Ohio House Bill 568 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 20 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-04-10 - Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
Pending: House Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend sections 2152.02, 2152.10, 2152.12, 2935.26, and 4511.181 and to enact section 4511.199 of the Revised Code to authorize a law enforcement officer to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle if the officer has probable cause to believe that the driver committed a moving violation and that the moving violation was a contributing factor in a motor vehicle accident that caused serious physical harm to or the death of another person, to authorize the officer to request a warrant to conduct a chemical test to determine whether the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol if there is probable cause to do so, to authorize the officer to order the administration of a chemical test under specified circumstances, to require the mandatory bindover (for trial as an adult rather than a juvenile) of a 16- or 17- year-old who is alleged to have committed aggravated vehicular homicide, and to designate this act as "Sophie's Law."

Arrest driver if moving violation causes serious harm or death

Rep. James Butler [R]

Rep. Anthony DeVitis [R]

Rep. Derek Merrin [R]

Rep. Craig Riedel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-10	House	Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
2018-03-20	House	Introduced

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
21			Amended Code	Citation Text
21	52		Amended Code	Citation Text
21	52	02	Amended Code	Citation Text
21	52	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
21	52	12	Amended Code	Citation Text
29			Amended Code	Citation Text
29	35		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	35	26	Amended Code	Citation Text
45			Amended Code	Citation Text
45	11		Amended Code	Citation Text
45	11	181	Amended Code	Citation Text
45	11	199	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-568
Text	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb568/IN/00/hb568_00_IN?format=pdf