Senate Bill 204
Addresses suspension of driver's license for drug offense
To amend sections 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.041, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.13, 2925.14, 2925.141, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.31, 2925.32, 2925.33, 2925.36, 2925.37, 4510.021, 4510.17, and 4510.31 of the Revised Code to make the suspension of an offender's driver's license for a violation of specified drug offenses discretionary rather than mandatory, except in specified circumstances; to authorize a court to terminate a driver's license suspension imposed for specified drug offenses committed out-of-state; to generally authorize a court to terminate a previously imposed mandatory suspension for specified drug offenses; to provide for the suspension of an offender's driver's license for possessing nitrous oxide in a motor vehicle; and to make consistent the provisions of law governing the ability of a court to grant limited driving privileges.
Current Version
Effective Date
September 13, 2016
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Subjects
Committees
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee
Primary Sponsors
William Seitz
Cosponsors
Senators
Edna Brown
Dave Burke
John Eklund
Bob D. Hackett
Cliff Hite
Shannon Jones
Kris Jordan
Peggy Lehner
Gayle Manning
Thomas F. Patton
Tom Sawyer
Joseph Schiavoni
Michael J. Skindell
Charleta B. Tavares
Cecil Thomas
Joe Uecker
Sandra Williams
Kenny Yuko
Representatives
Janine R. Boyd
Andrew Brenner
Tim W. Brown
Jim Buchy
Nicholas Celebrezze
Michael D. Dovilla
Doug Green
Nathan H. Manning
Robert McColley
Michael J. O'Brien
Sean O'Brien
Daniel Ramos
Jeffery S. Rezabek
John M. Rogers
Kirk Schuring
Michael Sheehy
Martin J. Sweeney
Emilia Strong Sykes
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