To amend sections 2903.211, 2903.213, 2909.04, 2917.11, 2917.13, 2919.26, 2921.31, and 2937.222 of the Revised Code to extend the offenses of disrupting public services and misconduct at an emergency to activities of emergency medical services personnel, to increase the penalties for misconduct at an emergency and obstructing official business if risk of physical harm is involved, to increase the penalty for disorderly conduct if committed in the presence of certain authorized persons performing duties at the scene of an emergency, to specify that "pattern of conduct" in menacing by stalking includes actions obstructing a public official's, firefighter's, rescuer's, or emergency medical services person's performance of authorized acts, to increase the penalty for menacing by stalking in specified circumstances, to permit the denial of bail for a person accused of menacing by stalking in circumstances in which it is a felony, and to revise who may request, or be protected by, an anti-stalking temporary protection order or domestic violence temporary protection order.

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

Sec. 2903.211. (A) No person by engaging in a pattern of conduct shall knowingly cause another to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or cause mental distress to the other person.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of menacing by stalking, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the.

(1) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, MENACING BY STALKING IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE.

(2) MENACING BY STALKING IS A FELONY OF THE FOURTH DEGREE IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:

(a) THE offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, menacing by stalking is a felony of the fifth degree OR A VIOLATION OF SECTION 2911.211 of the Revised Code.

(b) IN COMMITTING THE OFFENSE, THE OFFENDER MADE A THREAT OF PHYSICAL HARM TO OR AGAINST THE VICTIM.

(c) IN COMMITTING THE OFFENSE, THE OFFENDER TRESPASSED ON THE LAND OR PREMISES WHERE THE VICTIM LIVES, IS EMPLOYED, OR ATTENDS SCHOOL.

(d) THE VICTIM OF THE OFFENSE IS A MINOR.

(e) THE OFFENDER HAS A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE TOWARD THE VICTIM OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR A HISTORY OF OTHER VIOLENT ACTS TOWARD THE VICTIM OR ANY OTHER PERSON.

(f) WHILE COMMITTING THE OFFENSE, THE OFFENDER HAD A DEADLY WEAPON ON OR ABOUT THE OFFENDER'S PERSON OR UNDER THE OFFENDER'S CONTROL.

(g) AT THE TIME OF THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE, THE OFFENDER WAS THE SUBJECT OF A PROTECTION ORDER ISSUED UNDER SECTION 2903.213 OR 2903.214 of the Revised Code, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON TO BE PROTECTED UNDER THE ORDER IS THE VICTIM OF THE OFFENSE OR ANOTHER PERSON.

(h) IN COMMITTING THE OFFENSE, THE OFFENDER CAUSED SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM TO THE PREMISES AT WHICH THE VICTIM RESIDES, TO THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THAT PREMISES IS LOCATED, OR TO ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THAT PREMISES.

(i) THE OFFENDER PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE A MENTALLY ILL PERSON SUBJECT TO HOSPITALIZATION BY COURT ORDER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 5122.01 of the Revised Code, UNDER THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN DIVISION (B)(1) OR (2) OF THAT SECTION, OR THE OFFENDER PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN VOLUNTARILY ADMITTED UNDER SECTION 5122.02 of the Revised Code AND, AS THE BASIS FOR OR SUBSEQUENT TO THAT VOLUNTARY ADMISSION, THE OFFENDER WAS DETERMINED TO REPRESENT A RISK TO SELF OR OTHERS TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(1) OR (2) OF SECTION 5122.01 of the Revised Code.

(C) As used in this section:

(1) "Pattern of conduct" means two or more actions or incidents closely related in time, whether or not there has been a prior conviction based on any of those actions or incidents. ACTIONS OR INCIDENTS THAT PREVENT, OBSTRUCT, OR DELAY THE PERFORMANCE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, FIREFIGHTER, RESCUER, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON OF ANY AUTHORIZED ACT WITHIN THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL'S, FIREFIGHTER'S, RESCUER'S, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON'S OFFICIAL CAPACITY MAY CONSTITUTE A "PATTERN OF CONDUCT."

(2) "Mental distress" means any mental illness or condition that involves some temporary substantial incapacity or mental illness or condition that would normally require psychiatric treatment.

(3) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON" IS THE SINGULAR OF "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2133.21 of the Revised Code.

