130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Passed by the Senate

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998
H. B. No. 238

REPRESENTATIVES COUGHLIN-VAN VYVEN-THOMPSON-SCHURING-NETZLEY- THOMAS-CORBIN-TAYLOR-PRINGLE-WILLIAMS-BENDER-GARCIA-TIBERI- TERWILLEGER-O'BRIEN-SUTTON-LUCAS-CALLENDER-MASON-GARDNER- BATEMAN-MOTTL-REID-GRENDELL-JAMES-MYERS-DAMSCHRODER-VESPER- KASPUTIS-HAINES-BRADING-BRADY-CLANCY-VERICH-HARRIS-ROBERTS- SYKES-OLMAN-METZGER-TAVARES-PATTON-SULZER-STAPLETON-SALERNO-
SENATORS B. JOHNSON-BLESSING-LATTA-HOWARD-OELSLAGER- DIX-WHITE-WATTS-RAY


A BILL
To amend section 2919.25 of the Revised Code to specify additional circumstances in which the offense of domestic violence is a felony of the fifth degree.

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


Section 1. That section 2919.25 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2919.25. (A) No person shall knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm to a family or household member.

(B) No person shall recklessly cause serious physical harm to a family or household member.

(C) No person, by threat of force, shall knowingly cause a family or household member to believe that the offender will cause imminent physical harm to the family or household member.

(D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of domestic violence. A EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS DIVISION, A violation of division (C) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A, AND A violation of division (A) or (B) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of domestic violence or, OF A VIOLATION OF A MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OF a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2903.21, 2903.211, or 2903.22, 2911.211, OR 2919.22 of the Revised Code involving a person who was a family or household member at the time of the violation, OR OF A VIOLATION OF A MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS INVOLVING A PERSON WHO WAS A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER AT THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION, a violation of division (A) or (B) of this section is a felony of the fifth degree, and a violation of division (C) of this section is a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(E) As used in this section and sections 2919.251 and 2919.26 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Family or household member" means any of the following:

(a) Any of the following who is residing or has resided with the offender:

(i) A spouse, a person living as a spouse, or a former spouse of the offender;

(ii) A parent or a child of the offender, or another person related by consanguinity or affinity to the offender;

(iii) A parent or a child of a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse of the offender, or another person related by consanguinity or affinity to a spouse, person living as a spouse, or former spouse of the offender.

(b) The natural parent of any child of whom the offender is the other natural parent.

(2) "Person living as a spouse" means a person who is living or has lived with the offender in a common law marital relationship, who otherwise is cohabiting with the offender, or who otherwise has cohabited with the offender within one year prior to the date of the alleged commission of the act in question.


Section 2. That existing section 2919.25 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
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