H. B. No. 262 As Introduced

Cosponsors: Representatives Antonio, Boyd, Combs, Derickson, Garland, Hagan, R., Murray, O'Brien, Okey, Patmon, Pillich, Slesnick, Stebelton, Stinziano, Williams, Yuko, Fende, Celeste, Szollosi, Heard, Clyde, Reece, Phillips, Barnes, Gerberry, Foley, Ashford, Goyal, Milkovich, Ramos, Gentile, Sykes, Schuring, Letson

Section 1. That section 2907.24 be amended and sections	24
2930.21, 4113.72, and 5515.071 of the Revised Code be enacted to	25
read as follows:	26

Sec. 2907.24. (A) No person shall solicit another to engage	27
with such other person in sexual activity for hire.	28

(B) No person, with knowledge that the person has tested	29
positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired	30
immunodeficiency syndrome, shall engage in conduct in violation of	31
division (A) of this section.	32

(C) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a victim	33
of a violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code who violated	34
division (A) of this section while the victim was under duress or	35
coercion that resulted from that violation of section 2905.32 of	36
the Revised Code, who committed the violation of division (A) of	37
this section because of that duress or coercion, and who was a	38
minor at the time of the violation of division (A) of this	39
section.	40

(D)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is	41
guilty of soliciting, a misdemeanor of the third degree.	42

(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty	43
of engaging in solicitation after a positive HIV test. If the	44
offender commits the violation prior to July 1, 1996, engaging in	45
solicitation after a positive HIV test is a felony of the second	46
degree. If the offender commits the violation on or after July 1,	47
1996, engaging in solicitation after a positive HIV test is a	48
felony of the third degree.	49

~~(D)~~(E) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a	50
violation of any provision of this section, an attempt to commit a	51
violation of any provision of this section, or a violation of or	52
an attempt to commit a violation of a municipal ordinance that is	53
substantially equivalent to any provision of this section and if	54
the person, in committing or attempting to commit the violation,	55
was in, was on, or used a motor vehicle, the court, in addition to	56
or independent of all other penalties imposed for the violation,	57
shall impose upon the offender a class six suspension of the	58
person's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary	59
instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating	60
privilege from the range specified in division (A)(6) of section	61
4510.02 of the Revised Code.	62

Sec. 2930.21. A victim of a violation of section 2905.32 of	63
the Revised Code who is a minor shall be provided with appropriate	64
services, which may include an explanation of the victim's rights,	65
privacy, housing, care, and age-appropriate support and rights.	66
The department of job and family services shall develop procedures	67
for reuniting the minor with family members in the minor's country	68
of origin or destination country whenever it is possible and safe	69
to do so. The departments of health and mental health shall	70
develop procedures for providing special physical and mental	71
health care tailored to the minor's needs.	72

Sec. 4113.72. (A) The director of commerce shall create a	73
poster that provides information regarding the national human	74
trafficking resource center hotline. The poster shall be no	75
smaller than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size	76
and shall include a statement in substantially the following form:	77

"If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any	78
activity and cannot leave – whether it is commercial sex,	79
housework, farm work, or any other activity – call the National	80
Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 to	81
access help and services.	82

Victims of human trafficking are protected under U.S. and	83
Ohio law.	84

- Able to provide help, referral to services, training,	90
and general information."	91

The statement shall appear on each poster in English,	92
Spanish, and, for each county, any other language required for	93
voting materials under section 1973aa-1a of the "Voting Rights Act	94
of 1965," 79 Stat. 437, 42 U.S.C. 1973, as amended.	95

(B) The director of commerce, or the appropriate regulatory	96
authority, if any, shall provide each owner or operator of an	97
establishment listed in division (C) of this section with notice	98
of this section and a copy of the appropriate national human	99
trafficking resource center hotline poster for display in each	100
establishment. The director and each state agency having	101
regulatory authority over any of those establishments shall make a	102
copy of each version of the poster available for print on their	103
respective public web sites.	104

(C) A person who owns or operates any of the following	105
establishments shall display conspicuously in each establishment,	106
in a place where employees and customers, patients, or students	107
have access, a national human trafficking resource center hotline	108
poster created under division (A) of this section for the county	109
in which the poster will be displayed:	110

(2) A hotel, as defined in section 3731.01 of the Revised	112
Code;	113

(3) An adult entertainment establishment, as defined in	114
section 2907.39 of the Revised Code;	115

(4) Any establishment that has a liquor permit issued under	116
Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, except for those establishments	117
that also have a retail food services license or a food services	118
operations license issued under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code;	119

(5) An agricultural labor camp, as defined in section 3733.41	120
of the Revised Code;	121

(7) Any public or chartered nonpublic school offering grades	123
nine through twelve;	124

(8) Any establishment operating as a massage parlor, massage	125
spa, alternative health clinic, or similar entity by persons who	126
do not hold a valid certificate from the state medical board to	127
practice massage therapy under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code;	128

(D) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty	130
of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and, notwithstanding	131
sections 2929.24 and 2929.28 of the Revised Code, is punishable by	132
imprisonment up to ten days, a fine of up to one thousand dollars,	133
or both.	134

(1) "Fair" means the annual exposition conducted by any	136
county or independent agricultural society or the Ohio expositions	137
commission.	138

(2) "Highway truck stop" means a gas station with a sign that	139
is visible from a highway, as defined in section 5501.01 of the	140
Revised Code, that offers amenities to commercial vehicles.	141

Sec. 5515.071. The director of transportation shall display	142
conspicuously at each rest area within the limits of the	143
right-of-way of interstate highways and other state highways a	144
national human trafficking resource center hotline poster created	145
under division (A) of section 4113.72 of the Revised Code for the	146
county in which the poster will be displayed.	147

Section 2. That existing section 2907.24 of the Revised Code	148
is hereby repealed.	149