Ohio House Bill 89 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-18 - To Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

To amend sections 2903.01, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.21, 2921.01, 2921.03, 2921.05, and 2929.04 of the Revised Code to provide that the purposeful killing of a judge or magistrate in specified circumstances is aggravated murder; to increase the penalty for felonious assault, aggravated assault, and assault in specified circumstances when the victim is a judge, a magistrate, or a law enforcement officer, to change the circumstances in which the penalty for those offenses is increased when the victim is a BCII investigator, and to remove the increased penalty for those offenses when the victim is a peace officer; to increase the penalty for assault when the offense is committed in a courthouse in specified circumstances and to change the circumstances in which the penalty for that offense is increased when the victim is a children services worker; to increase the penalty for aggravated menacing in specified circumstances when the victim is a law enforcement officer, judge, or magistrate and to change the circumstances in which the penalty for that offense is increased when the victim is a children services worker; to expand intimidation to also prohibit attempting to intimidate a public servant, party official, attorney, or witness by making an unlawful threat of harm to an unborn of that person; to expand retaliation to also prohibit using force against or making an unlawful threat to harm an unborn of a public servant, party official, attorney, or witness and to modify the culpable mental state for and other elements of that offense; and to make the killing of a judge or magistrate in specified circumstances an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty for aggravated murder.

To provide that the purposeful killing of a judge or magistrate in specified circumstances is aggravated murder; to increase the penalty for felonious assault, aggravated assault, and assault in specified circumstances when the victim is a judge, a magistrate, or a law enforcement officer, to change the circumstances in which the penalty for those offenses is increased when the victim is a BCII investigator, and to remove the increased penalty for those offenses when the victim is a peace officer; to increase the penalty for assault when the offense is committed in a courthouse in specified circumstances and to change the circumstances in which the penalty for that offense is increased when the victim is a children services worker; to increase the penalty for aggravated menacing in specified circumstances when the victim is a law enforcement officer, judge, or magistrate and to change the circumstances in which the penalty for that offense is increased when the victim is a children services worker; to expand intimidation to also prohibit attempting to intimidate a public servant, party official, attorney, or witness by making an unlawful threat of harm to an unborn of that person; to expand retaliation to also prohibit using force against or making an unlawful threat to harm an unborn of a public servant, party official, attorney, or witness and to modify the culpable mental state for and other elements of that offense; and to make the killing of a judge or magistrate in specified circumstances an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty for aggravated murder.

Rep. Richard Adams [R]	Sen. Kevin Bacon [R]	Sen. Troy Balderson [R]	Rep. Terry Blair [R]
Rep. Courtney Combs [R]	Sen. David Daniels [R]	Rep. Timothy Derickson [R]	Sen. Cliff Hite [R]
Sen. Matt Huffman [R]	Rep. Kris Jordan [R]	Rep. Ross McGregor [R]	Rep. Peter Stautberg [R]
Rep. Gerald Stebelton [R]	Rep. James Zehringer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-18		To Judiciary
2009-03-18		Introduced to House

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29			Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03	01	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03	12	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	03	21	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	21		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	21	01	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	21	03	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	21	05	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	29		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	29	04	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_89
Text	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_89_I_Y.html