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OH HB103
Bill
Status
10/6/2009
Primary Sponsor
Richard Adams
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AI Summary
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Adds probation officers to the list of public employees whose residential and familial information is protected from public disclosure under public records law, matching protections already afforded to peace officers, parole officers, and other law enforcement personnel.
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Increases criminal penalties when judges or magistrates are victims of assault, felonious assault, and aggravated assault by elevating offense severity and mandating prison terms when serious physical harm results.
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Creates new offense of "threatening a judge or magistrate" (felony of the fifth degree) when someone threatens a judge or magistrate with physical harm to influence their official duties or retaliate for judicial decisions.
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Makes killing of a judge or magistrate an aggravating circumstance that allows imposition of the death penalty in aggravated murder cases.
Legislative Description
To provide that residential and familial information of a probation officer is not a public record, to increase the penalties for certain offenses when a judge or magistrate is the victim, to prohibit a person from threatening a judge or magistrate, and to make the killing of a judge or magistrate an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty for aggravated murder.
Threatening/harming/killing judge-increase penalties
Last Action
To Judiciary Criminal Justice
10/8/2009