(4) "PUBLIC OFFICIAL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2921.01 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2903.213. (A) Except when the complaint involves a person who is a family or household member as defined in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code, upon the filing of a complaint that alleges a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance substantially similar to section 2903.13, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code, the complainant, THE ALLEGED VICTIM, OR A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER OF AN ALLEGED VICTIM may file a motion that requests the issuance of a protection order as a pretrial condition of release of the alleged offender, in addition to any bail set under Criminal Rule 46. The motion shall be filed with the clerk of the court that has jurisdiction of the case at any time after the filing of the complaint. If the complaint involves a person who is a family or household member, the complainant, THE ALLEGED VICTIM, OR THE FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER may file a motion for a temporary protection order pursuant to section 2919.26 of the Revised Code.

(B) A motion for a protection order under this section shall be prepared on a form that is provided by the clerk of the court, and the form shall be substantially as follows:

State of Ohio

v. No. .......

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Name of Defendant

(Name of person), the complainant in the above-captioned case, moves the court to issue a protection order containing terms designed to ensure the safety and protection of the complainant OR THE ALLEGED VICTIM IN THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED CASE, in relation to the named defendant, pursuant to its authority to issue a protection order under section 2903.213 of the Revised Code.

A complaint, a copy of which has been attached to this motion, has been filed in this court charging the named defendant with a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance substantially similar to section 2903.13, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code.

I understand that I must appear before the court, at a time set by the court not later than the next day that the court is in session after the filing of this motion, for a hearing on the motion, and that any protection order granted pursuant to this motion is a pretrial condition of release and is effective only until the disposition of the criminal proceeding arising out of the attached complaint or until the issuance under section 2903.214 of the Revised Code of a protection order arising out of the same activities as those that were the basis of the attached complaint.

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Signature of complainant PERSON

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Address of complainant PERSON"

(C)(1) As soon as possible after the filing of a motion that requests the issuance of a protection order under this section, but not later than the next day that the court is in session after the filing of the motion, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether to issue the order. The complainant PERSON WHO REQUESTED THE ORDER shall appear before the court and provide the court with the information that it requests concerning the basis of the motion. If the court finds that the safety and protection of the complainant OR THE ALLEGED VICTIM may be impaired by the continued presence of the alleged offender, the court may issue a protection order under this section, as a pretrial condition of release, that contains terms designed to ensure the safety and protection of the complainant OR THE ALLEGED VICTIM, including a requirement that the alleged offender refrain from entering the residence, school, business, or place of employment of the complainant OR THE ALLEGED VICTIM.

(2)(a) If the court issues a protection order under this section that includes a requirement that the alleged offender refrain from entering the residence, school, business, or place of employment of the complainant OR THE ALLEGED VICTIM, the order shall clearly state that the order cannot be waived or nullified by an invitation to the alleged offender from the complainant, THE ALLEGED VICTIM, OR A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER to enter the residence, school, business, or place of employment or by the alleged offender's entry into one of those places otherwise upon the consent of the complainant, THE ALLEGED VICTIM, OR A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER.

(b) Division (C)(2)(a) of this section does not limit any discretion of a court to determine that an alleged offender charged with a violation of section 2919.27 of the Revised Code, with a violation of a municipal ordinance substantially equivalent to that section, or with contempt of court, which charge is based on an alleged violation of a protection order issued under this section, did not commit the violation or was not in contempt of court.

(D)(1) Except when the complaint involves a person who is a family or household member as defined in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code, upon the filing of a complaint that alleges a violation specified in division (A) of this section, the court, upon its own motion, may issue a protection order under this section as a pretrial condition of release of the alleged offender if it finds that the safety and protection of the complainant OR THE ALLEGED VICTIM may be impaired by the continued presence of the alleged offender.

(2) If the court issues a protection order under this section as an ex parte order, it shall conduct, as soon as possible after the issuance of the order but not later than the next day that the court is in session after its issuance, a hearing to determine whether the order should remain in effect, be modified, or be revoked. The hearing shall be conducted under the standards set forth in division (C) of this section.

