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OH SB217
Bill
Status
11/25/2009
Primary Sponsor
Fred Strahorn
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AI Summary
SB 217 Summary
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Requires sex offenders and child-victim offenders registering or verifying a residence address to provide proof of residency (utility bills, government documents, photo ID, or affidavit) per new section 2950.044.
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Changes Tier III sex offenders/child-victim offenders' verification frequency from every 90 days to every 30 days and mandates sheriffs confirm their actual residence through personal observation per new section 2950.112.
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Expands community notification requirements to include notifications when offenders/delinquent children verify residence addresses (in addition to initial registration), occurring annually around the anniversary of initial registration.
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Allows offenders without standard proof of residency to execute an affidavit under penalty of falsification, though this affidavit cannot be used for subsequent address verifications.
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Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules within 30 days specifying acceptable forms of proof of residence and prescribing the form of affirmations offenders may execute.
Legislative Description
To require sex offenders/child-victim offenders who register a residence address or verify a registered residence address to provide proof of residency at that address, to require Tier III sex offenders/child-victim offenders to verify their registered residence address every 30 days, to revise the criteria for subjecting offenders and delinquent children to SORN Law community notification, to expand SORN Law community notification to also generally apply when offenders or delinquent children verify their registered residence address, and to generally require a sheriff or designee to confirm by personal observation a residence address registered or verified by a Tier III sex offender/child-victim offender.
Sex/child-victim offenders-residential controls
Last Action
To Judiciary Criminal Justice
11/25/2009