Bill Text: OH SB191 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To make engaging in an act of sexual bestiality a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-26 - Committee Report - S [SB191 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SB191-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. B. No. 191

Senators Hughes, Wilson 

Cosponsor: Senator Jordan 

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A BILL

To enact section 2907.12 of the Revised Code to make

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engaging in an act of sexual bestiality a criminal

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offense.

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

Section 1.  That section 2907.12 of the Revised Code be	4
enacted to read as follows:	5

Sec. 2907.12.  (A) No person shall engage in an act of sexual	6
bestiality.	7

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of engaging in an	8
act of sexual bestiality. Engaging in an act of sexual bestiality	9
is a misdemeanor of the first degree or, if the offender	10
previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, a	11
felony of the fifth degree.	12

(C) As used in this section, "sexual bestiality" means any	13
sex act between a person and an animal involving the genitals of	14
the one and the mouth, anus, or vagina of the other.	15