OH HB343

Requires mandatory commitment to the Ohio Department of Youth Services for juveniles age 14 or older adjudicated delinquent for felony theft (section 2913.02) or vandalism (section 2909.05) who have two or more prior felony adjudications for the same offenses

Sets minimum confinement periods based on felony degree: 6 months minimum for fourth/fifth degree felonies (up to 1 year max), 9 months minimum for third degree felonies (up to 3 years max), and 2 years minimum for second degree felonies (up to 7 years max)

Mandates that juveniles with exactly one prior felony theft or vandalism adjudication must receive either institutional commitment or community control with school attendance requirements upon a subsequent felony adjudication for these offenses

Removes judicial discretion for qualifying repeat offenders by requiring courts to impose the mandatory dispositions regardless of other sentencing options normally available under existing law

Amends multiple sections of the Ohio Revised Code including juvenile disposition statutes (Chapter 2152) and Department of Youth Services statutes (Chapter 5139) to incorporate the new mandatory commitment provisions