Ohio House Bill 56 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
Pending: House Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend sections 2951.041 and 2953.38 and to enact section 2953.521 of the Revised Code to permit a person who is found not guilty or is the defendant in a dismissed case to apply for an expungement of the person's records in the case if the complaint, indictment, or finding of not guilty resulted from the applicant having been a victim of human trafficking, to permit a person convicted of certain prostitution-related offenses to apply for the expungement of any record of conviction of an offense, with certain exceptions, if the person's participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of human trafficking, and to authorize intervention in lieu of conviction for persons charged with committing an offense while a victim of compelling prostitution.

Expunge criminal record if caused by human trafficking

Rep. Jonathan Dever [R]

Sen. Theresa Gavarone [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-21	House	Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
2017-02-13	House	Introduced

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29			Amended Code	Citation Text
29	51		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	51	041	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	53		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	53	38	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	53	521	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-56
Text	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb56/IN/00/hb56_00_IN?format=pdf