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OH HB299
Bill
Status
7/13/2011
Primary Sponsor
Timothy DeGeeter
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AI Summary
H.B. 299 Summary
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Requires parents, legal guardians, or custodians of children under 16 to report to law enforcement within 24 hours if the child is missing or within one hour if the child is deceased.
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Makes falsification to mislead a public official a felony of the fifth degree (previously a misdemeanor of the first degree).
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Establishes failure to report a child's death as a felony of the third degree and failure to report a missing child as a felony of the second or third degree depending on whether the child suffered physical harm.
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Designates these provisions collectively as "Caylee's Law."
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Removes falsification to mislead a public official from the general falsification statute and creates a separate offense with enhanced penalties.
Legislative Description
To require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a child under the age of sixteen to report to a law enforcement agency within twenty-four hours after the child is missing or within one hour after the parent, legal guardian, or custodian discovers that the child is deceased, to increase penalty for falsification to mislead a public official, and to specify that the above provisions are to be known as "Caylee's Law."
Report missing/deceased child soon after event/mislead investigators-penalty
Last Action
To Criminal Justice
7/13/2011