Ohio SB214 Summary

• Excludes from public records depictions of crime victims that would be offensive intrusions into bodily privacy, and depictions capturing victims of sexually oriented offenses at the actual occurrence of those offenses

• Expands public records exemption for county and multicounty corrections officers to include their residential and familial information, adding them to existing protections for law enforcement personnel

• Prohibits knowingly circumcising, excising, or infibulating the female genitalia of anyone under age 18, with exceptions only for procedures performed by licensed medical professionals for medical purposes

• Makes female genital mutilation a second-degree felony with an additional fine of up to $25,000, and prohibits cultural necessity, minor consent, or parental consent as legal defenses

• Titles the amendments to public records laws the "Victims Privacy and Protection Act"