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OH HB118
Bill
Status
5/8/2012
Primary Sponsor
William Batchelder
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AI Summary
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Protects residential and familial information of probation officers from public disclosure by adding them to the list of public employees whose personal information is exempt from public record requests.
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Increases criminal penalties when judges, magistrates, prosecutors, or investigators are victims of assault or felonious assault, making such offenses higher-degree felonies with mandatory prison sentences.
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Creates new criminal offense of "threatening a judge, magistrate, or prosecutor" as a felony of the fifth degree, with enhanced penalties if the offender was previously convicted of violence against these officials.
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Adds killing of a judge, magistrate, or prosecutor as an aggravating circumstance for death penalty eligibility in aggravated murder cases when the victim was engaged in official duties or was the specific target.
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, magistrate, or prosecutor is the victim, to prohibit a person from threatening a judge, magistrate, or prosecutor, and to make the killing of a judge, magistrate, or prosecutor an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty for aggravated murder.
Judge/magistrate a victim-increase penalty/probation officer-personal info secret
Last Action
To Judiciary
5/9/2012