(3) If a municipal court or a county court issues a protection order under this section and if, subsequent to the issuance of the order, the alleged offender who is the subject of the order is bound over to the court of common pleas for prosecution of a felony arising out of the same activities as those that were the basis of the complaint upon which the order is based, notwithstanding the fact that the order was issued by a municipal court or county court, the order shall remain in effect, as though it were an order of the court of common pleas, while the charges against the alleged offender are pending in the court of common pleas, for the period of time described in division (E)(2) of this section, and the court of common pleas has exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order issued by the municipal court or county court. This division applies when the alleged offender is bound over to the court of common pleas as a result of the person waiving a preliminary hearing on the felony charge, as a result of the municipal court or county court having determined at a preliminary hearing that there is probable cause to believe that the felony has been committed and that the alleged offender committed it, as a result of the alleged offender having been indicted for the felony, or in any other manner.

(E) A protection order that is issued as a pretrial condition of release under this section:

(1) Is in addition to, but shall not be construed as a part of, any bail set under Criminal Rule 46;

(2) Is effective only until the disposition, by the court that issued the order or, in the circumstances described in division (D)(3) of this section, by the court of common pleas to which the alleged offender is bound over for prosecution, of the criminal proceeding arising out of the complaint upon which the order is based or until the issuance under section 2903.214 of the Revised Code of a protection order arising out of the same activities as those that were the basis of the complaint filed under this section;

(3) Shall not be construed as a finding that the alleged offender committed the alleged offense and shall not be introduced as evidence of the commission of the offense at the trial of the alleged offender on the complaint upon which the order is based.

(F) A person who meets the criteria for bail under Criminal Rule 46 and who, if required to do so pursuant to that rule, executes or posts bond or deposits cash or securities as bail, shall not be held in custody pending a hearing before the court on a motion requesting a protection order under this section.

(G)(1) A copy of a protection order that is issued under this section shall be issued by the court to the complainant, TO THE ALLEGED VICTIM, TO THE PERSON WHO REQUESTED THE ORDER, to the defendant, and to all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction to enforce the order. The court shall direct that a copy of the order be delivered to the defendant on the same day that the order is entered. If a municipal court or a county court issues a protection order under this section and if, subsequent to the issuance of the order, the defendant who is the subject of the order is bound over to the court of common pleas for prosecution as described in division (D)(3) of this section, the municipal court or county court shall direct that a copy of the order be delivered to the court of common pleas to which the defendant is bound over.

(2) All law enforcement agencies shall establish and maintain an index for the protection orders delivered to the agencies pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section. With respect to each order delivered, each agency shall note on the index the date and time of the agency's receipt of the order.

(3) Regardless of whether the petitioner has registered the protection order in the county in which the officer's agency has jurisdiction, any officer of a law enforcement agency shall enforce a protection order issued pursuant to this section in accordance with the provisions of the order.

(H) Upon a violation of a protection order issued pursuant to this section, the court may issue another protection order under this section, as a pretrial condition of release, that modifies the terms of the order that was violated.

(I) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no court shall charge a fee for the filing of a motion pursuant to this section.

Sec. 2909.04. (A) No person, purposely by any means, or knowingly by damaging or tampering with any property, shall do any of the following:

(1) Interrupt or impair television, radio, telephone, telegraph, or other mass communications service, or; police, fire, or other public service communications, or; radar, loran, radio, or other electronic aids to air or marine navigation or communications,; or amateur or citizens band radio communications being used for public service or emergency communications;

(2) Interrupt or impair public transportation, including without limitation school bus transportation, or water supply, gas, power, or other utility service to the public;

(3) Substantially impair the ability of law enforcement officers, firemen FIREFIGHTERS, or rescue personnel, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL to respond to an emergency, or to protect and preserve any person or property from serious physical harm.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disrupting public services, a felony of the fourth degree.

(C) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2133.21 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2917.11. (A) No person shall recklessly cause inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to another, by doing any of the following:

(1) Engaging in fighting, in threatening harm to persons or property, or in violent or turbulent behavior;

(2) Making unreasonable noise or an offensively coarse utterance, gesture, or display, or communicating unwarranted and grossly abusive language to any person;

(3) Insulting, taunting, or challenging another, under circumstances in which such THAT conduct is likely to provoke a violent response;

(4) Hindering or preventing the movement of persons on a public street, road, highway, or right-of-way, or to, from, within, or upon public or private property, so as to interfere with the rights of others, and by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender;

(5) Creating a condition that is physically offensive to persons or that presents a risk of physical harm to persons or property, by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender.

