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OH SB61
Bill
Status
4/13/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Bacon
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AI Summary
Sub. S. B. No. 61 Summary
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Adds probation officers and bailiffs to the list of public employees whose residential and familial information is protected from public disclosure under Ohio's public records laws.
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Expands firearm restoration rights by removing the requirement that disability relief apply only to those prohibited solely under drug offense convictions, and allows courts to grant relief based on non-conviction factors as well.
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Eliminates the prohibition preventing persons convicted of certain misdemeanor drug offenses from acquiring or possessing firearms and dangerous ordnance.
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Permits restoration of civil firearm rights for dangerous ordnance (previously excluded), and clarifies that relief restores firearm rights to the full extent enjoyed by any citizen under federal law as interpreted in Caron v. U.S. (1998).
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Applies amendments to firearm restoration rights retroactively to any applicant previously granted relief under section 2923.14.
Legislative Description
To specify that the residential and familial information of probation officers and bailiffs is not a public record; to conform the restoration of civil firearm rights with federal law and U.S. Supreme Court case law; to eliminate the prohibition against persons with certain misdemeanor drug offense convictions acquiring or possessing firearms or dangerous ordnance; and to allow restoration of civil firearm rights for firearms that are dangerous ordnance.
Civil firearm rights-restoration
Last Action
Passed 3rd Consideration House
4/13/2011