Bills that Impact the Judiciary
General Assembly:
SUBJECT
    Enact the Repeat Offender Act (Williams, Willis)

    Regards underage possession or consumption of alcohol (Bird, Williams)

    Enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act (Thomas, Grim)

    Enact the Human Trafficking Prevention Act (Williams, Santucci)

    Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate (Stewart)

    Regards conceal carry locations, nonresident firearms disability (Mathews, Pizzulli)

    Increase penalty for assault if the victim is a sports official (Roemer, Miller, J.)

    Budget (Stewart)

    Restrict sex offender from residing, loitering near victim's home (Klopfenstein, Williams)

    Enact the Self-Defense Protection Act (Williams)

    Increase the penalty for repeat voyeurism (Thomas, Williams)

    Impose additional fine for high-speed drivers (Miller, K., Creech)

    Enact Philip Wigal's Law (Craig, Miller, M.)

    Regards the minimum number of hours in a school year (Bird)

    Revise civil service status of certain county probation positions (Lorenz)

    Revise liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws (Stewart)

    Enact the My Child-My Chart Act (Click)

    Regards motivation or purpose to commit criminal child enticement (Williams, Brennan)

    Prohibit mental health service to minors without parental consent (Newman)

    Allow motion for new trial, other relief based on new evidence (Williams, Tims)

    Provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction (Lawson-Rowe, Callender)

    Regards statewide school behavioral threat management process (Hall, T., Ghanbari)

    Revise the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code (Isaachsohn, Mathews)

    Regulate manufacture, sale of inhalable, ingestible hemp products (Fischer, Mathews)

    Enact Aspen Runnels' Law (Hall, T., Williams)

    Enact the Courtroom Employee Protection Act (Lorenz)

    Require consideration of caretaker status in criminal cases (Humphrey, Williams)

    Regards crimes committed while masked or disguised (Williams)

    Regards dog quarantine, disposition hearing, after a dog attack (Thomas, C., Lawson-Rowe)

    Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act (King, Williams)

    Modify offenses of burglary, breaking and entering, and trespass (Click, Bird)

    Revise the law regarding child custody for unwed parents (Williams, LaRe)

    Regards filing for certificate of qualification for employment (Humphrey, Click)

    Add immigration status as a required factor for sentencing, bail (Williams)

    Expedite unauthorized occupant removal; prohibit fraudulent deeds (Young)

    Delay offender financial sanctions until 180 days after release (Miller, M.)

    Enact the Sam Knisley Family Support Act (Young)

    Enact Andy's Law (Johnson, Plummer)

    Regards delinquent adjudications for felony theft or vandalism (Lorenz)

    Expand offense of domestic violence, weapons under disability (Brewer)

    Enact the Keeping Our Survivors Safe Act (Grim, Abdullahi)

    Vehicular Manslaughter (Lorenz)

    Mandatory Sentencing for First Responders (Abrams, Plummer)

    Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards (Click, Brewer)

    Expand the Address Confidentiality Program (Willis)

    Regards animal abuse offenses and penalties (Plummer, Young)

    Prohibit trespass and unauthorized recording by drones (Hoops)

    Regards the one-year limitations period for libel or slander (Stewart, Mathews)

    Modify trust and probate laws (Mathews, Stewart)

    Regards the dollar caps on certain damages in civil actions (Stewart)

    Regards penalties for politically motivated criminal offenses (Daniels, Williams)

    Enact Katelyn's Law (Gross, Williams)

    Create jury tampering offense; revise court intimidation offenses (Thomas, Synenberg)

    Create a repeat drug offender specification (Williams, Plummer)

    Expand postconviction relief re:DNA test showing actual innocence (Schmidt, Williams)

    Make changes to Guardianship Law (Ray, Baker)

    Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests (Ray, Abrams)

    Modify and rename the wrongful incarceration law (Williams, Rogers, Jr.)

    Prohibit a person from receiving proceeds of prostitution (Newman, John)

    Exclude certain financial records in criminal record expungement (Teska)

    Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle (White)

    Allow felony defendants to request indictment by open grand jury (Williams)

    Require 7 year mandatory minimum prison term for forcible rape (Williams)

    Regards custody of children who cannot be released to a parent (Miller)

    Revise list of vehicles that can commit vehicular homicide (Miller)

    Require compensatory parenting time for parenting time violation (Salvo, Williams)

    Require landlord to notify tenant of rent default before eviction (Mohamed, Upchurch)

    Revise community control sanctions for felonies and misdemeanors (Mathews, Williams)

    Prohibit judicial release denial solely on offense classification (Williams)

    Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act (Cirino)

    Expedite unauthorized occupant removal; prohibit fraudulent deeds (Brenner, Huffman)

    Regards supported decision-making for certain disabled adults (Cirino, Reynolds)

    Establish liability standard for certain food-related injuries (DeMora)

    Regards civil actions for vandalism or riot activity injuries (Schaffer)

    Regards operating under the influence of marihuana, OVI evidence (Manning)

    Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes (Huffman)

    Expand eligibility: grandparent POA, caretaker affidavits (Craig, Reynolds)

    Regards courts and court procedures (Gavarone, Manning)

    Increase penalties for companion animal cruelty offenses (Cutrona)

    Increase assault penalty if victim is a transit system operator (Craig, Patton)

    Exempt from sales and use tax certain logistics business items (Wilkin, Lang)

    Abolish the death penalty; revise number of juror challenges (Antonio, Huffman)

    Abolish death penalty; regards funding of lethal injection drugs (Antonio, Huffman)

    Regards real property foreclosures and estate sales (Brenner)

    Designate Judge Nathaniel R. Jones Day (Ingram)

    Prohibit employment application question re: criminal background (Craig, Blessing)

    Reduce statute of limitations for contract actions (Lang)

    Regards allocation of parenting responsibilities (Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson)

    Verify veteran status of imprisoned individuals (Johnson)

    Regards failure to comply with an order of law enforcement (Patton)

    Allow suppression of eviction records in certain circumstances (Reynolds)

    Regards commitment of delinquent children to Youth Services (Manning, Hicks-Hudson)

    Clarify that child independent activity is not abuse or neglect (Gavarone)

    Revise community control sanctions for felonies and misdemeanors (Manning, Reynolds)

    Revise caps on noneconomic, punitive, and exemplary damages (Blessing)

    Regards the timeline for restoring competency in criminal cases (Manning, Patton)

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