House Bill 268
Addresses human trafficking and compelled prostitution victims
To amend sections 2951.041 and 2953.38 and to enact section 2953.521 of the Revised Code to provide that a person who is found not guilty of an offense by a jury or a court or who is the defendant named in a dismissed complaint, indictment, or information may apply to the court for an order to expunge the person's official records in the case if the complaint, indictment, or information or finding of not guilty was the result of the applicant having been a victim of human trafficking, to permit a person convicted of certain prostitution related offenses to apply for the expungement of any record of conviction of an offense, other than a conviction record that cannot be sealed under existing law, if the person's participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of human trafficking, and to authorize intervention in lieu of conviction for persons charged with committing an offense while a victim of compelling prostitution.
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Subjects
Committees
House Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
David Hall
Jonathan Dever
Cosponsors
Representatives
Marlene Anielski
Nan A. Baker
John Barnes, Jr.
John Becker
Terry Boose
Margaret Conditt
Anthony DeVitis
Doug Green
Cheryl L. Grossman
Stephen D. Hambley
Terry Johnson
Steven W. Kraus
Sarah LaTourette
Ronald Maag
Robert McColley
Sean O'Brien
Bill Patmon
Jeffery S. Rezabek
Margaret Ann Ruhl
Scott Ryan
Kirk Schuring
Marilyn Slaby
Robert Cole Sprague
Andy Thompson
Ron Young
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