Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement : Crime And Punishment

State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Disclose law enforcement data to defendant [SB-33] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Data Privacy ]
To amend sections 2913.04, 2923.129, 2935.081, and 2951.041 and to enact section 5503.101 of the Revised Code to allow disclosure of information from the law enforcement automated data system (LEADS) to a defendant in a traffic or criminal case; to authorize a court to continue on intervention in lieu of conviction an offender who is on it and violates any of its terms or conditions; and to allow certain state highway patrol troopers to administer oaths and acknowledge criminal and juvenile court complaints, summonses, affidavits, and returns of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Bacon Effective 3/23/18 on 03/23/2018

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Prescribe how cocaine is to be measured for offense [HB-4] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2925.03 and 2925.11 of the Revised Code to provide that in determining the amount of cocaine for trafficking and possession offenses, it also includes a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance containing cocaine, and to declare an emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 02/22/2017

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Apply criminal penalties to casinos and affiliated casinos [HB-32] [Gaming ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 3772.99 of the Revised Code to specify that the criminal penalty related to casino operators and employees participating in casino gaming applies at their casino facility or an affiliated casino facility.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund Effective 9/12/17 on 09/12/2017

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Specify arson includes fire caused by illegal drug manufacturing [HB-19] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2909.03 of the Revised Code to include recklessly causing, by means of fire or explosion, physical harm to the offender's or another person's motor vehicle, house, building, or other structure, or to any other property of another person, while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a controlled substance, as a violation of the offense of arson.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 02/08/2017

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Authorize dating violence protection orders [HB-1] [Crime ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 109.42, 2151.34, 2903.214, 2919.26, 3113.31, and 3113.33 of the Revised Code to authorize the issuance of a domestic violence civil protection order with respect to conduct directed at a petitioner alleging violence in a dating relationship of a specified nature, to provide access to domestic violence shelters for victims of violence in such a dating relationship, and to require the Attorney General's victim's bill of rights pamphlet to include a notice that a person alleging violence in such a dating relationship has the right (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze Effective 7/6/18 on 07/06/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Add prison term if permanently disable victim [HB-30] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.11, 2929.01, 2929.13, and 2929.14 and to enact section 2941.1426 of the Revised Code to require an additional prison term of 6 years for an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to felonious assault if the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification that the victim suffered permanent disabling harm and that the victim was under 10 years of age at the time of the offense.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin Reported - Substitute: Criminal Justice on 03/21/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Remove cap on damages in certain tort cases [HB-20] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2315.18 of the Revised Code to remove the cap on the amount of compensatory damages that represents damages for noneconomic loss that is recoverable in a tort action when the tort action is brought by a victim of rape, felonious assault, aggravated assault, assault, or negligent assault.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 02/08/2017

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Add prison term if permanently disable victim [SB-20] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.11, 2929.01, 2929.13, and 2929.14 and to enact section 2941.1426 of the Revised Code to require an additional prison term of 6 years for an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to felonious assault if the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification that the victim suffered permanent disabling harm and that the victim was under 10 years of age at the time of the offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze Concurred In House Amendments on 12/05/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Revise drug laws [SB-1] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Safety ] [Overdose Prevention ]
To amend sections 2925.01, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.36, 2929.01, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2941.1410, 3719.41, 3719.99, and 4729.99 of the Revised Code to increase penalties for drug trafficking violations, drug possession violations, and aggravated funding of drug trafficking when the drug involved in the offense is a fentanyl-related compound, except for drug possession violations when the fentanyl-related compound is combined with marihuana or a Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance and the offender did not know (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze Effective 10/31/18 on 10/31/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Preclude death penalty if based on race [SB-12] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
To enact section 2929.07 of the Revised Code to provide that a defendant cannot be executed if the defendant's race was the basis of the decision to seek or impose the death penalty, to permit a defendant to file a motion alleging that the defendant's race was the basis of the decision to seek or impose the death penalty, and to specify the procedure for determining if the defendant's race was the basis of that decision.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 02/01/2017

