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OH HB592
Bill
Status
9/20/2012
Primary Sponsor
Sandra Williams
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AI Summary
H.B. 592 Summary
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Enacts section 2701.21 of the Revised Code requiring every Ohio court of record to record all proceedings by audio electronic recording device.
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Mandates that courts provide parties to proceedings with copies of recordings or allow them to hear recordings immediately following proceedings, and allow public access to recordings except where restricted by court rule or statute.
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Permits courts to charge reasonable fees for providing copies or access to recordings, as determined under public records law.
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Amends multiple court-related sections (1901.31, 1907.20, 2101.121, 2151.35, 2152.71, 2301.20, 2323.23, 2503.11, 2743.09) to require clerks to perform recording functions when directed by the court.
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Requests the Ohio Supreme Court amend its Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Procedure, Appellate Procedures, and Superintendence to include provisions corresponding to the audio recording requirements.
Legislative Description
To require that every proceeding before any court of record be recorded by an audio electronic recording device and that the recording be made available immediately following the proceeding to any party to the proceeding and, except to the extent that the recording is a record to which public access is restricted by court rule or statute, to any other person, and to request the Supreme Court to amend the court rules it has adopted to include in those Rules provisions that correspond to the bill's requirements.
Court proceedings-record with audio electronic recording devices
Last Action
To Judiciary & Ethics
9/20/2012