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S.B. 288 Bill Analysis
134th General Assembly
Click here for S.B. 288’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Reported by House Criminal Justice
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Manning
Effective Date:
Dennis M. Papp, Attorney
Sarah A. Maki, Attorney
SUMMARY
This portion of the analysis discusses the provisions of the version of S.B. 288 that the
House Senate Judiciary Committee considered on December 14, 2022 (As Passed by the
Senate). Note that, due to time constraints, changes made to that version of S.B. 288 by
amendments adopted by the House Criminal Justice Committee on that date or by the two
amendments that the Committee previously adopted on December 7, 2022, are addressed only
in the “APPENDIX” attached at the end of this analysis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Gross sexual imposition .................................................................................................................. 7
Background.................................................................................................................................. 7
Penalty ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Petty theft – changed to misdemeanor theft ................................................................................. 8
Offense of strangulation ................................................................................................................. 8
Illegal use or possession of marihuana drug paraphernalia ........................................................... 9
Criminal statute of limitations for conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in committing,
aggravated murder or murder ...................................................................................................... 11
SORN Law duties based on an unlawful sexual conduct with a minor conviction ....................... 11
Operation of the bill .................................................................................................................. 11
This analysis was prepared before the report of the House Criminal Justice Committee appeared in the
House Journal. Note that the legislative history may be incomplete.
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Background – action on petition ............................................................................................... 12
Controlled substance “Good Samaritan” provisions .................................................................... 12
Medical assistance for drug overdose – immunity ................................................................... 12
Limitation on immunity ............................................................................................................. 13
Penalty for community control or post-release control violation ............................................ 13
Evidence of other crimes, seizure, or arrest ............................................................................. 14
Entry of certain warrants into LEADS as extradition warrants (See “Statewide electronic warrant
system” in the APPENDIX) ............................................................................................................ 14
County correctional officers carrying firearms ............................................................................. 15
Authority for correctional officers carrying firearms ................................................................ 15
County correctional officer definition ....................................................................................... 15
Protection from civil and criminal liability ................................................................................ 16
Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission rules ......................................................................... 16
Attorney General rules .............................................................................................................. 16
Certification of county correctional officers ............................................................................. 16
Firearms requalification ............................................................................................................ 17
Current law, and application of the bill..................................................................................... 17
Correctional employee body-worn camera recordings ................................................................ 17
Law enforcement investigative notes in possession of coroner .................................................. 18
Local correctional facility inmate’s access to, and use of, internet .............................................. 19
Civil protection orders – stalking protection order “family or household member” definition .. 20
Background................................................................................................................................ 20
Definition of “family or household member” regarding stalking civil protection orders ......... 21
Searches regarding convicted offender under supervision .......................................................... 21
Search during community control or nonresidential sanction ................................................. 21
Search during conditional pardon or parole, transitional control, other release from prison, or
post-release control .................................................................................................................. 22
Intervention in lieu of conviction supervision .............................................................................. 23
Judicial release (See “Judicial release – when DRC-recommended,” “Judicial release – state of
emergency-qualifying offender filing cap,” “Judicial release – notification to victim,” and
“Judicial release -- technical amendment” in the APPENDIX) ...................................................... 23
Current judicial release mechanism – modification regarding inmates who are eligible
offenders ................................................................................................................................... 24
Current judicial release mechanism – expansion to apply to inmates imprisoned during a
declared state of emergency..................................................................................................... 25
General authorization and filing of motion .......................................................................... 25
Court actions upon receipt of a motion ............................................................................... 26
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Hearings and hearing-related activities ............................................................................... 27
Court determination on motion ........................................................................................... 27
Application of bill’s provisions regarding SEQ offenders ..................................................... 28
Current judicial release mechanism – medical reasons ............................................................ 28
New judicial release mechanism – replacement of current “80% release mechanism” .......... 28
General authorization, filing of recommendation, and duties related to filing ................... 28
Classification as an 80%-qualifying offender........................................................................ 29
Effect of recommendation submitted by Director ............................................................... 31
Court actions upon receipt of a recommendation ............................................................... 31
Victim notices under any of the judicial release mechanisms .................................................. 32
Cross-references and conforming changes ............................................................................... 32
Grand jury inspection of local correctional facility ....................................................................... 33
Operation of the bill .................................................................................................................. 33
