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.
HB-249: Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Peterson
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/07/2025
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.
HB-168: Regards motivation or purpose to commit criminal child enticement
Sponsored by: Rep. Gayle Manning
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/25/2025
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.
HB-102: Restrict sex offender from residing, loitering near victim's home
Sponsored by: Rep. Riordan McClain
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 02/26/2025
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.
HB-110: Increase the penalty for repeat voyeurism
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/26/2025
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."
HB-88: Regards drug trafficking, human trafficking, and fentanyl
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Plummer
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/12/2025
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
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.
HB-531: Enact Braden's Law to prohibit sexual extortion
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective on 04/09/2025
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.
HB-593: Require certain motivation or purpose to commit child enticement
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Brennan
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 05/21/2024
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.
SB-263: Enact Braden's Law to prohibit sexual extortion
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Brenner
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 05/22/2024
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.
HB-377: Enact Human Trafficking Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 02/06/2024
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.
HB-329: Require sextortion training materials for law enforcement
Sponsored by: Rep. Gail Pavliga
Referred To Committee: Homeland Security on 11/28/2023
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.
HB-322: Regards childhood sexual abuse registrants, offense of grooming
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective on 04/09/2025
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.
HB-312: Establish Regional Partnerships Program
Sponsored by: Rep. William Seitz
Reported - Re-referred To Finance: Rules And Reference on 01/09/2024
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
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HB-289: Regards SORN law compliance; add new sexually oriented offense
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan Manning
Effective on 03/20/2025
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.
HB-270: Enact the Sam Knisley Family Support Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tracy Richardson
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/26/2023
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.
SB-155: Remove requirement to construct certain interstate interchanges
Sponsored by: Sen. Timothy Schaffer
Reported: Economic And Workforce Development on 11/20/2024
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."
HB-247: Designates World Refugee Day
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Adopted on 09/12/2023