Ohio House Bill 222 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-26 - Refer to Committee: Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend sections 2903.13 and 2917.41 and to enact section 306.20 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for assault when the victim is an employee of an Ohio transit system whom the offender knows or has reasonable cause to know is such an employee engaged in the performance of the victim's duties; to permit the court to impose a fine of up to $5000 and a six-month or lifetime prohibition from riding an Ohio transit system for assault committed in such specified circumstances; to authorize Ohio transit systems to post a warning sign indicating that abuse or assault of staff will not be tolerated and might result in a felony conviction; and to increase the penalty for evading payment of the known fares of a public transportation system.

Addresses assault of public transit system employees and fares

Rep. Denise Driehaus [D]

Rep. Rick Perales [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-26	House	Refer to Committee: Judiciary
2015-05-20	House	Introduced

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29			Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	17		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	17	41	Amended Code	Citation Text
3			New Code	See Bill Text
3	06		New Code	See Bill Text
3	06	20	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-222
Text	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_131/bills/hb222/IN/00/hb222_00_IN?format=pdf