Senate Bill 16 - 134th General Assembly

To amend sections 109.71, 109.73, 109.75, 109.79, 109.801, 307.93, 309.10, 2152.75, 2901.10, 2901.13, 2903.13, 2903.22, 2907.01, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2950.01, 2950.99, 2951.02, 2967.131, 3761.16, and 5502.522; to enact sections 109.772, 109.773, 2917.14, 2950.035, and 5502.411; and to repeal section 309.16 of the Revised Code regarding assault or menacing committed or directed against, and targeting, an emergency service responder, family member, or co-worker; the offense of unlawfully impeding public passage of an emergency service responder; prohibiting certain sex offenders and child-victim offenders from engaging in a specified volunteer capacity involving direct work with, or supervision or disciplinary power over, minors; changes to the offense of voyeurism; firearms qualification for county correctional officers; the specification that there is no period of limitations for prosecution of a conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in committing, aggravated murder or murder; a political subdivision's emergency powers when suppressing a riot, mob, or potential riot or mob; the preservation of rights regarding deadly weapons and firearms during an emergency; the penalties for the offense of importuning; additions to the Statewide Emergency Alert Program; the requirement that county prosecutors annually report all case resolutions to the board of county commissioners and all fire-related case resolutions to the State Fire Marshal; and the removal of ankle and leg restraints from those prohibited for use on a pregnant charged or convicted criminal offender or a pregnant charged or convicted delinquent child, and the lowering of the required threat level for this use of restraints.