Justice & Public Safety Bills
Bills on this page generally fall under the purview of the CCAO Justice and Public Safety Standing Committee, chaired in 2024 by Delaware County Commissioner Barb Lewis.
You can view the Justice and Public Safety section of the Association's Legislative Platform here.
A bill's inclusion on this page does not mean that the committee has discussed the bill or that the Association has taken a position.
Senate Bill 50To make changes to the law governing 9-1-1 service and to repeal program requirements for emergency-service-telecommunicator training. Read More | House Bill 196To change the maximum periods of community control sanctions authorized for felonies and misdemeanors and to modify the confinement sanctions authorized for a technical violation of community control sanction conditions. Read More | |
House Bill 161ENACTED: Effective August 9, 2024To eliminate the spousal exceptions for the offenses of rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, and importuning and to permit a person to testify against the person's spouse in a prosecution for any of those offenses. Read More | House Bill 139To increase the penalties for assault if the victim is acting as a sports official or the assault is committed in retaliation for the victim's actions as a sports official. Read More |
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