Senate Bill 207
Expand felonious assault to include suffocation or strangulation
To amend sections 2919.25, 2929.13, and 2929.14 of the Revised Code to expand the offense of domestic violence to also prohibit a person from knowingly impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of a family or household member by applying pressure to the family or household member's throat or neck or blocking the family or household member's nose or mouth.
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Subjects
Committees
Senate Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
Stephanie Kunze
Cosponsors
Senators
Kevin Bacon
Bill Beagle
Edna Brown
Matt Dolan
John Eklund
Bob D. Hackett
Cliff Hite
Frank Hoagland
Jay Hottinger
Frank LaRose
Peggy Lehner
Gayle Manning
Rob McColley
Sean O'Brien
Scott Oelslager
Joseph Schiavoni
Vernon Sykes
Charleta B. Tavares
Lou Terhar
Joe Uecker
Sandra Williams
Steve Wilson
Kenny Yuko
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