Child abuse in military families-report to military authorities [HB-558]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 2151.421 and 2151.423 and to enact section 2151.4210 of the Revised Code to require public children services agencies to report child abuse or neglect in military families to the appropriate military authorities.
HB-558: Child abuse in military families-report to military authorities
Sponsored by: Rep. James L. Butler
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 12/09/2020
Provides privileged communications for victim advocacy services [HB-337]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2151.421, 2317.02, and 2921.22 of the Revised Code to provide generally a privilege for communications between a qualified advocate rendering advocacy services and a victim of certain crimes, to exempt the nondisclosure of that privileged communication from the offense of failure to report a crime, and to generally require a qualified advocate to report child abuse or neglect of the victim.
HB-337: Provides privileged communications for victim advocacy services
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/24/2019
Prohibit suggestive performances by minors; revoke liquor permit [SB-187]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2919.22 of the Revised Code to prohibit a sexually suggestive performance by a minor and, if the offender is a D liquor permit holder, to require the court to order the revocation of the permit.
SB-187: Prohibit suggestive performances by minors; revoke liquor permit
Sponsored by: Sen. Timothy O. Schaffer
Refer To Committee: General Government And Agency Review on 10/02/2019
Include child abuse-related offenses in violent offender database [HB-302]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2903.41 of the Revised Code to include certain child abuse-related offenses in the violent offender database, to name the act Jacob's Law, and to make an appropriation.
HB-302: Include child abuse-related offenses in violent offender database
Sponsored by: Rep. James L. Butler
Reported - Substitute: Finance on 12/15/2020
Regards children's crisis care facilities [HB-408]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 2950.034, 5103.13, and 5103.131; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 5103.131 (5103.133) and 5103.132 (5103.134); and to enact new sections 5103.131 and 5103.132 and section 5101.136 of the Revised Code regarding children's crisis care facilities.
HB-408: Regards children's crisis care facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Health on 11/18/2019
Regards Motor Vehicle Law and child support sanctions [HB-477]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 120.08, 2705.031, 3123.54, 3123.55, 3123.56, 3123.57, 3123.58, 3123.63, 4503.233, 4507.20, and 4509.101 and to enact sections 3123.61 and 4510.023 of the Revised Code to alter the procedures and requirements governing the granting of limited driving privileges in certain criminal cases and cases involving failure to pay child support, to authorize a court in any proceeding to submit a report to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles regarding whether the defendant is competent to operate a motor vehicle, to alter the reinstatement fees
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HB-477: Regards Motor Vehicle Law and child support sanctions
Sponsored by: Rep. James L. Butler
Refer To Committee: Civil Justice on 01/28/2020
Prohibit blindness from denying or limiting care of minor [HB-188]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
To enact sections 2131.03, 2131.031, 2131.032, 2131.033, and 2131.034 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit a person's disability from being used to deny or limit custody, parenting time, visitation, adoption, or service as a guardian or foster caregiver, regarding a minor.
HB-188: Prohibit blindness from denying or limiting care of minor
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 12/09/2020
Regards children's crisis care facilities [SB-240]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 2950.034, 5103.13, and 5103.131; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 5103.131 (5103.133) and 5103.132 (5103.134); and to enact new sections 5103.131 and 5103.132 and section 5101.136 of the Revised Code regarding children's crisis care facilities.
SB-240: Regards children's crisis care facilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Sandra R. Williams
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 12/04/2019
Grant immunity if forcibly enter vehicle to save animal or child [SB-343]
[Animals ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 959.133 and 2151.88 of the Revised Code to grant a person immunity from prosecution for any damage resulting from the forcible entry of a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a minor or an animal from the vehicle because the minor or animal is in imminent danger of suffering harm.
SB-343: Grant immunity if forcibly enter vehicle to save animal or child
Sponsored by: Sen. Sandra R. Williams
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 12/05/2018
Modify statute of limitations for child abuse and neglect [HB-638]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 2901.13 of the Revised Code to modify the period of limitation for prosecution of offenses involving child abuse and neglect.
