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OH SB370
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Mark Romanchuk
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AI Summary
- Enhances criminal penalties for over 30 categories of offenses when committed against a person with a disability, including assault, felonious assault, aggravated assault, negligent assault, and menacing
- Covers crimes of kidnapping, extortion, coercion, trafficking in persons, and sexual battery when the victim has a disability
- Includes property crimes such as theft, robbery, burglary, unauthorized use of property, telecommunications fraud, and identity fraud with enhanced penalties for disabled victims
- Addresses domestic violence, aggravated menacing, menacing by stalking, and patient abuse/neglect under the penalty enhancement provisions
- Amends 35 sections of Ohio Revised Code to systematically increase penalties across violent crimes, sexual offenses, property crimes, and abuse offenses targeting disabled individuals
Legislative Description
Enhance penalties for offenses against a person with a disability
Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment
Last Action
Referred to committee: Judiciary
3/4/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary3/4/2026
Full Bill Text
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