Ohio House Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-11 - Refer to Committee: Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend sections 2925.11, 2929.13, 2929.141, 2929.15, 2929.25, and 2967.28 of the Revised Code to provide an immunity from arrest, prosecution, or conviction, or to permit a court to consider drug treatment or as a mitigating factor in supervised release sanctioning, for a minor drug possession offense for a person who seeks or obtains medical assistance for self or another person who is experiencing a medical emergency as a result of ingesting drugs or for a person who is experiencing such a medical emergency and for whom medical assistance is sought.

Addresses seeking medical help under criminal law

Rep. Denise Driehaus [D]

Rep. Robert Sprague [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-11	House	Refer to Committee: Judiciary
2015-06-08	House	Introduced

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29			Amended Code	Citation Text
29	25		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	25	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	29		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	29	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	29	141	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	29	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	29	25	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	67		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	67	28	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-249
Text	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_131/bills/hb249/IN/00/hb249_00_IN?format=pdf