(B) No person, while voluntarily intoxicated, shall do either of the following:

(1) In a public place or in the presence of two or more persons, engage in conduct likely to be offensive or to cause inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to persons of ordinary sensibilities, which conduct the offender, if the offender were not intoxicated, should know is likely to have that effect on others;

(2) Engage in conduct or create a condition that presents a risk of physical harm to the offender or another, or to the property of another.

(C) Violation of any statute or ordinance of which an element is operating a motor vehicle, locomotive, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse, is not a violation of division (B) of this section.

(D) When to an ordinary observer IF a person appears TO AN ORDINARY OBSERVER to be intoxicated, it is probable cause to believe that person is voluntarily intoxicated for purposes of division (B) of this section.

(E)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disorderly conduct. Except

(2) EXCEPT as otherwise provided in this division (E)(3) OF THIS SECTION, disorderly conduct is a minor misdemeanor. If the

(3) DISORDERLY CONDUCT IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FOURTH DEGREE IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:

(a) THE offender persists in disorderly conduct after offender persists in disorderly conduct after reasonable warning or request to desist or if the.

(b) THE offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in a school safety zone, disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(c) THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED IN THE PRESENCE OF ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, RESCUER, MEDICAL PERSON, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON, OR OTHER AUTHORIZED PERSON WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE PERSON'S DUTIES AT THE SCENE OF A FIRE, ACCIDENT, DISASTER, RIOT, OR EMERGENCY OF ANY KIND.

(F) As used in this section, "committed:

(1) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON" IS THE SINGULAR OF "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2133.21 of the Revised Code.

(2) "COMMITTED in the vicinity of a school" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2917.13. (A) No person shall knowingly DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, fireman FIREFIGHTER, rescuer, medical person, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON, or other authorized person, engaged in his THE PERSON'S duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind;

(2) Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in his THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.

(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any news media representative in the lawful exercise of his THE NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE'S duties.

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of misconduct at an emergency,. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS DIVISION, MISCONDUCT AT AN EMERGENCY IS a minor misdemeanor. If A violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to persons or property, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the fourth FIRST degree.

(D) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSON" IS THE SINGULAR OF "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2133.21 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2919.26. (A)(1) Upon the filing of a complaint that alleges a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code, a violation of a municipal ordinance substantially similar to that section, a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person who was a family or household member at the time of the violation, or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.13, 2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person who was a family or household member at the time of the violation, the complainant, THE ALLEGED VICTIM, OR A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER OF AN ALLEGED VICTIM may file, or, if in an emergency the complainant ALLEGED VICTIM is unable to file, a person who made an arrest for the alleged violation under section 2935.03 of the Revised Code may file on behalf of the complainant ALLEGED VICTIM, a motion that requests the issuance of a temporary protection order as a pretrial condition of release of the alleged offender, in addition to any bail set under Criminal Rule 46. The motion shall be filed with the clerk of the court that has jurisdiction of the case at any time after the filing of the complaint.

(2) For purposes of section 2930.09 of the Revised Code, all stages of a proceeding arising out of a violation specified in division (A)(1) of this section, including all proceedings on a motion for a temporary protection order, are critical stages of the case, and a complainant VICTIM may be accompanied by a victim advocate or another person to provide support to the victim as provided in that section.

(B) The motion shall be prepared on a form that is provided by the clerk of the court, which form shall be substantially as follows:

State of Ohio

v. No. .............

.................

Name of Defendant

(name of person), the complainant in the above-captioned case, moves the court to issue a temporary protection order containing terms designed to ensure the safety and protection of the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, and other family or household members, in relation to the named defendant, pursuant to its authority to issue such an order under section 2919.26 of the Revised Code.

A complaint, a copy of which has been attached to this motion, has been filed in this court charging the named defendant with at least one of the following violations of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code that constitutes "domestic violence" or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to that section: knowingly causing or attempting to cause physical harm to a family or household member; recklessly causing serious physical harm to a family or household member; or, by threat of force, knowingly causing a family or household member to believe that the named defendant would cause imminent physical harm to that family or household member; charging the named defendant with felonious assault, aggravated assault, or assault that involved a family or household member in violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, or 2903.13 of the Revised Code; charging the named defendant with menacing by stalking or aggravated trespass that involves a family or household member in violation of section 2903.211 or 2911.211 of the Revised Code; or charging the named defendant with a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.13, 2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a family or household member.

