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
Increase penalty for violating a protection order [SB-28]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.21 and 2903.22 of the Revised Code to increase the penalties that apply to aggravated menacing and menacing under certain circumstances.
SB-28: Increase penalty for violating a protection order
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/24/2019
Raise minimum age to purchase firearm to 21 [SB-182]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 2151.022, 2152.02, 2152.16, 2923.21, and 2923.211 of the Revised Code to raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to age 21 and to increase the penalty for improperly furnishing firearms to an underage person.
SB-182: Raise minimum age to purchase firearm to 21
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 09/11/2019
Change Address Confidentiality Program [HB-429]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 111.42, 111.43, 111.45, 111.46, 111.48, 111.99, 149.43, 315.25, 317.13, 317.32, 319.28, 2303.12, and 5301.255 and to enact sections 111.431, 111.432, and 321.25 of the Revised Code to make changes to the Address Confidentiality Program administered by the Secretary of State and to make changes to county recorder fees.
HB-429: Change Address Confidentiality Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Reported - Amended: Local Government, Public Safety And Veterans Affairs on 12/16/2020
Require certain abusive litigators to get court approval to sue [HB-724]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2505.02 and to enact sections 2323.54, 2323.541, 2323.542, and 2323.543 of the Revised Code to restrict persons designated as abusive civil action plaintiffs from filing civil actions against certain defendants without the court's permission.
HB-724: Require certain abusive litigators to get court approval to sue
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Duffey
Refer To Committee: Civil Justice on 11/13/2018
Refuse child's gender-based treatment not basis for custody [HB-658]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact sections 2131.14, 2131.141, 2131.142, 2131.143, 2131.144, 2131.145, 2131.146, 2131.147, 2131.148, 2131.149, and 2919.30 of the Revised Code to prohibit a court from using a parent, guardian, or custodian's refusal to allow a child to undergo gender-based treatment as a basis for determining custody of the child.
HB-658: Refuse child's gender-based treatment not basis for custody
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. Brinkman
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 06/05/2018
Revise juvenile procedures [HB-394]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 109.42, 121.37, 2151.23, 2151.353, 2151.415, 2151.42, 2152.02, 2152.10, 2152.11, 2152.12, 2152.121, 2152.13, 2152.14, 2152.18, 2152.20, 2152.21, 2152.26, 2505.02, 2929.02, 2929.14, 2967.13, 2971.03, and 5149.101 and to enact sections 2152.011, 2152.203, 2929.07, and 2967.132 of the Revised Code to revise the law concerning serious youthful offender dispositions and bindovers of an alleged juvenile offender from a juvenile court to a criminal court; to revise the procedures for determining the delinquent child confinement credit;
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HB-394: Revise juvenile procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey S. Rezabek
Reported - Substitute: Criminal Justice on 05/23/2018
Regards regulation of host family agreements [SB-291]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend section 2151.421 and to enact sections 2151.90, 2151.901, 2151.902, and 2151.903 of the Revised Code regarding regulation of host family agreements.
SB-291: Regards regulation of host family agreements
Sponsored by: Sen. William P. Coley
Refer To Committee: Health, Human Services And Medicaid on 05/10/2018
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
Addresses sibling placement and relationships [HB-448]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 2151.411, 3107.15, 3109.051, 3109.11, and 3113.31 and to enact sections 3109.18, 3109.181, 3109.182, 3109.183, and 3109.90 of the Revised Code to create sibling visitation rights, to make changes to the law regarding sibling placement by a court or agency and sibling relationships when parental rights are terminated, and to extend the sibling relationship beyond adoption.
HB-448: Addresses sibling placement and relationships
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey S. Rezabek
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 01/16/2018
Make blindness no impediment to caring for minor [HB-309]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
To enact sections 2131.03, 2131.031, 2131.032, 2131.033, and 2131.034 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit a person's blindness from being used to deny or limit custody, parenting time, visitation, adoption, or service as a guardian or foster caregiver, regarding a minor.
HB-309: Make blindness no impediment to caring for minor
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Reported: Judiciary on 11/14/2018
Extend adoption tax credit to adopting disabled adult [HB-304]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend section 5747.37 of the Revised Code to extend a personal income tax credit available for the adoption of a minor child to include a disabled adult adopted by the adult's stepparent.
HB-304: Extend adoption tax credit to adopting disabled adult
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Young
Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 09/12/2017
Prohibit abortion if unborn has detectable heartbeat [HB-258]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 2317.56, 2919.171, 2919.19, 2919.191, 2919.192, 2919.193, and 4731.22; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 2919.191 (2919.192), 2919.192 (2919.194), and 2919.193 (2919.198); and to enact new sections 2919.191 and 2919.193 and sections 2919.195, 2919.196, 2919.197, 2919.199, 2919.1910, and 2919.1911 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat and to create the Joint Legislative Committee on Adoption Promotion
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HB-258: Prohibit abortion if unborn has detectable heartbeat
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Objection Of The Governor Sustained on 12/27/2018
Require region-based kinship caregiver navigator program [HB-126]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend sections 5101.85, 5101.851, and 5101.853; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 5101.852 (5101.856) and 5101.853 (5101.854); and to enact new sections 5101.852 and 5101.853 and section 5101.855 of the Revised Code to require a region-based kinship care navigator program, and to make an appropriation.
HB-126: Require region-based kinship caregiver navigator program
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Finance on 11/14/2018
Add judges to Franklin County Domestic Relations Division [SB-130]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 2301.02 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code to add two judges to the Domestic Relations Division of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to be elected in 2018.
SB-130: Add judges to Franklin County Domestic Relations Division
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 04/26/2017
Changes in child support laws [SB-125]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 3119.01, 3119.02, 3119.021, 3119.04, 3119.05, 3119.06, 3119.22, 3119.23, 3119.24, 3119.29, 3119.30, 3119.302, 3119.31, 3119.32, 3119.61, 3119.63, 3119.76, 3119.79, 3119.89, 3121.36, and 3123.14 and to enact new sections 3119.022 and 3119.023 and sections 3119.051, 3119.231, and 3119.303, and to repeal sections 3119.022, 3119.023, and 3119.024 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing child support.
SB-125: Changes in child support laws
Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund
Reported: Community And Family Advancement on 05/22/2018