Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement : Crime And Punishment
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Regards drug trafficking, organized trafficking of persons [HB-230]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 1547.11, 1547.111, 2317.02, 2317.022, 2925.01, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2929.14, 2941.1422, 3313.60, 3314.03, 3314.03f, 3326.11, 3328.24, 3701.143, 3705.08, 4506.17, 4511.19, 4511.191, and 4511.192 and to enact sections 5.56, 2905.321, 2941.1427, 3313.6030, 3313.6031, and 3345.371 of the Revised Code to increase penalties for drug trafficking above certain amounts, to prohibit organized trafficking of persons, to authorize collecting oral fluid as evidence in suspected OVI cases, to require schools and institutions of higher education
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HB-230: Regards drug trafficking, organized trafficking of persons
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/08/2024
Require trigger locks be attached, provided with firearms sales [HB-217]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2923.25 of the Revised Code to require that gun trigger locks be attached and provided with firearms sales by federally licensed firearms dealers.
HB-217: Require trigger locks be attached, provided with firearms sales
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Reported - Amended: Insurance on 06/26/2023
Eliminate spousal exception for sex offenses; allow testimony [SB-127]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To amend sections 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, and 2945.42 of the Revised Code to eliminate the spousal exceptions for the offenses of rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, and importuning and to permit a person to testify against the person's spouse in a prosecution for any of those offenses.
SB-127: Eliminate spousal exception for sex offenses; allow testimony
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/07/2023
Change maximum periods of community control sanctions [HB-196]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2929.15, 2929.20, 2929.25, 2951.02, and 2951.07 of the Revised Code to change the maximum periods of community control sanctions authorized for felonies and misdemeanors and to modify the confinement sanctions authorized for a technical violation of community control sanction conditions.
HB-196: Change maximum periods of community control sanctions
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 06/07/2023
Enact Extreme Risk Protection Order Act [HB-170]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 109.57, 2923.125, 2923.128, 2923.1213, and 2923.13 and to enact sections 2923.26, 2923.27, 2923.28, 2923.29, 2923.30, and 2923.99 of the Revised Code to enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act to allow family members, household members, and law enforcement officers to obtain a court order that temporarily restricts a person's access to firearms if that person poses a danger to themselves or others.
HB-170: Enact Extreme Risk Protection Order Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Signed By The Governor on 05/23/2023
Designate Representative Kris Jordan Memorial Highway [HB-165]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To enact section 5534.503 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 36 in Delaware County as the "Representative Kris Jordan Memorial Highway."
HB-165: Designate Representative Kris Jordan Memorial Highway
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Reported: Transportation on 12/13/2023
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Eliminate spousal exceptions for certain sex offenses [HB-161]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To amend sections 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, and 2945.42 of the Revised Code to eliminate the spousal exceptions for the offenses of rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, and importuning and to permit a person to testify against the person's spouse in a prosecution for any of those offenses.
HB-161: Eliminate spousal exceptions for certain sex offenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective on 08/09/2024
Regards physician-administered drugs [HB-156]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend section 3902.50 and to enact section 3902.63 of the Revised Code to amend the law related to physician-administered drugs.
HB-156: Regards physician-administered drugs
Sponsored by: Rep. W. Scott Oelslager
Referred To Committee: Insurance on 05/02/2023
Regards employment conditions for certain registered nurses [HB-154]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
To amend sections 3727.50, 3727.51, 3727.52, and 3727.53 and to enact sections 3727.81, 3727.82, 3727.83, 3727.84, 3727.85, 3727.86, 3727.87, 3727.88, 3727.89, and 3727.90 of the Revised Code regarding staffing ratios and other employment conditions for registered nurses employed by hospitals.
HB-154: Regards employment conditions for certain registered nurses
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Skindell
Introduced on 04/25/2023
Require sexual motivation for criminal child enticement offense [HB-148]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[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 to commit the offense of criminal child enticement.
HB-148: Require sexual motivation for criminal child enticement offense
Sponsored by: Rep. Tavia Galonski
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 04/18/2023
Regards sales of kratom products [SB-103]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
To amend sections 3715.01, 3715.99, 3717.01, and 3717.99 and to enact sections 3715.026 and 3717.34 of the Revised Code regarding sales of kratom products.
SB-103: Regards sales of kratom products
Sponsored by: Sen. Louis W. Blessing
Referred To Committee: Health on 04/19/2023
Urge support CA: abolish corporate personhood and money as speech [HR-56]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Human Rights ]
To call on legislators at the state and federal level and other communities and jurisdictions to support an amendment to the United States Constitution that would abolish corporate personhood and the doctrine of money as speech.
HR-56: Urge support CA: abolish corporate personhood and money as speech
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Skindell
Introduced And Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 03/28/2023
Enact Sarah's Law regarding seizure action plans [SB-99]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend sections 3313.713, 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 of the Revised Code to enact Sarah's Law to require public and chartered nonpublic schools to create a seizure action plan for each student with a seizure disorder.
SB-99: Enact Sarah's Law regarding seizure action plans
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Financial Institutions on 03/29/2023
Increase assault penalties if the victim is a sports official [HB-139]
[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.
HB-139: Increase assault penalties if the victim is a sports official
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Health on 12/06/2023