SB9 |
LAW CHANGES-MEDICAL MARIJUANA (HUFFMAN S, SCHURING K) To amend the law related to medical marijuana. |
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Comments: |
Opposed to removal of program oversight from the Board of Pharmacy and to provision allowing doctors to recommend medical marijuana for any condition.
- Amended 4/18 to retain oversight role for Board of Pharmacy over dispensaries.
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Position: |
Oppose |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-9 |
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SB26 |
MARIJUANA-VEHICLE, WATERCRAFT USE (MANNING N) To change the laws pertaining to operating a vehicle or watercraft while under the influence of marihuana and the admissibility of evidence for purposes of OVI statutes. |
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Comments: |
Opposed to repeal of per se OVI for marijuana. Would agree to adjustment of the amount of THC that must be in the person's blood or urine. Recommend including analogs of Delta-9 THC.
- Amended 5/9 to keep per se OVI based on presence of 5ng of Delta-9 in a person's blood
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Position: |
Oppose |
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Priority: |
Tier 1 - High |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-26 |
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SB37 |
DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION CHANGES (BLESSING III L, INGRAM C) To make changes to the laws governing driver's license suspensions for certain drug offenses and failure to pay child support and to the laws governing penalties for failure to provide proof of financial responsibility. |
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Comments: |
Judges should retain discretion to suspend drivers licenses as a condition of community control |
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Position: |
Oppose |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-37 |
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SB51 |
SOS-ELECTION INTEGRITY DIVISION (GAVARONE T) To establish the Election Integrity Division in the Office of the Secretary of State. |
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Comments: |
Legislation not needed. Authority to investigate the administration of elections laws, frauds, and irregularities already exists. |
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Position: |
Oppose |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-51 |
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SB88 |
AGGRAVATED MENACING EXPANSION-UTILITIES (SMITH K, CIRINO J) To expand the offense of aggravated menacing to prohibit threatening a utility worker, cable operator worker, or broadband worker with intent to obstruct the operation of a utility. |
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Comments: |
Opposed to creation of special classes of victim. |
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Position: |
Oppose |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-88 |
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SB91 |
PUBLIC FUNDS ABUSE, WASTE (SCHAFFER T) Regarding fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds. |
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Comments: |
Concerned about (1) Prosecutors being mandatory reporters to AoS subject to criminal penalty; (2) issues for prosecutor-client confidentiality; (3) lack of alternative avenue to report to appropriate law enforcement; (4) lack of reciprocal requirement for AoS to report probable cause finding to prosecutor; (5) lack of definition of misuse of public resources.
- Amended 6/14 to exclude prosecutors from reporting requirement, remove criminal penalty, require AoS to report probable fraud, etc. to a prosecutor, and require "timely" rather than than "immediate" reporting
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Position: |
Oppose |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-91 |
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SB100 |
TRACKING DEVICE PROHIBITIONS (MANNING N, ANTONIO N) To generally prohibit a person from knowingly installing a tracking device or application on another person's property without the other person's consent or failing to remove or ensure removal of such a device or application from another person's property if the other person gave consent and subsequently revokes it. |
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Comments: |
Amend to (1) better define "tracking application" and "tracking device," (2) prohibit the use of the device "in or on" another person's property, (3) address revoked consent and clarify consent of parents in situations involving different child custody arrangements and (4) enhance to felony under circumstances similar to menacing by stalking.
- Amended 6/6 to address these issues. Amendments prohibit installing or using a tracking device on another person or another person's property without their consent, amends provisions regarding revocation of consent to track to provide that consent to track is revoked upon service rather than upon filing of a divorce proceeding or granting of a protection order, clarifies provision regarding parental consent under a joint custody agreement, and enhances the penalty for a violation of tracking from an M1 to an F4 under certain circumstances similar to menacing by stalking.
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Position: |
Amend |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-100 |
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SB101 |
DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION, JURY SELECTION (ANTONIO N, HUFFMAN S) To abolish the death penalty and to modify the number of jurors that may be challenged in cases where a defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment. |
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Position: |
Oppose |
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Priority: |
Tier 1 - High |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-101 |
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SB109 |
SEX OFFENSES, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS (HACKETT R) Regarding sex offenses and individuals regulated by the State Medical Board and to amend the version of section 4759.05 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date. |
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Comments: |
Concern with "reasonable cause" standard for mandatory reporting under the bill. Could subject other victims or students to criminal liability and possibly chill reporting altogether. |
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Position: |
Amend |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-109 |
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SB122 |
LAW CHANGES - BAIL (MANNING N, HICKS-HUDSON P) To make changes regarding bail and to declare an emergency. |
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Position: |
Support |
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Priority: |
Tier 1 - High |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-122 |
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SB127 |
ELIMINATE SPOUSAL EXCEPTIONS-SEXUAL OFFENSES (KUNZE S, MANNING N) To eliminate the spousal exceptions for the offenses of rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, and importuning and to permit a person to testify against the person's spouse in a prosecution for any of those offenses. |
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Position: |
Monitor |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-127 |
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SB165 |
USED CATALYTIC CONVERTER SALES (JOHNSON T) Regarding the sale of used catalytic converters, and to make an appropriation. |
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Position: |
Support |
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Priority: |
Tier 2 - Medium |
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State Bill Page: |
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA135-SB-165 |