I understand that I must appear before the court, at a time set by the court within twenty-four hours after the filing of this motion, for a hearing on the motion or that, if I am unable to appear because of hospitalization or a medical condition resulting from the offense alleged in the complaint, a person who can provide information about my need for a temporary protection order must appear before the court in lieu of my appearing in court. I understand that any temporary protection order granted pursuant to this motion is a pretrial condition of release and is effective only until the disposition of the criminal proceeding arising out of the attached complaint, or the issuance of a civil protection order or the approval of a consent agreement, arising out of the same activities as those that were the basis of the complaint, under section 3113.31 of the Revised Code.

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Signature of complainant PERSON

(or signature of the arresting officer who filed the motion on behalf of the complainant ALLEGED VICTIM)

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Address of complainant PERSON (or office address of the arresting officer who filed the motion on behalf of the complainant ALLEGED VICTIM)"

(C)(1) As soon as possible after the filing of a motion that requests the issuance of a temporary protection order, but not later than twenty-four hours after the filing of the motion, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether to issue the order. The person who requested the order shall appear before the court and provide the court with the information that it requests concerning the basis of the motion. If the person who requested the order is unable to appear and if the court finds that the failure to appear is because of the person's hospitalization or medical condition resulting from the offense alleged in the complaint, another person who is able to provide the court with the information it requests may appear in lieu of the person who requested the order. If the court finds that the safety and protection of the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or any other family or household member of the alleged offender may be impaired by the continued presence of the alleged offender, the court may issue a temporary protection order, as a pretrial condition of release, that contains terms designed to ensure the safety and protection of the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or the family or household member, including a requirement that the alleged offender refrain from entering the residence, school, business, or place of employment of the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or the family or household member.

(2)(a) If the court issues a temporary protection order that includes a requirement that the alleged offender refrain from entering the residence, school, business, or place of employment of the complainant, THE ALLEGED VICTIM, or the family or household member, the order shall state clearly that the order cannot be waived or nullified by an invitation to the alleged offender from the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or family or household member to enter the residence, school, business, or place of employment or by the alleged offender's entry into one of those places otherwise upon the consent of the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or family or household member.

(b) Division (C)(2)(a) of this section does not limit any discretion of a court to determine that an alleged offender charged with a violation of section 2919.27 of the Revised Code, with a violation of a municipal ordinance substantially equivalent to that section, or with contempt of court, which charge is based on an alleged violation of a temporary protection order issued under this section, did not commit the violation or was not in contempt of court.

(D)(1) Upon the filing of a complaint that alleges a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code, a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to that section, a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person who was a family or household member at the time of the violation, or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.13, 2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person who was a family or household member at the time of the violation, the court, upon its own motion, may issue a temporary protection order as a pretrial condition of release if it finds that the safety and protection of the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or other family or household member of the alleged offender may be impaired by the continued presence of the alleged offender.

(2) If the court issues a temporary protection order under this section as an ex parte order, it shall conduct, as soon as possible after the issuance of the order, a hearing in the presence of the alleged offender not later than the next day on which the court is scheduled to conduct business after the day on which the alleged offender was arrested or at the time of the appearance of the alleged offender pursuant to summons to determine whether the order should remain in effect, be modified, or be revoked. The hearing shall be conducted under the standards set forth in division (C) of this section.

(3) An order issued under this section shall contain only those terms authorized in orders issued under division (C) of this section.

(4) If a municipal court or a county court issues a temporary protection order under this section and if, subsequent to the issuance of the order, the alleged offender who is the subject of the order is bound over to the court of common pleas for prosecution of a felony arising out of the same activities as those that were the basis of the complaint upon which the order is based, notwithstanding the fact that the order was issued by a municipal court or county court, the order shall remain in effect, as though it were an order of the court of common pleas, while the charges against the alleged offender are pending in the court of common pleas, for the period of time described in division (E)(2) of this section, and the court of common pleas has exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order issued by the municipal court or county court. This division applies when the alleged offender is bound over to the court of common pleas as a result of the person waiving a preliminary hearing on the felony charge, as a result of the municipal court or county court having determined at a preliminary hearing that there is probable cause to believe that the felony has been committed and that the alleged offender committed it, as a result of the alleged offender having been indicted for the felony, or in any other manner.