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Expand expungement and intervention [SB-4] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 2951.041 and 2953.38 and to enact section 2953.521 of the Revised Code to allow a person who is found not guilty of an offense or who is the defendant named in a dismissed criminal charge to apply for a court order to expunge the person's official records in the case if the charge or not guilty finding was the result of the applicant having been a human trafficking victim; to allow a person convicted of certain prostitution-related offenses to apply for the expungement of the conviction record of any offense, other than a specified (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze Effective 9/28/18 on 09/28/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Know of protection order if actual knowledge [SB-7] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
To amend section 2919.27 of the Revised Code to provide the circumstances when service of a protection order or consent agreement upon a person is not necessary for the person to be convicted of the offense of violating a protection order.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze Effective 9/27/17 on 09/27/2017

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Grant right to record law enforcement incident [SB-13] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2315.18, 2323.43, 2744.02, 2744.03, 2744.04, and 2744.05 and to enact sections 2743.021, 2744.021, and 2744.022 of the Revised Code to grant a person the right to lawfully record any incident involving a law enforcement officer and to impose civil liability upon the state or a local law enforcement agency if a law enforcement officer employed by the state or local law enforcement agency interferes with the recording of the incident, destroys the recording, seizes the recording without a warrant or subpoena or the person's consent, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares Refer To Committee: Local Government, Public Safety And Veterans Affairs on 02/01/2017

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Avoid crime if concealed carry into prohibited space and leave [HB-233] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.126, and 2923.1212 and to enact section 2923.1214 of the Revised Code to enact the "Decriminalization Effort For Ending Notorious Deaths (DEFEND)" to provide an opportunity for a concealed handgun licensee or qualified military member to avoid charges for carrying a deadly weapon into a prohibited place if the person leaves upon request, and to penalize failure to leave upon request or returning with a firearm.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 09/20/2017

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Regards self-defense and handling firearms [HB-228] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
To amend sections 9.68, 109.801, 307.93, 307.932, 2901.05, 2923.11, 2923.121, 2923.126, 2923.129, 2923.1212, 2923.18, 2923.20, and 2953.37 and to enact sections 9.69 and 2923.1214 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing state preemption of local firearm regulations and related remedies, the grounds for self-defense and the burden of proof, the authority of a law enforcement officer or investigator to carry a weapon, the offense of unlawful transactions in weapons, and other weapons-related laws.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Bacon Dispense Reading Line Item Veto Message - Agreed To Without Objection on 12/27/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Prohibit person liable to domestic violence from having firearm [SB-150] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.13, 2919.25, 2919.26, 2923.13, 2923.14, and 3113.31 and to enact sections 2923.133 and 2923.134 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person convicted of domestic violence or assault of a family member, or a person subject to certain protection orders, from having a firearm; to establish a procedure for surrendering all firearms in the person's possession; and to name the act the "Domestic Violence Survivors Protection Act."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 05/17/2017

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Compel Brazil to extradite Claudia Hoerig to answer for murder [HCR-9] [International ] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Military ]
To urge the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of State, and the Congress of the United States to compel Brazil to extradite Claudia Hoerig to stand trial for the aggravated murder of her husband, Major Karl Hoerig, and to request that the United States terminate foreign aid payments to Brazil if Claudia Hoerig is not extradited.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Thompson Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 02/06/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Expand right to concealed carry [HB-201] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 109.69, 109.731, 1547.69, 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2953.37, and 4749.10 and to enact section 2923.111 of the Revised Code to allow a concealed handgun licensee to carry concealed all firearms other than dangerous ordnance or firearms prohibited by state or federal law; to repeal the requirement that a licensee stopped for a law enforcement purpose promptly inform an approaching officer if the licensee is carrying a firearm and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin Refer To Committee: Federalism And Interstate Relations on 05/09/2017

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Criminalize and create civil action for dismemberment abortion [SB-145] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2305.114, 2307.53, 2901.01, 2903.09, 2919.123, 2919.151, and 2967.193 and to enact section 2919.15 of the Revised Code to criminalize and create a civil action for dismemberment abortions.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Bacon Passed on 12/13/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Compel Brazil to extradite Claudia Hoerig to answer for murder [SCR-6] [International ] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Military ]
To urge the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of State, and the Congress of the United States to compel Brazil to extradite Claudia Hoerig to stand trial for the aggravated murder of her husband, Major Karl Hoerig, and to request that the United States terminate foreign aid payments to Brazil if Claudia Hoerig is not extradited.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Schiavoni Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 05/03/2017

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