Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement : Crime And Punishment
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Enact the Reproductive Care Act [HB-343]
[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. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Public Health Policy on 12/06/2023
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Allow for the sealing or expungement of certain charges [SB-197]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 1901.261, 1907.261, 2101.162, 2151.541, 2153.081, 2301.031, 2303.201, 2951.041, 2953.31, 2953.34, and 2953.61 and to enact section 2953.522 of the Revised Code to allow for the sealing or expungement of charges dismissed through intervention in lieu of conviction when those charges are connected to a conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence and to allow a clerk of court to spend computerization funds upon request.
Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj J. Antani
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/06/2023
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Add certain drug offenses to terrorism offenses; revise drug law [SB-193]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend sections 2909.21, 2909.24, 2925.37, and 3719.21 and to enact section 5502.09 of the Revised Code to add drug offenses committed by a major drug offender to the definition of "specified offenses" used in terrorism offenses, to modify the offense of terrorism, to prohibit possession of an encapsulating or tableting machine, and to create the pill press mold, encapsulating machine, and tableting machine registry.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Hoagland
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/06/2023
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Prohibit firearm possession with a domestic violence conviction [SB-187]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[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. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/06/2023
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Require correctional facilities to provide teletypewriter access [HB-325]
[Crime ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To enact sections 341.193, 753.022, and 5120.052 of the Revised Code to require municipal and county correctional facilities and state correctional institutions to provide inmates who are deaf, hard of hearing, or severely speech impaired with access to teletypewriters.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 11/14/2023
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Regards childhood sexual abuse registrants, offense of grooming [HB-322]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2901.13, 3797.01, 3797.04, 3797.10, and 3797.12; to enact section 2907.071; and to repeal section 3797.11 of the Revised Code to impose a civil penalty, rather than a criminal penalty, on a person who fails to register with the childhood sexual abuse civil registry, to eliminate the residence restriction on such person, to create the offense of grooming, and to extend the limitation period for prosecuting a violation of the law requiring certain persons to report child abuse or neglect under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective on 04/09/2025
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Regards ticket prices for school-affiliated events [HB-311]
[Education ]
To amend section 3313.5319 of the Revised Code regarding ticket prices for school-affiliated events.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Edwards
Introduced And Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 10/31/2023
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Regards electronic filing of court documents; computerization [HB-305]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Finance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 9.03, 120.54, 181.21, 325.33, 345.13, 517.23, 1317.07, 1901.02, 1901.123, 1901.261, 1907.11, 1907.143, 1907.261, 2303.081, 2303.201, 2505.02, 2929.20, 2967.26, 3517.01, 3517.10, 3517.12, 3517.13, 3517.155, 3517.992, 3517.993, 4507.112, 4509.101, and 4517.261; to enact new section 135.032 and sections 181.26, 1901.313, 1907.202, and 3109.055; and to repeal sections 135.032 and 135.321 of the Revised Code to address the laws governing financial and administrative matters of the courts, judgeships and court jurisdiction in Conneaut
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Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan H. Manning
Reported - Substitute: Judiciary on 05/22/2024
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Make election officials public service workers re:public records [SB-173]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Voting Rights ]
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to specify that certain election officials are designated public service workers for purposes of the public records law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Referred To Committee: Civil Justice on 11/12/2024
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Enact the Innocence Act [HB-295]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2917.211 and 2981.02 and to enact sections 2307.68, 2307.69, 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. Dick Stein
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 10/24/2023
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Enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act [SB-164]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend sections 149.43, 2923.11, 2923.125, 2923.128, and 2923.20 and to enact sections 2923.133, 2923.22, 2923.221, and 4731.058 of the Revised Code to enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act, relative to the creation of a do not possess firearms registry.
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Veterans And Public Safety on 10/11/2023
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Regards SORN law compliance; add new sexually oriented offense [HB-289]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2930.02, 2950.01, 2950.04, 2950.042, 2950.05, 2950.07, and 2951.041 and to repeal section 2930.071 of the Revised Code to provide that if a Tier I or Tier II sex offender/child-victim offender fails to comply with duties under the SORN law, the period of time that the offender has a duty to comply is tolled during the time of the failure, to require a sex offender/child-victim offender to register a fixed residence address or provide a detailed description of the places at which the offender or delinquent child intends to stay
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Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan H. Manning
Effective on 03/20/2025
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Require hospitals to establish registered nurse staffing plans [HB-285]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Student Loans ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
To amend sections 3333.28, 3722.01, 4723.489, and 4730.203; to enact sections 3333.27, 3722.21, 3722.22, 3722.23, 3722.24, 3722.25, 3722.26, 3722.27, 3722.28, 3722.29, 3722.30, 3722.31, 3722.32, 3722.33, 3722.34, 3722.35, 3722.36, 3722.37, and 3722.38; and to repeal sections 3727.50, 3727.51, 3727.52, 3727.53, 3727.54, 3727.55, 3727.56, and 3727.57 of the Revised Code to require hospitals to establish registered nurse staffing plans that protect patient safety, to create the Nursing Student Loan-to-Grant Program, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney
Referred To Committee: Health Provider Services on 10/03/2023
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Require criminal conviction for certain civil actions for damages [HB-281]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 102.04 and 2307.60 of the Revised Code to require in a civil action for damages caused by another person's criminal act that, with exceptions, such other person was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or adjudicated delinquent in connection with the criminal act and to permit a public official to receive compensation for services rendered before a board of elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Reported - Substitute: Civil Justice on 12/04/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Allow concealed carry in certain buildings with a courtroom [HB-272]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
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. William J. Seitz
Reported: Transportation on 12/13/2023
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Enact the Sam Knisley Family Support Act [HB-270]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2929.18 and to enact section 2125.05 of the Revised Code to require a felony offender of an OVI-caused aggravated vehicular homicide to pay child maintenance when the victim is a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor child, to allow child maintenance to be awarded in a wrongful death action when the offender is deceased, and to name this act the Sam Knisley Family Support Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tracy M. Richardson
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/26/2023
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Remove requirement to construct certain interstate interchanges [SB-155]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
To repeal section 5501.60 of the Revised Code to replace the requirement that the Department of Transportation construct certain interstate interchanges with a traffic congestion study.
Sponsored by: Sen. Timothy O. Schaffer
Reported: Economic And Workforce Development on 11/20/2024
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Increase fine for repeatedly selling tobacco products to minors [HB-258]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 2927.02, 3767.01, and 4301.74 of the Revised Code to increase fines for repeatedly selling tobacco products to minors and to apply the public nuisance law to places where such sales occur.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 01/24/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Regards massage establishments and nontherapeutic massage [HB-255]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 503.40, 503.41, 503.42, 503.43, 503.44, 503.47, 503.48, 503.49, 503.50, 4731.15, 4731.41, and 5502.01; to enact sections 503.411 and 5502.75; and to repeal sections 503.45 and 503.46 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing massage establishments and to establish a nontherapeutic massage registration and to amend the version of section 503.41 of the Revised Code scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haraz N. Ghanbari
Referred To Committee: Transportation on 09/12/2023
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Condemns the People's Republic of China regarding the drug trade [SCR-7]
[International ]
[Crime ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[National Security ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To condemn the People's Republic of China for its role in the global drug trade, especially in its capacity as the largest point of origin of fentanyl smuggled to the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Referred To Committee: Community Revitalization on 09/13/2023