Senate Bill 5
Change penalties for promoting prostitution
To amend sections 9.78, 2907.22, and 2953.25 of the Revised Code to amend the penalties for promoting prostitution, to set a uniform fee for a certificate of qualification for employment, to require licensing agencies to provide additional information on the use of certificates of qualification for employment and certificates of achievement and employability, and to create a rebuttable presumption for issuance of a certificate of qualification for employment under certain circumstances.
Current Version
Effective Date
March 12, 2020
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Subjects
Committees
House Criminal Justice Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
Stephanie Kunze
Matt Dolan
Cosponsors
Senators
Nickie J. Antonio
Andrew O. Brenner
Dave Burke
William P. Coley, II
Hearcel F. Craig
John Eklund
Teresa Fedor
Theresa Gavarone
Brian Hill
Frank Hoagland
Jay Hottinger
Matt Huffman
Stephen A. Huffman
Peggy Lehner
Tina Maharath
Rob McColley
Sean J. O'Brien
Larry Obhof
Bob Peterson
Kristina D. Roegner
Michael A. Rulli
Kirk Schuring
Lou Terhar
Cecil Thomas
Joe Uecker
Sandra R. Williams
Steve Wilson
Kenny Yuko
Representatives
Cindy Abrams
Brian Baldridge
Gil Blair
Juanita O. Brent
Richard D. Brown
Jim Butler
Rick Carfagna
Sara P. Carruthers
Randi Clites
Jeffrey A. Crossman
Jay Edwards
Tavia Galonski
Haraz N. Ghanbari
Timothy E. Ginter
Doug Green
Dave Greenspan
Stephen D. Hambley
Paula Hicks-Hudson
Don Jones
Kris Jordan
Darrell Kick
J. Kyle Koehler
Jeff LaRe
Laura Lanese
George F. Lang
Gayle Manning
Don Manning
Riordan T. McClain
Joseph A. Miller, III
Jessica E. Miranda
Michael J. O'Brien
Scott Oelslager
John Patterson
Thomas F. Patton
Phil Plummer
Bill Reineke
Tracy M. Richardson
Craig S. Riedel
Bill Roemer
John M. Rogers
Mark J. Romanchuk
C. Allison Russo
Bill Seitz
Michael Sheehy
J. Todd Smith
Lisa A. Sobecki
Reggie Stoltzfus
D. J. Swearingen
Terrence Upchurch
Thomas West
Scott Wiggam
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