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OH HB632
Bill
Status
10/8/2014
Primary Sponsor
Peter Beck
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AI Summary
HB 632 Summary
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Allows adult sentencing courts to directly impose drug treatment program sentences (instead of prison) for drug possession offenses, subject to restrictions including no prior violent convictions and no concurrent felony offenses.
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Requires juvenile courts to place delinquent children in drug treatment programs for controlled substance violations on first or second offense if the child requests it and no mandatory prison term applies.
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Limits drug treatment sentences to 18 months maximum for adults and specifies courts retain jurisdiction; allows courts to impose alternative sentences if offender fails to complete treatment.
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Applies similar drug treatment alternatives to misdemeanor drug possession and paraphernalia charges, with 90-day maximum terms and option to extend or escalate sanctions for violations.
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Establishes strict exclusions preventing drug treatment sentences if offender has prior violence convictions, concurrent felony/theft/drug trafficking charges, or prior serious youthful offender disposition within five years.
Legislative Description
To require sentencing courts or, under certain conditions, to authorize sentencing courts, subject to specified restrictions, to directly impose a term in a drug treatment program in sentencing an offender for knowingly obtaining, possessing, or using a controlled substance or controlled substance analog or for possessing, with purpose to use, drug paraphernalia and to require juvenile courts, under certain conditions, to make an order of disposition placing a delinquent child who commits either of those acts in a drug treatment program.
Drug offense sentencing-drug treatment programs
Last Action
To Policy and Legislative Oversight
10/8/2014