Declare police body camera recordings not to be public records [HB-425]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 149.43, 149.433, 2151.34, 2903.213, 2903.214, 2919.26, 2953.32, 2953.37, 2953.38, 2953.53, and 3113.31 and to repeal sections 109.38 and 109.381 of the Revised Code to provide that specified portions of peace officers' body-worn camera or dashboard camera recordings and the infrastructure record of a public school are not public records for purposes of the Public Records Law, to replace expungement with sealing of ex parte protection orders and records under certain circumstances, to clarify the appellate process for the court's
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HB-425: Declare police body camera recordings not to be public records
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Passed on 12/27/2018
Include names submitted by Bureau of Motor Vehicles on juror list [SB-200]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2313.06 of the Revised Code to require the names submitted by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to the commissioners of jurors to be included on the annual jury source list compiled by the commissioners.
SB-200: Include names submitted by Bureau of Motor Vehicles on juror list
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta Tavares
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 11/15/2017
Exempt forensic and mental health examiners from public records [HB-406]
[Mental Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 149.43 and 149.45 of the Revised Code to include forensic mental health providers, mental health evaluation providers, and regional psychiatric hospital employees as individuals whose residential and familial information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, and whose addresses public offices, upon request, must redact from records available to the general public on the internet.
HB-406: Exempt forensic and mental health examiners from public records
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Introduced on 06/26/2018
Authorize redacting discriminatory covenants from land records [HB-412]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
To amend section 109.15 and to enact section 317.115 of the Revised Code to authorize county recorders, at the request of certain persons, to redact discriminatory covenants from real property instruments displayed on the internet, or to record modifications of those instruments.
HB-412: Authorize redacting discriminatory covenants from land records
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Duffey
Refer To Committee: Civil Justice on 11/28/2017
Exclude depictions of crime victim's body from public records [HB-451]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 149.43 and 149.45 of the Revised Code to exclude from the definition of public record under the Public Records Law any depiction by photograph, film, videotape, or digital, visual, or printed material of victims of crime under specified circumstances dealing with the victims' bodily privacy, to exclude from that definition specified residential and familial information regarding county or multicounty corrections officers, and to declare an emergency.
HB-451: Exclude depictions of crime victim's body from public records
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Reported - Substitute: Judiciary on 12/04/2018
Exempt personal information about judges from disclosure [HB-341]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 149.43, 149.45, 319.28, 2101.024, and 2301.03 of the Revised Code to include judges and magistrates as individuals whose residential and familial information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, and whose addresses public offices, upon request, must redact from records available to the general public on the internet; to allow spouses whose residential and familial information is not a public record to, under an existing procedure, remove their names from the county auditor's public internet records and the general
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HB-341: Exempt personal information about judges from disclosure
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Bacon
Introduced on 12/27/2018
Prohibit using accident report for commercial solicitation [HB-331]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 5502.12 of the Revised Code to prohibit the use of information obtained from an accident report by any person for commercial solicitation purposes.
HB-331: Prohibit using accident report for commercial solicitation
Sponsored by: Rep. Alicia Reece
Refer To Committee: Economic Development, Commerce, And Labor on 09/12/2017
Create register of persons having a communication disability [HB-115]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
To enact sections 3304.23 and 5502.08 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Public Safety to establish a database of persons who are diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication and to require the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Agency to establish a verification form for persons to voluntarily register for inclusion in the database.
HB-115: Create register of persons having a communication disability
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 8/1/18 on 08/01/2018
Expunge if criminal sanction based on mistaken identity [HB-64]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2953.51, 2953.52, 2953.53, 2953.54, 2953.55, and 2953.61 of the Revised Code to provide for the expungement of official records related to the apprehension, arrest, criminal charging, or trial of a person based on mistaken identity.
HB-64: Expunge if criminal sanction based on mistaken identity
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 02/21/2017
Improve transparency of public data [HB-3]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact sections 117.432, 117.58, 149.60, 149.61, and 3375.03 of the Revised Code to create the DataOhio Board, to specify requirements for posting public records online, to require the Auditor of State to adopt rules regarding a uniform accounting system for public offices, to establish an online catalog of public data at data.Ohio.gov, to establish the Local Government Information Exchange Grant Program, and to make appropriations.
HB-3: Improve transparency of public data
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Introduced on 12/03/2018
Prohibit disclosing injuries to minors in school vehicles [HB-8]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend section 149.43 and to enact section 149.436 of the Revised Code to exempt from the Public Records Law certain information concerning a minor that is included in a record related to a traffic accident involving a school vehicle in which the minor was an occupant at the time of the accident, to allow the parent or guardian of the minor to request a record of the accident containing the exempted information, and to exempt certain protected health information from the Public Records Law.
HB-8: Prohibit disclosing injuries to minors in school vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 9/28/18 on 09/28/2018
Grant right to record law enforcement incident [SB-13]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2315.18, 2323.43, 2744.02, 2744.03, 2744.04, and 2744.05 and to enact sections 2743.021, 2744.021, and 2744.022 of the Revised Code to grant a person the right to lawfully record any incident involving a law enforcement officer and to impose civil liability upon the state or a local law enforcement agency if a law enforcement officer employed by the state or local law enforcement agency interferes with the recording of the incident, destroys the recording, seizes the recording without a warrant or subpoena or the person's consent,
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SB-13: Grant right to record law enforcement incident
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta Tavares
Refer To Committee: Local Government, Public Safety And Veterans Affairs on 02/01/2017
Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act [SB-139]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact sections 149.21, 149.22, 149.23, 149.24, 149.25, 149.26, and 149.27 of the Revised Code to adopt the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.
SB-139: Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta Tavares
Effective 9/28/18 on 09/28/2018