As Introduced

125th General Assembly
Regular Session
2003-2004
H. B. No. 525


REPRESENTATIVES Latta, Faber, McGregor, Hughes, Slaby, Gilb, Schmidt



A BILL
To amend sections 2152.74, 2743.191, and 2901.07 of 1
the Revised Code to require DNA specimen 2
collection from delinquent children and criminal 3
offenders for all felonies.4


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That sections 2152.74, 2743.191, and 2901.07 of 5
the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:6

       Sec.  2152.74.  (A) As used in this section, "DNA analysis"7
and "DNA specimen" have the same meanings as in section 109.573 of8
the Revised Code.9

       (B)(1) A child who is adjudicated a delinquent child for10
committing an act listed in division (D) of this section and who11
is committed to the custody of the department of youth services,12
placed in a detention facility or district detention facility13
pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 2152.19 of the Revised14
Code, or placed in a school, camp, institution, or other facility 15
for delinquent children described in division (A)(2) of section 16
2152.19 of the Revised Code shall submit to a DNA specimen 17
collection procedure administered by the director of youth 18
services if committed to the department or by the chief19
administrative officer of the detention facility, district20
detention facility, school, camp, institution, or other facility21
for delinquent children to which the child was committed or in22
which the child was placed. If the court commits the child to the23
department of youth services, the director of youth services shall24
cause the DNA specimen to be collected from the child during the25
intake process at an institution operated by or under the control26
of the department. If the court commits the child to or places the 27
child in a detention facility, district detention facility,28
school, camp, institution, or other facility for delinquent29
children, the chief administrative officer of the detention30
facility, district detention facility, school, camp, institution,31
or facility to which the child is committed or in which the child32
is placed shall cause the DNA specimen to be collected from the33
child during the intake process for the detention facility,34
district detention facility, school, camp, institution, or35
facility. In accordance with division (C) of this section, the36
director or the chief administrative officer shall cause the DNA37
specimen to be forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification38
and investigation no later than fifteen days after the date of the39
collection of the DNA specimen. The DNA specimen shall be40
collected from the child in accordance with division (C) of this41
section.42

       (2) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for43
committing an act listed in division (D) of this section, is44
committed to or placed in the department of youth services, a45
detention facility or district detention facility, or a school,46
camp, institution, or other facility for delinquent children, and47
does not submit to a DNA specimen collection procedure pursuant to48
division (B)(1) of this section, prior to the child's release from49
the custody of the department of youth services, from the custody50
of the detention facility or district detention facility, or from51
the custody of the school, camp, institution, or facility, the52
child shall submit to, and the director of youth services or the53
chief administrator of the detention facility, district detention54
facility, school, camp, institution, or facility to which the55
child is committed or in which the child was placed shall56
administer, a DNA specimen collection procedure at the institution57
operated by or under the control of the department of youth58
services or at the detention facility, district detention59
facility, school, camp, institution, or facility to which the60
child is committed or in which the child was placed. In accordance61
with division (C) of this section, the director or the chief62
administrative officer shall cause the DNA specimen to be63
forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and64
investigation no later than fifteen days after the date of the65
collection of the DNA specimen. The DNA specimen shall be66
collected in accordance with division (C) of this section.67

       (C) If the DNA specimen is collected by withdrawing blood68
from the child or a similarly invasive procedure, a physician,69
registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, duly licensed clinical70
laboratory technician, or other qualified medical practitioner71
shall collect in a medically approved manner the DNA specimen72
required to be collected pursuant to division (B) of this section.73
If the DNA specimen is collected by swabbing for buccal cells or a74
similarly noninvasive procedure, this section does not require75
that the DNA specimen be collected by a qualified medical76
practitioner of that nature. No later than fifteen days after the77
date of the collection of the DNA specimen, the director of youth78
services or the chief administrative officer of the detention79
facility, district detention facility, school, camp, institution,80
or other facility for delinquent children to which the child is81
committed or in which the child was placed shall cause the DNA82
specimen to be forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification83
and investigation in accordance with procedures established by the84
superintendent of the bureau under division (H) of section 109.57385
of the Revised Code. The bureau shall provide the specimen vials,86
mailing tubes, labels, postage, and instruction needed for the87
collection and forwarding of the DNA specimen to the bureau.88

