Bill Title: To require automatic notice to victims of aggravated murder, murder, first, second, or third degree felony offenses of violence, or offenses punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment of certain prisoner or alleged juvenile offender release or transfer proceedings unless the victim has requested that the notice not be provided; to expand victim participation in parole hearings; to require the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to provide certain information related to paroles to designated public officials; to require the Department to notify the appropriate prosecuting attorney when a felon serving a specified sentence is released pursuant to a pardon, commutation of sentence, parole, or completed prison term; to require that the Department, in cases in which a prosecuting attorney currently is notified that a Department prisoner is being considered for an early release or a specified type of transfer to a less restrictive setting, provide the prosecuting attorney and any law enforcement agency, upon request, with an institutional summary report prepared with respect to the prisoner; to make other changes related to the release of prisoners and victim's rights; to provide that voluntary manslaughter committed with a sexual motivation is a sexually oriented offense, makes an offender or juvenile offender registrant who commits it a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender, and may qualify a juvenile offender registrant who commits it as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant; to waive the notice by publication requirement for a change of name if the applicant submits proof that the publication would jeopardize the applicant's personal safety; to revise the sentencing options for fourth and fifth degree felonies; and to name the victim and family notification provisions Roberta's Law.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 57-33)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-22 - Effective Date
[SB160 Detail]
Bill Drafts
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| Enrolled | 2012-12-20 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Engrossed | 2012-12-13 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Comm Sub | 2012-11-15 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Engrossed | 2012-05-03 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Introduced | 2011-04-28 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
Amendments
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| No bill amendments currently on file for Ohio SB160 |
Supplemental Documents
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| No supplemental documents for Ohio SB160 currently on file. |
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