OH HB590 | 2017-2018 | 132nd General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: Introduced on April 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-05-15 - Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
Pending: House Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To amend sections 2307.601, 2901.05, and 2901.09 and to enact sections 2901.091 and 2901.092 of the Revised Code to define what constitutes reasonable force and specify when a person is justified in its use or threatened use, to provide that a person has no duty to retreat from any place where the person is lawfully present prior to using or threatening to use reasonable force, to establish civil and criminal immunity for a person who uses or threatens to use reasonable force, to revise the circumstances under which a person who uses or threatens to use deadly force is presumed to be acting in self-defense or in defense of another, and to establish a procedure and standards for asserting and disproving self-defense, defense of another, or defense of a residence in a criminal or civil case.

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Title

Regards defense of self, others, and property against crimes

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2018-05-15HouseRefer to Committee: Criminal Justice
2018-04-09HouseIntroduced

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
23Amended CodeCitation Text
2307Amended CodeCitation Text
2307601Amended CodeCitation Text
29Amended CodeCitation Text
2901Amended CodeCitation Text
290105Amended CodeCitation Text
290109Amended CodeCitation Text
2901091New CodeSee Bill Text
2901092New CodeSee Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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