OHIO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION
Office of Research Legislative Budget
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H.B. 528 Bill Analysis
135th General Assembly
Click here for H.B. 528’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Introduced
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Troy
Effective date:
Shalanda R. Plowden, Research Analyst
SUMMARY
▪ Increases the penalty for attempting to intimidate an election officer, or preventing an
election official from performing the official’s duties from a first degree misdemeanor to
a fifth degree felony.
DETAILED ANALYSIS
Increased penalty for attempting to intimidate an election officer
or preventing an election official from performing the official’s
duties
Continuing law prohibits a person from attempting to intimidate an election officer, or
preventing an election official from performing the official’s duties.1 A violation of this prohibition
is currently a first degree misdemeanor. The bill increases the penalty to a fifth degree felony.2
HISTORY
Action Date
Introduced 05-15-24
ANHB0528IN-135/ar
1 R.C. 3599.24(A)(3).
2 R.C. 3599.24(B).
October 16, 2024


Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 3599.24