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To enact section 2917.51 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
prohibit a person from wearing a mask, hood, or | 2 |
other device that hides or covers a substantial | 3 |
portion of the wearer's face so as to conceal the | 4 |
identity of the wearer when the person is on the | 5 |
private property of another without written | 6 |
permission or is in any public place. | 7 |
Section 1. That section 2917.51 of the Revised Code be | 8 |
enacted to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 2917.51. (A) No person shall do both of the following: | 10 |
(1) Wear a mask, hood, or other device that hides or covers | 11 |
a substantial portion of the wearer's face so as to conceal the | 12 |
identity of the wearer when the person knows or reasonably should | 13 |
know that the conduct provokes in another a reasonable | 14 |
apprehension of intimidation or threat of violence; | 15 |
(2) Be on the private property of another while wearing the | 16 |
mask, hood, or other device described in division (A)(1) of this | 17 |
section without first having obtained the written consent from the | 18 |
owner, occupier, or tenant of that property to wear the mask, | 19 |
hood, or other device or be in any public place while wearing the | 20 |
mask, hood, or other device described in division (A)(1) of this | 21 |
section. | 22 |
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of | 23 |
the following persons: | 24 |
(1) A person wearing a mask, hood, or other device in a | 25 |
traditional holiday celebration, whether religious or secular, | 26 |
when the mask, hood, or other device is appropriate for that | 27 |
celebration; | 28 |
(2) A person lawfully engaged in employment, in a trade, or | 29 |
in a sporting activity who wears the mask, hood, or other device | 30 |
for the purpose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer or | 31 |
because of the nature of the employment, trade, or sporting | 32 |
activity; | 33 |
(3) A person wearing a mask, hood, or other device in a bona | 34 |
fide theatrical production or for bona fide entertainment | 35 |
purposes; | 36 |
(4) A person wearing a mask, hood, or other device for bona | 37 |
fide medical reasons; | 38 |
(5) A person wearing a mask, hood, or other device for | 39 |
protection against the elements; | 40 |
(6) A person wearing a mask, hood, or other device as an | 41 |
expression of grief; | 42 |
(7) A person wearing a mask, hood, or other device as a | 43 |
religious practice; | 44 |
(8) A person wearing a gas mask prescribed in emergency | 45 |
management drills and exercises or emergencies. | 46 |
(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty | 47 |
of unlawful disguise, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 48 |