Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Abolish death penalty; modify juror challenges in certain cases [SB-101]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 9.07, 120.03, 120.041, 120.06, 120.14, 120.16, 120.18, 120.24, 120.26, 120.28, 120.33, 120.34, 149.43, 149.436, 1901.183, 2152.13, 2152.67, 2301.20, 2307.60, 2317.02, 2701.07, 2743.51, 2901.02, 2909.24, 2929.02, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.61, 2930.19, 2937.222, 2941.021, 2941.14, 2941.148, 2941.401, 2941.43, 2941.51, 2945.06, 2945.10, 2945.13, 2945.21, 2945.25, 2945.33, 2945.38, 2949.02, 2949.03, 2953.02, 2953.07, 2953.08, 2953.09, 2953.10, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2953.71, 2953.72, 2953.73, 2953.81, 2967.05, 2967.12, 2967.13, 2967.193, 2967.194,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Adopted on 04/19/2023
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Skindell
Introduced And Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 03/28/2023
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Health on 12/06/2023
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Prohibit installing tracking device or app without consent [SB-100]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 1547.11, 1547.111, 2317.02, 2317.022, 2927.02, 3701.143, 3767.01, 4301.74, 4506.17, 4511.19, 4511.191, and 4511.192 and to enact section 2903.216 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit a person from knowingly installing a tracking device or application on another person's property without the other person's consent or failing to remove or ensure removal of such a device or application from another person's property if the other person gave consent and subsequently revokes it, to authorize collecting oral fluid as evidence in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective on 03/20/2025
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Expand offense of aggravated menacing for utility workers [SB-88]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2903.21 of the Revised Code to expand the offense of aggravated menacing to prohibit threatening a utility worker, cable operator worker, or broadband worker with intent to obstruct the operation of a utility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Hearcel F. Craig
Referred To Committee: Pensions on 03/23/2023
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Expand intimidation offenses to include guardians ad litem [HB-122]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2921.03 and 2921.04 and to enact section 5.54 of the Revised Code to expand intimidation offenses to include guardians ad litem and court-appointed special advocates and to designate May 1st as "Court-Appointed Special Advocates Appreciation Day."
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 09/13/2023
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Eliminate period of limitation - rape prosecution or civil action [HB-124]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 2305.111, 2901.13, and 2933.82 and to enact section 2305.119 of the Revised Code to eliminate the period of limitation for the criminal prosecution of a person for rape and for a civil action brought by a victim of conduct that would constitute rape and to extend the period of limitation for a civil action by a victim of childhood sexual abuse other than rape.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Transportation on 03/28/2023
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Allow candidate pay certain child care costs with campaign funds [HB-114]
[Elections ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To amend sections 3517.01, 3517.10, 3517.12, 3517.13, 3517.155, and 3517.992 of the Revised Code to modify the Campaign Finance Law and to delay the deadline for a major political party to certify its presidential and vice presidential candidates to the Secretary of State for the 2024 general election.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Reported - Substitute: General Government on 05/08/2024
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Require emotional intelligence training for peace officers [SB-84]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
To amend sections 109.71 and 109.79 and to enact section 109.7411 of the Revised Code to require training on emotional intelligence for peace officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine D. Ingram
Referred To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/21/2023
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Increase sentence range for third degree felony domestic violence [HB-111]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.215, 2919.25, and 2929.14 of the Revised Code to increase the sentencing range for third degree felony domestic violence and to create a presumption in favor of a prison term for the offense.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective on 03/20/2025
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Regards the sale of used catalytic converters [HB-110]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend sections 2913.02, 2913.51, 4737.012, 4737.04, 4737.041, 4737.045, 4737.99, 4738.03, 4738.07, 4738.12, 4745.01, 4775.09, and 5703.21 and to enact sections 4737.046, 4737.20, 4737.21, 4737.22, 4737.23, 4737.24, 4737.25, and 4737.98 of the Revised Code regarding the sale of used catalytic converters, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/22/2023
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Prohibit installing tracking device or app without consent [HB-91]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2903.211 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit a person from knowingly installing a tracking device or application on another person's property without the other person's consent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 03/14/2023
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Regards subsequent reduction in penalties for prior offenders [HB-67]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 1.58 and to enact section 181.26 of the Revised Code to provide that if a penalty for an offense has been imposed on an offender and if the penalty for that offense is subsequently reduced by a change to the Revised Code or Constitution, the penalty previously imposed on the offender may be reduced.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Transportation on 02/28/2023
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Restore local authority to regulate firearms-related conduct [SB-78]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To repeal section 9.68 of the Revised Code to restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Introduced on 03/08/2023
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Revise the liquor control laws [HB-86]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Agriculture ]
To amend sections 121.95, 121.951, 519.21, 928.01, 928.03, 2925.01, 3376.07, 3719.01, 3796.01, 3796.02, 3796.03, 3796.05, 3796.06, 3796.07, 3796.09, 3796.10, 3796.12, 3796.14, 3796.15, 3796.17, 3796.18, 3796.19, 3796.20, 3796.21, 3796.22, 3796.24, 3796.28, 3796.29, 3796.30, 4301.17, 4301.171, 4303.041, 4303.184, 4399.15, 4735.18, 5119.10, 5502.01, 5502.13, 5502.14, 5713.30, 5739.21, and 5739.99; to enact sections 109.44, 2953.321, 3796.04, 3796.062, 3796.221, 3796.32, 3796.33, 3796.99, 5119.81, 5119.82, 5119.83, 5120.81, 5739.27, 5739.271, and 5739.272;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert McColley
Introduced on 12/06/2023
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Require public utilities provide security systems at substations [SB-72]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact section 4933.30 of the Revised Code to require public utilities to provide twenty-four hour security systems at substations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew O. Brenner
Referred To Committee: Ways And Means on 03/01/2023
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Lower the minimum age for appointment as a police officer [HB-84]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend section 124.41 of the Revised Code to lower the minimum age for an original appointment as a police officer from twenty-one to eighteen years of age.
Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell D. Kick
Adopted: Rules And Reference on 02/28/2023
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Require school athletic coaches complete mental health training [HB-82]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 3313.5310, 3314.03, 3319.303, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.5318 of the Revised Code to require school athletic coaches to complete mental health training and to revise the renewal requirements for pupil-activity program permits and to amend the version of section 3319.303 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Sponsored by: Rep. James M. Hoops
Reported: Homeland Security on 02/28/2023
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Limit the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat [HB-62]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 2307.601, 2901.05, and 2901.09 of the Revised Code to limit the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Skindell
Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 02/28/2023
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Increase penalty-fleeing police; regards motor vehicle pursuit [HB-56]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 325.33, 2903.06, 2903.08, 2921.331, 2929.14, 2929.41, 2935.031, 4507.112, 4509.101, 4510.036, and 4511.251 of the Revised Code to prohibit causing the death of or serious physical harm to another while operating a utility vehicle or mini-truck, to require law enforcement entities to train officers related to the pursuit of a motor vehicle, to increase penalties for fleeing from law enforcement and forms of stunt driving, and to make changes to the distribution of certain driving-related fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective on 10/24/2024