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OH HB429
Bill
Status
1/28/2010
Primary Sponsor
Edna Brown
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AI Summary
HB 429 Summary
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Increases penalties for domestic violence offenses, including mandatory jail terms and felony classifications for repeat offenders, with enhanced sentences when a pregnant victim is involved.
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Authorizes courts to issue protection orders against persons convicted of domestic violence and makes violation of such orders a criminal offense, with mandatory arrest provisions for officers who have reasonable grounds to believe a violation occurred.
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Requires domestic violence offenders to participate in batterer intervention programs and meet periodically with the sentencing judge to ensure compliance with court-ordered conditions.
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Establishes domestic violence fatality review boards at the county level to conduct in-depth reviews of domestic violence deaths and make policy recommendations for prevention and system improvements.
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Requires the Attorney General to collect and report annually on the number of civil and criminal protection orders issued and violated in each county, including law enforcement compliance with reporting requirements.
Legislative Description
To increase the penalties for domestic violence, to authorize a court to issue a protection order against a person convicted of domestic violence and to prohibit violation of such a protection order, to require a peace officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of a protection order has been committed to arrest any person who the peace officer has reasonable cause to believe is guilty of the violation, to require an offender who commits domestic violence to meet periodically with the sentencing judge and attend a batterer intervention program, to authorize a board of county commissioners to create a domestic violence fatality review board, and to require the Attorney General to track the issuance and violation of protection orders.
Domestic violence-penalties/remedies
Last Action
To Criminal Justice
1/28/2010