       (D) The director of youth services and the chief89
administrative officer of a detention facility, district detention90
facility, school, camp, institution, or other facility for91
delinquent children shall cause a DNA specimen to be collected in92
accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of this section from each93
child in its custody who is adjudicated a delinquent child for94
committing any of the following acts:95

       (1) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.11,96
2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or97
2911.12 of the Revised CodeAn act that would be a felony if 98
committed by an adult;99

       (2) A violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it100
existed prior to September 3, 1996;101

       (3) An attempt to commit a violation of section 2903.01,102
2903.02, 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.05 of the Revised Code or to103
commit a violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it104
existed prior to September 3, 1996;105

       (4) A violation of any law that would be a misdemeanor if 106
committed by an adult and that arose out of the same facts and107
circumstances and same act as did a charge against the child of a 108
violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03,109
2907.05, or 2911.11 of the Revised Code that previously was 110
dismissed or amended or as did a charge against the child of a111
violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it existed112
prior to September 3, 1996, that previously was dismissed or113
amended;114

       (5)(3) A violation of section 2905.02 or 2919.23 of the115
Revised Code that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult 116
and that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the117
Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the118
violation been committed prior to that date;119

       (6) A felony violation of any law that arose out of the same120
facts and circumstances and same act as did a charge against the121
child of a violation of section 2903.11, 2911.01, 2911.02, or122
2911.12 of the Revised Code that previously was dismissed or123
amended;124

       (7) A violation of section 2923.01 of the Revised Code125
involving a conspiracy to commit a violation of section 2903.01,126
2903.02, 2905.01, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the127
Revised Code;128

       (8)(4) A violation of section 2923.03 of the Revised Code129
involving complicity in committing a violation of section 2903.01,130
2903.02, 2903.11, 2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05,131
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the Revised Code or a132
violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it existed133
prior to September 3, 1996that would be a misdemeanor if 134
committed by an adult.135

       (E) The director of youth services and the chief136
administrative officer of a detention facility, district detention137
facility, school, camp, institution, or other facility for138
delinquent children isare not required to comply with this 139
section in relation to the following acts until the superintendent140
of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation gives 141
agencies in the juvenile justice system, as defined in section 142
181.51 of the Revised Code, in the state official notification 143
that the state DNA laboratory is prepared to accept DNA specimens144
of that nature:145

       (1) A violation of section 2903.11, 2911.01, 2911.02, or146
2911.12 of the Revised Code;147

       (2) An attempt to commit a violation of section 2903.01 or148
2903.02 of the Revised Code;149

       (3) A felony violation of any law that arose out of the same150
facts and circumstances and same act as did a charge against the151
child of a violation of section 2903.11, 2911.01, 2911.02, or152
2911.12 of the Revised Code that previously was dismissed or153
amended;154

       (4) A violation of section 2923.01 of the Revised Code155
involving a conspiracy to commit a violation of section 2903.01,156
2903.02, 2905.01, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the157
Revised Code;158

       (5) A violation of section 2923.03 of the Revised Code159
involving complicity in committing a violation of section 2903.01,160
2903.02, 2903.11, 2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05,161
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the Revised Code or a162
violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it existed163
prior to September 3, 1996;164

       (6) Any felony not listed in division (E)(1), (2), (3), (4), 165
or (5) of this section.166

       Sec. 2743.191.  (A)(1) There is hereby created in the state167
treasury the reparations fund, which shall be used only for the168
following purposes:169

       (a) The payment of awards of reparations that are granted by170
the attorney general;171

       (b) The compensation of any personnel needed by the attorney172
general to administer sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised173
Code;174

       (c) The compensation of witnesses as provided in division (J)175
of section 2743.65 of the Revised Code;176

       (d) Other administrative costs of hearing and determining177
claims for an award of reparations by the attorney general;178

       (e) The costs of administering sections 2907.28 and 2969.01179
to 2969.06 of the Revised Code;180

       (f) The costs of investigation and decision-making as181
certified by the attorney general;182

       (g) The provision of state financial assistance to victim183
assistance programs in accordance with sections 109.91 and 109.92184
of the Revised Code;185

       (h) The costs of paying the expenses of sex offense-related186
examinations and antibiotics pursuant to section 2907.28 of the187
Revised Code;188

