Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation SB272
Legislation Overview
Title: Grants special parole eligibility to certain juvenile offenders
Subject: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment: Juvenile and Family Law : Juvenile Justice
Description: To amend sections 2929.02, 2929.14, 2967.13, 2971.03, and 5149.101 and to enact section 2967.132 of the Revised Code to provide special parole eligibility dates for persons with an indefinite or life sentence imposed for an offense committed when the person was less than 18 years of age, to require the Parole Board to consider specified mitigating factors in those cases, and to require notice to the Ohio Public Defender and prosecuting attorney prior to the parole consideration hearing.
Session: 131st General Assembly
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight and Reform
Last Action Date: February 10, 2016
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Cecil Thomas (D); John Eklund (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (2 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2016 | Refer to Committee: Government Oversight and Reform |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2016 | Introduced |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 4, 2016 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
