized trafficking of persons, to require schools and institutions of higher education to incorporate instruction and policies on fentanyl awareness and abuse prevention, and to designate the month of August as "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month."
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Plummer
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/12/2025
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Enact the Innocence Act [HB-84]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2307.66, 2917.211, and 2981.02 and to enact sections 2307.68 and 2907.312 of the Revised Code to enact the Innocence Act to prohibit an organization from failing to verify the age of a person attempting to access material that is obscene or harmful to juveniles, to prohibit a person from using another person's likeness to create sexual images of the other person, and to create a private right of action for each prohibited activity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert A. Peterson
Referred To Committee: Technology And Innovation on 02/12/2025
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Define antisemitism; expand the offense of ethnic intimidation [SB-87]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Religion ]
To amend sections 2927.12 and 4112.01 and to enact section 4112.20 of the Revised Code to define antisemitism for the purpose of investigations and proceedings by state agencies and to expand the offense of ethnic intimidation to include the offenses of riot and aggravated riot committed by reason of the race, color, religion, or national origin of another person or group of persons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Timothy O. Schaffer
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/12/2025
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Prohibit firearm possession - certain domestic violence offenses [SB-98]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person who is charged with or has been convicted of first degree misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing a firearm or dangerous ordnance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Hearcel F. Craig
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/12/2025
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Prohibit public funding for lethal injection drugs; death penalty [HB-72]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 9.04, 9.07, 120.03, 120.041, 120.06, 120.14, 120.16, 120.18, 120.24, 120.26, 120.28, 120.33, 120.34, 149.43, 149.436, 1901.183, 2152.13, 2152.67, 2301.20, 2307.60, 2317.02, 2701.07, 2743.51, 2901.02, 2909.24, 2929.02, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.61, 2930.19, 2937.222, 2941.021, 2941.14, 2941.148, 2941.401, 2941.43, 2941.51, 2945.06, 2945.10, 2945.13, 2945.21, 2945.25, 2945.33, 2945.38, 2949.02, 2949.03, 2953.02, 2953.07, 2953.08, 2953.09, 2953.10, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2953.71, 2953.72, 2953.73, 2953.81, 2967.05, 2967.12, 2967.13, 2967.193,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tracy M. Richardson
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/12/2025
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Regards conceal carry locations, nonresident firearms disability [HB-68]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2923.123 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code to allow a concealed handgun licensee to carry a handgun in a building or structure that is not a courthouse but in which a courtroom is located in specified circumstances and to permit a nonresident of Ohio to obtain statutory relief from firearms disability based on an Ohio conviction, guilty plea, or delinquent child adjudication.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Mathews
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 02/12/2025
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Increase penalty for assault if the victim is a sports official [HB-79]
[Sports ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.13 and 2929.13 of the Revised Code to increase the penalties for assault if the victim is acting as a sports official or the assault is committed in retaliation for the victim's actions as a sports official.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph A. Miller
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/12/2025
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Increase penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm [SB-75]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2923.20 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine D. Ingram
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/12/2025