(E) A temporary protection order that is issued as a pretrial condition of release under this section:

(1) Is in addition to, but shall not be construed as a part of, any bail set under Criminal Rule 46;

(2) Is effective only until the occurrence of either of the following:

(a) The disposition, by the court that issued the order or, in the circumstances described in division (D)(4) of this section, by the court of common pleas to which the alleged offender is bound over for prosecution, of the criminal proceeding arising out of the complaint upon which the order is based;

(b) The issuance of a protection order or the approval of a consent agreement, arising out of the same activities as those that were the basis of the complaint upon which the order is based, under section 3113.31 of the Revised Code;

(3) Shall not be construed as a finding that the alleged offender committed the alleged offense, and shall not be introduced as evidence of the commission of the offense at the trial of the alleged offender on the complaint upon which the order is based.

(F) A person who meets the criteria for bail under Criminal Rule 46 and who, if required to do so pursuant to that rule, executes or posts bond or deposits cash or securities as bail, shall not be held in custody pending a hearing before the court on a motion requesting a temporary protection order.

(G)(1) A copy of any temporary protection order that is issued under this section shall be issued by the court to the complainant, TO THE ALLEGED VICTIM, TO THE PERSON WHO REQUESTED THE ORDER, to the defendant, and to all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction to enforce the order. The court shall direct that a copy of the order be delivered to the defendant on the same day that the order is entered. If a municipal court or a county court issues a temporary protection order under this section and if, subsequent to the issuance of the order, the defendant who is the subject of the order is bound over to the court of common pleas for prosecution as described in division (D)(4) of this section, the municipal court or county court shall direct that a copy of the order be delivered to the court of common pleas to which the defendant is bound over.

(2) All law enforcement agencies shall establish and maintain an index for the temporary protection orders delivered to the agencies pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section. With respect to each order delivered, each agency shall note on the index, the date and time of the receipt of the order by the agency.

(3) A complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, OR OTHER PERSON who obtains a temporary protection order under this section may provide notice of the issuance of the temporary protection order to the judicial and law enforcement officials in any county other than the county in which the order is issued by registering that order in the other county in accordance with division (N) of section 3113.31 of the Revised Code and filing a copy of the registered protection order with a law enforcement agency in the other county in accordance with that division.

(4) Any officer of a law enforcement agency shall enforce a temporary protection order issued by any court in this state in accordance with the provisions of the order, including removing the defendant from the premises, regardless of whether the order is registered in the county in which the officer's agency has jurisdiction as authorized by division (G)(3) of this section.

(H) Upon a violation of a temporary protection order, the court may issue another temporary protection order, as a pretrial condition of release, that modifies the terms of the order that was violated.

(I)(1) As used in divisions (I)(1) and (2) of this section, "defendant" means a person who is alleged in a complaint to have committed a violation of the type described in division (A) of this section.

(2) If a complaint is filed that alleges that a person committed a violation of the type described in division (A) of this section, the court may not issue a temporary protection order under this section that requires the complainant, THE ALLEGED VICTIM, or another family or household member of the defendant to do or refrain from doing an act that the court may require the defendant to do or refrain from doing under a temporary protection order unless both of the following apply:

(a) The defendant has filed a separate complaint that alleges that the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or other family or household member in question who would be required under the order to do or refrain from doing the act committed a violation of the type described in division (A) of this section.

(b) The court determines that both the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or other family or household member in question who would be required under the order to do or refrain from doing the act and the defendant acted primarily as aggressors, that neither the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or other family or household member in question who would be required under the order to do or refrain from doing the act nor the defendant acted primarily in self-defense, and, in accordance with the standards and criteria of this section as applied in relation to the separate complaint filed by the defendant, that it should issue the order to require the complainant, ALLEGED VICTIM, or other family or household member in question to do or refrain from doing the act.

(J) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no court shall charge a fee for the filing of a motion pursuant to this section.

(K) As used in this section, "victim advocate" means a person who provides support and assistance for a victim of an offense during court proceedings.

