OH HB606 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-5)
Status: Passed on March 22 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-22 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

To amend sections 1901.08, 1905.01, 4511.204, and 4511.205 of the Revised Code to abolish a judgeship of the Youngstown Municipal Court; to increase from more than 100 to more than 200 the population necessary for a municipal corporation to have a mayor's court unless the municipal corporation is located entirely on an island in Lake Erie; and to provide that a conviction or guilty plea of the offense of driving a vehicle while writing, sending, or reading a text-based communication on a handheld electronic wireless communications device and a conviction or guilty plea of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import and that an adjudication for the offense of a person who is less than 18 years of age from using, in any manner, an electronic wireless communications device while driving and an adjudication of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import.

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Title

To abolish a judgeship of the Youngstown Municipal Court; to increase from more than 100 to more than 200 the population necessary for a municipal corporation to have a mayor's court unless the municipal corporation is located entirely on an island in Lake Erie; and to provide that a conviction or guilty plea of the offense of driving a vehicle while writing, sending, or reading a text-based communication on a handheld electronic wireless communications device and a conviction or guilty plea of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import and that an adjudication for the offense of a person who is less than 18 years of age from using, in any manner, an electronic wireless communications device while driving and an adjudication of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2012-12-13 - House - House - Senate Amendments (Y: 72 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-12-12 - Senate - Senate - Third Consideration (Y: 26 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-12-05 - House - House - Third Consideration (Y: 77 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2013-03-22 Effective Date
2012-12-20 Governor' Action
2012-12-31 End of 10-day period
2012-12-19 Sent to Governor
2012-12-13 Concurrence
2012-12-12 Passed 3rd Consideration Senate
2012-12-12 Committee Report - S
2012-12-06 To Judiciary
2012-12-06 Introduced to Senate
2012-12-05 Passed 3rd Consideration House
2012-12-05 Committee Report - S
2012-11-21 To Judiciary & Ethics
2012-11-21 Introduced to House

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
19Amended CodeCitation Text
1901Amended CodeCitation Text
190108Amended CodeCitation Text
1905Amended CodeCitation Text
190501Amended CodeCitation Text
45Amended CodeCitation Text
4511Amended CodeCitation Text
4511204Amended CodeCitation Text
4511205Amended CodeCitation Text

Ohio State Sources


Bill Comments

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