       (i) The cost of printing and distributing the pamphlet189
prepared by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.42 of the190
Revised Code;191

       (j) Subject to division (D) of section 2743.71 of the Revised192
Code, the costs associated with the printing and providing of193
information cards or other printed materials to law enforcement194
agencies and prosecuting authorities and with publicizing the195
availability of awards of reparations pursuant to section 2743.71196
of the Revised Code;197

       (k) The payment of costs of administering a DNA specimen198
collection procedure pursuant to section 2152.74 of the Revised199
Code in relation to any act identified in division (E)(1) to 200
(5)(6) of that section and pursuant to section 2901.07 of the 201
Revised Code in relation to any act identified in division (E)(1) 202
to (5)(6) of that section, of performing DNA analysis of those DNA203
specimens, and of entering the resulting DNA records regarding204
those analyses into the DNA database pursuant to section 109.573205
of the Revised Code;206

       (l) The payment of actual costs associated with initiatives 207
by the attorney general for the apprehension, prosecution, and 208
accountability of offenders, and the enhancing of services to 209
crime victims. The amount of payments made pursuant to division 210
(A)(1)(l) of this section during any given fiscal year shall not 211
exceed five per cent of the balance of the reparations fund at the 212
close of the immediately previous fiscal year.213

       (2) All costs paid pursuant to section 2743.70 of the Revised214
Code, the portions of license reinstatement fees mandated by215
division (F)(2)(b) of section 4511.191 of the Revised Code to be216
credited to the fund, the portions of the proceeds of the sale of217
a forfeited vehicle specified in division (C)(2) of section218
4503.234 of the Revised Code, payments collected by the department219
of rehabilitation and correction from prisoners who voluntarily220
participate in an approved work and training program pursuant to221
division (C)(8)(b)(ii) of section 5145.16 of the Revised Code, and222
all moneys collected by the state pursuant to its right of223
subrogation provided in section 2743.72 of the Revised Code shall224
be deposited in the fund.225

       (B) In making an award of reparations, the attorney general226
shall render the award against the state. The award shall be227
accomplished only through the following procedure, and the228
following procedure may be enforced by writ of mandamus directed229
to the appropriate official:230

       (1) The attorney general shall provide for payment of the231
claimant or providers in the amount of the award only if the 232
amount of the award is fifty dollars or more.233

       (2) The expense shall be charged against all available234
unencumbered moneys in the fund.235

       (3) If sufficient unencumbered moneys do not exist in the236
fund, the attorney general shall make application for payment of237
the award out of the emergency purposes account or any other238
appropriation for emergencies or contingencies, and payment out of239
this account or other appropriation shall be authorized if there240
are sufficient moneys greater than the sum total of then pending241
emergency purposes account requests or requests for releases from242
the other appropriations.243

       (4) If sufficient moneys do not exist in the account or any244
other appropriation for emergencies or contingencies to pay the245
award, the attorney general shall request the general assembly to246
make an appropriation sufficient to pay the award, and no payment247
shall be made until the appropriation has been made. The attorney248
general shall make this appropriation request during the current249
biennium and during each succeeding biennium until a sufficient250
appropriation is made. If, prior to the time that an appropriation 251
is made by the general assembly pursuant to this division, the 252
fund has sufficient unencumbered funds to pay the award or part of 253
the award, the available funds shall be used to pay the award or 254
part of the award, and the appropriation request shall be amended 255
to request only sufficient funds to pay that part of the award 256
that is unpaid.257

       (C) The attorney general shall not make payment on a decision258
or order granting an award until all appeals have been determined 259
and all rights to appeal exhausted, except as otherwise provided 260
in this section. If any party to a claim for an award of261
reparations appeals from only a portion of an award, and a262
remaining portion provides for the payment of money by the state,263
that part of the award calling for the payment of money by the264
state and not a subject of the appeal shall be processed for265
payment as described in this section.266

       (D) The attorney general shall prepare itemized bills for the 267
costs of printing and distributing the pamphlet the attorney268
general prepares pursuant to section 109.42 of the Revised Code.269
The itemized bills shall set forth the name and address of the270
persons owed the amounts set forth in them.271

       (E) As used in this section, "DNA analysis" and "DNA272
specimen" have the same meanings as in section 109.573 of the273
Revised Code.274

