As Introduced 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session S. B. No. 215 5
1997-1998 6
SENATOR SHEERER 8
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A B I L L
To amend section 2903.211 of the Revised Code to 11
make any repeat violation of menacing by stalking 12
a felony of the fifth degree.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 14
Section 1. That section 2903.211 of the Revised Code be 16
amended to read as follows: 17
Sec. 2903.211. (A) No person by engaging in a pattern of 26
conduct shall knowingly cause another to believe that the 27
offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause 28
mental distress to the other person. 29
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of menacing by 31
stalking, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender 32
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation 33
of this section involving the same person who is the victim of 34
the current offense, menacing by stalking is a felony of the 35
fifth degree. 36
(C) As used in this section: 38
(1) "Pattern of conduct" means two or more actions or 40
incidents closely related in time, whether or not there has been 41
a prior conviction based on any of those actions or incidents. 42
(2) "Mental distress" means any mental illness or 44
condition that involves some temporary substantial incapacity or 45
mental illness or condition that would normally require 46
psychiatric treatment. 47
Section 2. That existing section 2903.211 of the Revised 49
Code is hereby repealed. 50