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
				
				
			
							
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		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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