130th Ohio General Assembly
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S. B. No. 235  As Introduced
As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
S. B. No. 235


Senators Fedor, Grendell 

Cosponsors: Senators Cafaro, Miller, R., Schaffer, Jones, Smith, Hughes, Wagoner, Goodman, Strahorn, Sawyer, Widener, Carey, Schuring, Patton, Husted, Morano, Schiavoni, Turner, Wilson, Buehrer, Miller, D., Kearney, Stewart, Gibbs, Niehaus 



A BILL
To enact sections 2905.31 and 2905.32 of the Revised Code to create the offense of trafficking in persons.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2905.31 and 2905.32 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2905.31.  As used in sections 2905.31 and 2905.32 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Involuntary servitude" means being compelled to perform labor or services for another against one's will.
(B) "Material that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented" and "performance that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2905.32. (A) No person shall knowingly recruit, lure, entice, solicit, isolate, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain, or knowingly attempt to recruit, lure, entice, solicit, isolate, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain, another person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the person will be subjected to involuntary servitude or be compelled to engage in sexual activity for hire, engage in a performance that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented, or be a model or participant in the production of material that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of trafficking in persons, a felony of the second degree.
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