House Bill 136
Prohibit death penalty if mentally ill at time of offense
To amend sections 2929.02, 2929.022, 2929.024, 2929.03, 2929.04, 2929.06, 2929.14, 2941.148, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2971.03, 2971.07, and 5120.61 and to enact section 2929.025 of the Revised Code to prohibit imposing the death penalty for aggravated murder when the offender had a serious mental illness at the time of the offense.
Current Version
Effective Date
April 12, 2021
Introduced In House
In House Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By House
Introduced In Senate
In Senate Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By Senate
Signed By The Governor
Subjects
Committees
House Criminal Justice Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
Brett Hudson Hillyer
Cosponsors
Senators
Nickie J. Antonio
Louis W. Blessing, III
Dave Burke
Hearcel F. Craig
Matt Dolan
John Eklund
Teresa Fedor
Bob D. Hackett
Stephen A. Huffman
Tina Maharath
Nathan H. Manning
Vernon Sykes
Cecil Thomas
Kenny Yuko
Representatives
Niraj J. Antani
Louis W. Blessing III
Juanita O. Brent
Jamie Callender
Erica C. Crawley
Jeffrey A. Crossman
Sedrick Denson
Tavia Galonski
Haraz N. Ghanbari
David Leland
Michele Lepore-Hagan
Mary Lightbody
Beth Liston
Thomas F. Patton
Rick Perales
Phil Plummer
John M. Rogers
Bill Seitz
Michael Sheehy
Kent Smith
Lisa A. Sobecki
Emilia Strong Sykes
Terrence Upchurch
Casey Weinstein
Thomas West
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