HB-638: Modify statute of limitations for child abuse and neglect
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernadine Kennedy Kent
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 05/15/2018
Establish public child abuse registry [HB-612]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 5101.132 and to enact section 109.67 of the Revised Code to require the Attorney General to establish and maintain a publicly accessible child abuse registry containing information on offenders who commit certain offenses against minors under 14 years of age and to name the act Jacob's Law.
HB-612: Establish public child abuse registry
Sponsored by: Rep. James L. Butler
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 05/15/2018
Regards social workers and abuse reporting [HB-523]
[Animals ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 109.46, 959.99, 2151.421, 4757.10, 4757.13, 4757.18, 4757.22, 4757.23, 4757.32, and 4757.33 and to enact sections 959.07, 959.08, 959.09, 959.10, 2151.4210, 2919.252, and 4757.25 of the Revised Code to establish animal abuse reporting requirements, to require the Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program to be notified when a person serving in the armed forces is investigated for child abuse or neglect or domestic violence, and to modify the laws regulating counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists.
HB-523: Regards social workers and abuse reporting
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan H. Manning
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 11/28/2018
Change age at which can marry [HB-511]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 3101.01, 3101.04, and 3101.05, to enact new section 3101.02 and sections 3101.041, 3101.042, and 3109.011, and to repeal sections 3101.02 and 3101.03 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing the ages at which persons may marry.
HB-511: Change age at which can marry
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Passed on 12/27/2018
Regards child rehoming and nonjudicial grants of parental rights [HB-515]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 2919.22, 3107.017, 3107.05, 3109.51, 4510.13, 4510.31, and 5101.13 and to enact sections 3107.035, 3109.81, 3109.811, 3109.812, 3109.813, 3109.814, and 3109.815 of the Revised Code regarding child rehoming and nonjudicial grants of parental rights.
HB-515: Regards child rehoming and nonjudicial grants of parental rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 02/27/2018
Regards foster caregiver training and home assessor requirements [HB-533]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 2151.353, 5103.031, 5103.032, 5103.033, 5103.035, 5103.038, 5103.0313, 5103.0314, 5103.0316, and 5103.31 and to repeal sections 5103.039 and 5103.0311 of the Revised Code regarding foster caregiver training.
HB-533: Regards foster caregiver training and home assessor requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah LaTourette
Reported - Substitute: Community And Family Advancement on 12/11/2018
Regards minors in hazardous or dangerous occupations [HB-551]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 4109.05 and 4109.99 and to enact section 4109.22 of the Revised Code regarding hazardous occupations prohibited for minors and providing training to certain minors employed in a construction or manufacturing occupation.
HB-551: Regards minors in hazardous or dangerous occupations
Sponsored by: Rep. James L. Butler
Refer To Committee: Economic Development, Commerce, And Labor on 03/20/2018
Require juvenile judge to consent to adoption of abused children [HB-283]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
To amend section 3107.05 and to enact sections 3107.041, 3107.042, 3107.043, 3107.044, 3107.045, 3107.046, 3107.047, 3107.048, 3107.049, and 3107.131 of the Revised Code regarding certain adoptions involving abused, neglected, or dependent children and to allow posthumous final decrees of adoption.
HB-283: Require juvenile judge to consent to adoption of abused children
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey S. Rezabek
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 02/28/2018
Prohibit smoking in vehicle if passenger under six [SB-106]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact section 4511.80 of the Revised Code to prohibit smoking in a motor vehicle in which a child under six years of age is a passenger.
SB-106: Prohibit smoking in vehicle if passenger under six
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Local Government, Public Safety And Veterans Affairs on 04/26/2017
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Make municipal and county peace officers child abuse reporters [HB-137]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
To amend section 2151.421 of the Revised Code to make peace officers mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect and to expand the types of peace officers authorized to receive reports of child abuse and neglect.
HB-137: Make municipal and county peace officers child abuse reporters
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective 3/20/19 on 03/20/2019