Legislation being worked on in the Ohio House and Senate regarding sex offenders


HB 209
to expand the offense of "sexual battery" to prohibit a peace officer from engaging in sexual conduct with a minor who is not the officer's spouse

HB 139
to prohibit a court from ordering a statutory change of name for a person who has committed identity fraud or who must register under the SORN Law for having committed a sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense


HB 241
to provide that any person required to register under Ohio's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law who establishes or occupies residential premises within one thousand feet of any school premises, recreation center, playground, or other place where it is reasonable to expect children to frequent or linger is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and to require a court to order a violator to vacate the premises as part of any injunctive relief granted for the violation.

HB 356
to expand the offense of gross sexual imposition to also prohibit a person from having sexual contact with another or causing two or more other persons to have sexual contact if the other person or one of the other persons is a minor and the offender is the minor's parent, stepparent, guardian, custodian, or person in loco parentis and to include a person who violates this prohibition as a Tier II sex offender/child-victim offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law. 

HB 430
to prohibit adult tier III sex offender/child-victim offenders who have committed specified offenses against a victim under sixteen years of age from knowingly being present on school premises or preschool or child day-care premises. 



HB 538
to require the imposition at sentencing or upon release from prison of lifetime active global positioning system device monitoring for Tier III sex offenders/child-victim offenders. 

HB 23
to include security guards as persons of authority for purposes of the offenses of sexual battery and voyeurism.


HB 57
to provide notice to a long-term care facility when a registered sex offender indicates an intent to reside or registers an address within the facility's specified geographical notification area

HB 111
to expand the definition of neglected child to include a child whose parent, guardian, or custodian knowingly allows certain sexually oriented offenders or child-victim offenders to reside in the same residence as that child, and to prohibit a court from ordering a statutory change of name for a person who has committed identity fraud or who must register under the SORN Law for having committed a sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense. 

SB 22
to require that sexually violent predators who are released from prison be monitored by global positioning system devices, to require sexually violent predators to pay the cost of monitoring by global positioning system devices, and to authorize the civil commitment of certain sexually violent predators

SB 56
to provide mandatory prison terms and jail terms for persons convicted of a sexually oriented or child-victim oriented offense who are subject to a SORN Law license plate order and use a motor vehicle without such license plates in committing the offense, to arrive at the location where it was committed, or to flee immediately after committing it; and to expand the offense of "wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle" to apply to a person who in specified circumstances permits a person subject to a SORN Law license plate order to drive the offender's motor vehicle without such license plates.

SB 216
to require a person who must register under the SORN Law to provide the address of any residential property owned by the person

SB 159
to make a violation of the prohibition against certain sex offenders residing within 1,000 feet of any school premises a felony of the fifth degree.