       Sec. 2901.07.  (A) As used in this section:275

       (1) "DNA analysis" and "DNA specimen" have the same meanings276
as in section 109.573 of the Revised Code.277

       (2) "Jail" and "community-based correctional facility" have278
the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.279

       (3) "Post-release control" has the same meaning as in section280
2967.01 of the Revised Code.281

       (B)(1) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a282
felony offense listed in division (D) of this section and who is283
sentenced to a prison term or to a community residential sanction284
in a jail or community-based correctional facility pursuant to285
section 2929.16 of the Revised Code, and a person who is convicted286
of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor offense listed in division287
(D) of this section and who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment288
shall submit to a DNA specimen collection procedure administered289
by the director of rehabilitation and correction or the chief290
administrative officer of the jail or other detention facility in291
which the person is serving the term of imprisonment. If the292
person serves the prison term in a state correctional institution,293
the director of rehabilitation and correction shall cause the DNA294
specimen to be collected from the person during the intake process295
at the reception facility designated by the director. If the296
person serves the community residential sanction or term of297
imprisonment in a jail, a community-based correctional facility,298
or another county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or299
multicounty-municipal detention facility, the chief administrative300
officer of the jail, community-based correctional facility, or301
detention facility shall cause the DNA specimen to be collected302
from the person during the intake process at the jail,303
community-based correctional facility, or detention facility. In304
accordance with division (C) of this section, the director or the305
chief administrative officer shall cause the DNA specimen to be306
forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and307
investigation no later than fifteen days after the date of the308
collection of the DNA specimen. The DNA specimen shall be309
collected in accordance with division (C) of this section.310

       (2) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to an311
offense listed in division (D) of this section, is serving a312
prison term, community residential sanction, or term of313
imprisonment for that offense, and does not provide a DNA specimen314
pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, prior to the person's315
release from the prison term, community residential sanction, or316
imprisonment, the person shall submit to, and the director of317
rehabilitation and correction or the chief administrative officer318
of the jail, community-based correctional facility, or detention319
facility in which the person is serving the prison term, community320
residential sanction, or term of imprisonment shall administer, a321
DNA specimen collection procedure at the state correctional322
institution, jail, community-based correctional facility, or323
detention facility in which the person is serving the prison term,324
community residential sanction, or term of imprisonment. In325
accordance with division (C) of this section, the director or the326
chief administrative officer shall cause the DNA specimen to be327
forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and328
investigation no later than fifteen days after the date of the329
collection of the DNA specimen. The DNA specimen shall be330
collected in accordance with division (C) of this section.331

       (3) If a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment or332
serving a prison term or community residential sanction for 333
committing ana felony offense or for committing a misdemeanor334
offense listed in division (D) of this section is on probation, is335
released on parole, under transitional control, or on another type336
of release, or is on post-release control, if the person is under337
the supervision of a probation department or the adult parole338
authority, if the person is sent to jail or is returned to a jail,339
community-based correctional facility, or state correctional340
institution for a violation of the terms and conditions of the341
probation, parole, transitional control, other release, or342
post-release control, if the person was or will be serving a term343
of imprisonment, prison term, or community residential sanction344
for committing ana felony offense or for committing a misdemeanor345
offense listed in division (D) of this section, and if the person 346
did not provide a DNA specimen pursuant to division (B)(1) or (2) 347
of this section, the person shall submit to, and the director of 348
rehabilitation and correction or the chief administrative officer 349
of the jail or community-based correctional facility shall350
administer, a DNA specimen collection procedure at the jail, 351
community-based correctional facility, or state correctional 352
institution in which the person is serving the term of 353
imprisonment, prison term, or community residential sanction. In 354
accordance with division (C) of this section, the director or the 355
chief administrative officer shall cause the DNA specimen to be 356
forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and357
investigation no later than fifteen days after the date of the358
collection of the DNA specimen. The DNA specimen shall be359
collected from the person in accordance with division (C) of this360
section.361