Background................................................................................................................................ 33
Prison term for repeat OVI offender specification ....................................................................... 34
Background................................................................................................................................ 34
The specification ....................................................................................................................... 34
Speedy Trial Law – trial of a charged felon ................................................................................... 35
Timely trial for a charged felon ................................................................................................. 35
Reasons for extension of time within which an accused must be brought to trial .................. 36
Criminal record sealing and expungement, in general (See “Expungement – time for filing” and
“Expungement – BCII Maintenance of records” in the APPENDIX) .............................................. 37
Sealing of criminal record.......................................................................................................... 37
Sealing of conviction record ................................................................................................. 37
Who may have a conviction record sealed .......................................................................... 37
Conviction records that cannot be sealed............................................................................ 38
Application times for sealing of conviction record .............................................................. 39
Hearing on the application ................................................................................................... 41
Determinations made by the court regarding the application ............................................ 41
Exceptions to sealing of a conviction record ........................................................................ 42
Sealing multiple records ....................................................................................................... 42
Sealing of official records after not guilty finding, dismissal of proceedings, no bill by grand
jury, or pardon ...................................................................................................................... 43
Relocation of sealing provisions ........................................................................................... 44
Definitions ............................................................................................................................ 44
Inspection of sealed records ................................................................................................ 45
Proof of admissible prior conviction .................................................................................... 45
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Index of sealed records ........................................................................................................ 45
Boards of education, State Auditor, and prosecutor permitted to maintain sealed records
.............................................................................................................................................. 45
DNA records.......................................................................................................................... 45
Sealing of record does not affect points assessment........................................................... 45
Order to seal records of not guilty finding, dismissal of proceedings, no bill by grand jury,
or pardon .............................................................................................................................. 46
Investigatory work product and divulging confidential information ................................... 46
Inquiries after a not guilty verdict, dismissal, no bill, or pardon and BCII releasing DNA
evidence................................................................................................................................ 47
Restoration of rights and privileges ..................................................................................... 47
Violations of Sealing Law not basis to exclude or suppress certain evidence ..................... 48
Technical changes ................................................................................................................. 48
Expungement of criminal conviction record ............................................................................. 48
Expungement of certain convictions relating to firearms or victims of human trafficking . 48
Expungement of conviction record ...................................................................................... 48
Expungement of unconditional pardon ............................................................................... 49
Expungement of intervention in lieu of conviction .............................................................. 49
Technical and cross-reference changes ............................................................................... 50
Sealing or expungement of low-level controlled substance offense on request of prosecutor .. 50
Youthful offender parole review .................................................................................................. 51
Exemption from special youthful offender parole provisions and time for subsequent release
review ........................................................................................................................................ 51
Background................................................................................................................................ 51
Earned credits (See “Earned credits” in the APPENDIX) ............................................................... 52
Transitional control and application of judicial veto .................................................................... 54
Transitional control in general .................................................................................................. 54
Modification of application of judicial veto .............................................................................. 55
Victim notification and internet posting ................................................................................... 56
Related clarifying change .......................................................................................................... 57
Operating a vehicle while impaired (OVI and OVUAC) and traffic law changes .......................... 57
Prison term for a third degree felony OVI offense ................................................................... 57
Community alternative sentencing center use for fourth degree felony OVI offense ............. 59
Expansion of the OVI law to include “harmful intoxicants” ...................................................... 59
For vehicles ........................................................................................................................... 59
OVI-related provisions for commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders ................................ 60
Watercraft OVI offenses ....................................................................................................... 61
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Affirmative defenses for certain driving offenses ..................................................................... 61
Expansion of the existing “emergency” defense.................................................................. 61
Enhanced penalties for speeding violations ............................................................................. 62
Operating a vehicle or vessel after underage alcohol consumption (OVUAC) ......................... 62
Underage drinking penalty ........................................................................................................... 64
New licensing collateral sanction limitation ................................................................................. 65
Restriction against application .................................................................................................. 65
Background........................