Senate Bill 4
Expand expungement and intervention
To amend sections 2951.041 and 2953.38 and to enact section 2953.521 of the Revised Code to allow a person who is found not guilty of an offense or who is the defendant named in a dismissed criminal charge to apply for a court order to expunge the person's official records in the case if the charge or not guilty finding was the result of the applicant having been a human trafficking victim; to allow a person convicted of certain prostitution-related offenses to apply for the expungement of the conviction record of any offense, other than a specified disqualifying offense, the person's participation in which was a result of having been a human trafficking victim; and to allow intervention in lieu of conviction for persons charged with committing an offense while a victim of compelling prostitution.
Current Version
Effective Date
September 28, 2018
Introduced In House
In House Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By House
Introduced In Senate
In Senate Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By Senate
Subjects
Committees
House Criminal Justice Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
Stephanie Kunze
Scott Oelslager
Cosponsors
Senators
Kevin Bacon
Troy Balderson
Bill Beagle
Edna Brown
Dave Burke
William P. Coley, II
Matt Dolan
John Eklund
Randy Gardner
Bob D. Hackett
Cliff Hite
Frank Hoagland
Jay Hottinger
Matt Huffman
Kris Jordan
Frank LaRose
Peggy Lehner
Gayle Manning
Sean O'Brien
Larry Obhof
Joseph Schiavoni
Vernon Sykes
Charleta B. Tavares
Lou Terhar
Cecil Thomas
Joe Uecker
Steve Wilson
Kenny Yuko
Representatives
Marlene Anielski
Niraj J. Antani
Nickie J. Antonio
John Barnes, Jr.
Kristin Boggs
Janine R. Boyd
Andrew Brenner
Nicholas Celebrezze
Hearcel F. Craig
Bill Dean
Jay Edwards
Teresa Fedor
Tavia Galonski
Theresa Gavarone
Dave Greenspan
Stephen D. Hambley
Stephanie D. Howse
Catherine D. Ingram
Sarah LaTourette
Laura Lanese
Michele Lepore-Hagan
Nathan H. Manning
Adam C. Miller
Michael J. O'Brien
John Patterson
Thomas F. Patton
Dorothy Pelanda
Rick Perales
Daniel Ramos
Bill Reineke
John M. Rogers
Scott Ryan
Kirk Schuring
Kent Smith
Ryan Smith
Fred Strahorn
Emilia Strong Sykes
Thomas West
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