OH HB31

Requires electronic recordings to be made of all parole board hearings, including full board hearings, institutional release consideration hearings, revocation hearings, and post-release control revocation hearings

Makes electronic recordings of full parole board hearings public records available under Ohio's public records law

Keeps recordings of other parole board hearings (non-full board) confidential, available only to the person who is the subject of the hearing, their attorney, the prosecuting attorney, or the victim

Requires personal identifying information of crime victims and their immediate family members (name, address, date of birth, social security number, phone number, email) to be redacted from all released recordings

Prohibits recipients of non-public parole hearing recordings from copying them, posting them online, or disclosing them publicly