Sec. 2921.31. (A) No person, without privilege to do so and with purpose to prevent, obstruct, or delay the performance by a public official of any authorized act within his THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL'S official capacity, shall do any act which THAT hampers or impedes a public official in the performance of his THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL'S lawful duties.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of obstructing official business,. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS DIVISION, OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS IS a misdemeanor of the second degree. IF A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION CREATES A RISK OF PHYSICAL HARM TO ANY PERSON, OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS IS A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE.

Sec. 2937.222. (A) On the motion of the prosecuting attorney or on the judge's own motion, the judge shall hold a hearing to determine whether an accused person charged with aggravated murder when it is not a capital offense, murder, a felony of the first or second degree, a violation of section 2903.06 of the Revised Code, A VIOLATION OF SECTION 2903.211 of the Revised Code THAT IS A FELONY or a fourth degree felony OMVI offense shall be denied bail. The judge shall order that the accused be detained until the conclusion of the hearing. Except for good cause, a continuance on the motion of the state shall not exceed three court days. Except for good cause, a continuance on the motion of the accused shall not exceed five court days unless the motion of the accused waives in writing the five-day limit and states in writing a specific period for which the accused requests a continuance. A continuance granted upon a motion of the accused that waives in writing the five-day limit shall not exceed five court days after the period of continuance requested in the motion.

At the hearing, the accused has the right to be represented by counsel and, if the accused is indigent, to have counsel appointed. The judge shall afford the accused an opportunity to testify, to present witnesses and other information, and to cross-examine witnesses who appear at the hearing. The rules concerning admissibility of evidence in criminal trials do not apply to the presentation and consideration of information at the hearing. Regardless of whether the hearing is being held on the motion of the prosecuting attorney or on the court's own motion, the state has the burden of proving that the proof is evident or the presumption great that the accused committed the offense with which the accused is charged, of proving that the accused poses a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person or to the community, and of proving that no release conditions will reasonably assure the safety of that person and the community.

The judge may reopen the hearing at any time before trial if the judge finds that information exists that was not known to the movant at the time of the hearing and that that information has a material bearing on whether bail should be denied. If a municipal court or county court enters an order denying bail, a judge of the court of common pleas having jurisdiction over the case may continue that order or may hold a hearing pursuant to this section to determine whether to continue that order.

(B) No accused person shall be denied bail pursuant to this section unless the judge finds by clear and convincing evidence that the proof is evident or the presumption great that the accused committed the offense described in division (A) of this section with which the accused is charged, finds by clear and convincing evidence that the accused poses a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person or to the community, and finds by clear and convincing evidence that no release conditions will reasonably assure the safety of that person and the community.

(C) The judge, in determining whether the accused person described in division (A) of this section poses a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person or to the community and whether there are conditions of release that will reasonably assure the safety of that person and the community, shall consider all available information regarding all of the following:

(1) The nature and circumstances of the offense charged, including whether the offense is an offense of violence or involves alcohol or a drug of abuse;

(2) The weight of the evidence against the accused;

(3) The history and characteristics of the accused, including, but not limited to, both of the following:

(a) The character, physical and mental condition, family ties, employment, financial resources, length of residence in the community, community ties, past conduct, history relating to drug or alcohol abuse, and criminal history of the accused;

(b) Whether, at the time of the current alleged offense or at the time of the arrest of the accused, the accused was on probation, parole, post-release control, or other release pending trial, sentencing, appeal, or completion of sentence for the commission of an offense under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States or under a municipal ordinance.

(4) The nature and seriousness of the danger to any person or the community that would be posed by the person's release.

(D)(1) An order of the court of common pleas denying bail pursuant to this section is a final appealable order. In an appeal pursuant to division (D) of this section, the court of appeals shall do all of the following:

(a) Give the appeal priority on its calendar;

(b) Liberally modify or dispense with formal requirements in the interest of a speedy and just resolution of the appeal;

(c) Decide the appeal expeditiously;

(d) Promptly enter its judgment affirming or reversing the order denying bail.

(2) The pendency of an appeal under this section does not deprive the court of common pleas of jurisdiction to conduct further proceedings in the case or to further consider the order denying bail in accordance with this section. If, during the pendency of an appeal under division (D) of this section, the court of common pleas sets aside or terminates the order denying bail, the court of appeals shall dismiss the appeal.

(E) As used in this section:

(1) "Court day" has the same meaning as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Fourth degree felony OMVI offense" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.