Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement : Sex Offenses

State (Ohio)
Ohio 136th General Assembly

Increase the penalties for voyeurism [HB-345] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2907.08 of the Revised Code to increase the penalties for voyeurism.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff LaRe Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/11/2025

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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 Peterson Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/07/2025

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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 Manning Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/25/2025

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Ohio 136th General Assembly

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 McClain Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 02/26/2025

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Ohio 136th General Assembly

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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Ohio 136th General Assembly

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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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Increase penalty for repeat voyeurism [HB-690] [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: Criminal Justice on 11/19/2024

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Enact Braden's Law to prohibit sexual extortion [HB-531] [Crime ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 2137.15, 2905.11, 2929.12, and 2933.51 and to enact sections 2905.111 and 2933.523 of the Revised Code to enact Braden's Law to prohibit sexual extortion and to require service providers to comply with search warrants and interception warrants for electronic information.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze Effective on 04/09/2025

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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Require certain motivation or purpose to commit child enticement [HB-593] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
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. Sean Brennan Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 05/21/2024

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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Enact Braden's Law to prohibit sexual extortion [SB-263] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2137.15, 2743.51, 2743.56, 2743.60, 2743.71, and 2905.11 and to enact section 2905.111 of the Revised Code to enact Braden's Law to prohibit sexual extortion and aggravated sexual extortion and to allow family of certain victims of aggravated sexual extortion to receive compensation from the crime victims compensation fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Brenner Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/22/2024

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Revise criminal and disciplinary provisions relating to HIV, AIDS [HB-513] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 307.93, 341.14, 341.19, 341.21, 341.23, 341.34, 753.02, 753.04, 753.16, 753.21, 2151.358, 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, 2152.851, 2301.57, 2903.11, 2907.24, 2907.241, 2907.25, 2907.27, 2907.28, 2921.38, 2923.125, 2923.128, 2923.1213, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2941.1425, 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.07, 2950.10, 2950.11, 2950.13, , 2953.31, 2953.34, 3701.24, 3701.241, 3701.242, 3701.243, 3701.244, 3701.245, 3701.246, 3701.247, 3701.249, 3901.45, 3901.46, 4730.25, 4731.22, 4759.07, 4760.13, 4761.09, 4762.13, 4774.13, 4778.14, 5120.16, and 5120.163; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sara Carruthers Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 05/07/2024

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Enact Human Trafficking Prevention Act [HB-377] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.41, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.32, and 2971.03 of the Revised Code to enact the Human Trafficking Prevention Act to increase the penalty for human trafficking of a minor or person with a developmental disability, kidnapping, and abduction.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 02/06/2024

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Honoring Meridian Sun Lodge 69 of the Free and Accepted Masons on its Bicentennial. [HR-344] [Arts and Culture ]
Honoring Meridian Sun Lodge 69 of the Free and Accepted Masons on its Bicentennial.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Roemer Adopted: Rules And Reference on 01/09/2024

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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Require sextortion training materials for law enforcement [HB-329] [Crime ] [Cybersecurity ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ]
To enact section 109.7411 of the Revised Code to require the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission to develop training materials on the subject of sextortion and provide those materials to law enforcement agencies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gail Pavliga Referred To Committee: Homeland Security on 11/28/2023

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

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 Kunze Effective on 04/09/2025

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Establish Regional Partnerships Program [HB-312] [Budget and Spending ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
To enact section 3301.85 of the Revised Code to establish the Regional Partnerships Program and to make an appropriation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Seitz Reported - Re-referred To Finance: Rules And Reference on 01/09/2024

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan Manning Effective on 03/20/2025

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State (Ohio)
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 Richardson Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/26/2023

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

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 Schaffer Reported: Economic And Workforce Development on 11/20/2024

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Designates World Refugee Day [HB-247] [Human Rights ] [International ]
To enact section 5.54 of the Revised Code to designate the twentieth day of June as "World Refugee Day."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas Adopted on 09/12/2023

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