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OH HB716

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

7/1/2020

Primary Sponsor

Michele Lepore-Hagan

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Origin

House of Representatives

133rd General Assembly (2019-2020)

AI Summary

  • Enacts section 2903.17 of the Ohio Revised Code to create a new criminal offense specific to law enforcement officers
  • Prohibits law enforcement officers, while acting in their official capacity, from knowingly causing serious physical harm by impeding breathing or blood circulation through pressure to the throat or neck, or by blocking the nose or mouth
  • Establishes violation of this offense as a felony of the third degree
  • Applies only to actions taken while the person is acting in the capacity of a law enforcement officer

Legislative Description

Create offense of strangulation by a law enforcement officer

Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment

Last Action

Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice

8/31/2020

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice8/31/2020

Full Bill Text

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