Bill Text: OH HB242 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To require the Superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to establish and operate on the internet a database that contains information for every offender who within the prior 10 years or at any time in the future was or is convicted of or pleaded or pleads guilty to committing a felony offense against a person under eighteen years of age.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-25 - To Criminal Justice [HB242 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB242-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 242

Representatives Letson, Huffman 

Cosponsors: Representatives Murray, Blessing, Derickson, Grossman, Boose, Balderson, Evans, Domenick, Gardner, Combs 

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A BILL

To enact section 109.942 of the Revised Code to

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require the Superintendent of the Bureau of

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Criminal Identification and Investigation to

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establish and operate on the internet a database

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that contains information for every offender who

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within the prior 10 years or at any time in the

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future was or is convicted of or pleaded or pleads

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guilty to committing a felony offense against a

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person under eighteen years of age.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 109.942 of the Revised Code be	10
enacted to read as follows:	11

Sec. 109.942.  (A) Within ninety days after the effective	12
date of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal	13
identification and investigation shall establish and operate on	14
the internet a database that contains information for every	15
offender in the state who within the ten-year period prior to the	16
effective date of this section or at any time after that date was	17
convicted of, is convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or pleads	18
guilty to committing a felony offense against a person who was	19
under eighteen years of age at the time of the commission of the	20
offense. The superintendent of the bureau shall provide on the	21
database, for each offender, at least the following information:	22

(1) The offender's name and date of birth;

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(2) The name of each felony offense that the offender within	24
the ten-year period prior to the effective date of this section or	25
at any time after that date was convicted of, is convicted of,	26
pleaded guilty to, or pleads guilty to committing against a person	27
who was under eighteen years of age at the time of the commission	28
of the offense, the Revised Code section of which the offense is	29
a violation, the gender of each victim of the offense if those	30
facts are known, the range of the possible prison terms or terms	31
of imprisonment that could have been imposed for the offense, the	32
actual prison term or term of imprisonment imposed for the	33
offense, the county in which the offense was committed, the date	34
on which the inmate began serving the prison term or term of	35
imprisonment imposed for the offense, and either the date on	36
which the inmate will be eligible for parole relative to the	37
offense if the prison term or term of imprisonment is an	38
indefinite term or life term or the date on which the term ends	39
or ended if the prison term is a definite term or the term of	40
imprisonment has ended.	41

(B)(1) The superintendent of the bureau shall update the	42
database required under division (A) of this section every	43
twenty-four hours to ensure that the information it contains is	44
accurate and current.	45

(2) The database required under division (A) of this section	46
is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the	47
Revised Code. The superintendent shall make the database	48
searchable by the offender's name and by the county in which the	49
offense was committed.	50

(3) No information included on the database required under	51
division (A) of this section shall identify or enable the	52
identification of any victim of any offense committed by an	53
offender.	54

(4) No information included on the database shall include an	55
offender's social security number or the name of any school or	56
institution of higher education attended by any offender.	57