       (C) If the DNA specimen is collected by withdrawing blood362
from the person or a similarly invasive procedure, a physician,363
registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, duly licensed clinical364
laboratory technician, or other qualified medical practitioner365
shall collect in a medically approved manner the DNA specimen366
required to be collected pursuant to division (B) of this section.367
If the DNA specimen is collected by swabbing for buccal cells or a368
similarly noninvasive procedure, this section does not require369
that the DNA specimen be collected by a qualified medical370
practitioner of that nature. No later than fifteen days after the371
date of the collection of the DNA specimen, the director of372
rehabilitation and correction or the chief administrative officer373
of the jail, community-based correctional facility, or other374
county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or375
multicounty-municipal detention facility, in which the person is376
serving the prison term, community residential sanction, or term377
of imprisonment shall cause the DNA specimen to be forwarded to378
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in379
accordance with procedures established by the superintendent of380
the bureau under division (H) of section 109.573 of the Revised381
Code. The bureau shall provide the specimen vials, mailing tubes,382
labels, postage, and instructions needed for the collection and383
forwarding of the DNA specimen to the bureau.384

       (D) The director of rehabilitation and correction and the385
chief administrative officer of the jail, community-based386
correctional facility, or other county, multicounty, municipal,387
municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal detention facility388
shall cause a DNA specimen to be collected in accordance with389
divisions (B) and (C) of this section from a person in its custody390
who is convicted of or pleads guilty to any felony offense or to 391
any of the following misdemeanor offenses:392

       (1) A misdemeanor violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02,393
2903.11, 2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2911.01, 394
2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the Revised Code;395

       (2) A violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it396
existed prior to September 3, 1996;397

       (3) An attempt to commit a misdemeanor violation of section398
2903.01, 2903.02, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, or 2907.05 of the 399
Revised Code or to commit a violation of section 2907.12 of the 400
Revised Code as it existed prior to September 3, 1996;401

       (4)(3) A misdemeanor violation of any law that arose out of 402
the same facts and circumstances and same act as did a charge 403
against the person of a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02,404
2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, or 2911.11 of the405
Revised Code that previously was dismissed or amended or as did a 406
charge against the person of a violation of section 2907.12 of the 407
Revised Code as it existed prior to September 3, 1996, that 408
previously was dismissed or amended;409

       (5)(4) A misdemeanor violation of section 2905.02 or 2919.23 410
of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 411
2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, 412
had it been committed prior to that date;413

       (6)(5) A sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 414
offense, both as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code, 415
that is a misdemeanor, if, in relation to that offense, the416
offender has been adjudicated a sexual predator or a child-victim 417
predator, both as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code;418

       (7) A felony violation of any law that arose out of the same419
facts and circumstances and same act as did a charge against the420
person of a violation of section 2903.11, 2911.01, 2911.02, or421
2911.12 of the Revised Code that previously was dismissed or422
amended;423

       (8) A conspiracy to commit a violation of section 2903.01,424
2903.02, 2905.01, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the425
Revised Code;426

       (9)(6) Complicity in committing a misdemeanor violation of 427
section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.11, 2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03,428
2907.04, 2907.05, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the 429
Revised Code or a violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code 430
as it existed prior to September 3, 1996.431

       (E) The director of rehabilitation and correction or a chief432
administrative officer of a jail, community-based correctional433
facility, or other detention facility described in division (B) of434
this section in relation to the following offenses is not required435
to comply with this section until the superintendent of the bureau436
of criminal identification and investigation gives agencies in the437
criminal justice system, as defined in section 181.51 of the438
Revised Code, in the state official notification that the state439
DNA laboratory is prepared to accept DNA specimens of that nature:440

       (1) A violation of section 2903.11, 2911.01, 2911.02, or441
2911.12 of the Revised Code;442

       (2) An attempt to commit a violation of section 2903.01 or443
2903.02 of the Revised Code;444

       (3) A felony violation of any law that arose out of the same445
facts and circumstances and same act as did a charge against the446
person of a violation of section 2903.11, 2911.01, 2911.02, or447
2911.12 of the Revised Code that previously was dismissed or448
amended;449

       (4) A conspiracy to commit a violation of section 2903.01,450
2903.02, 2905.01, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the451
Revised Code;452

       (5) Complicity in committing a violation of section 2903.01,453
2903.02, 2903.11, 2905.01, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05,454
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, or 2911.12 of the Revised Code or a455
violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it existed456
prior to September 3, 1996;457

       (6) Any felony not listed in division (E)(1), (2), (3), (4), 458
or (5) of this section.459

       Section 2. That existing sections 2152.74, 2743.191, and 460
2901.07 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.461