130th Ohio General Assembly
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S. B. No. 299  As Introduced
As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
S. B. No. 299


Senator Kearney 



A BILL
To enact section 2950.17 of the Revised Code to prohibit a convicted sex offender from possessing a photograph of the offender's victim while the offender is serving a term of confinement for that offense and to prohibit a child-victim offender from possessing a photograph of any minor child while the child-victim offender is serving a term of confinement for that offense.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1.  That section 2950.17 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2950.17. (A) Regardless of when the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense was committed, a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense or a person who is or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense shall not possess a photograph of the victim of the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense while the person is serving any prison term, jail term, community residential sanction, or other term of confinement imposed on the offender for the offense.
(B) Regardless of when the child-victim oriented offense was committed, a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a child-victim oriented offense or a person who is or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a child-victim oriented offense shall not possess a photograph of any minor child while the person is serving any prison term, jail term, community residential sanction, or other term of confinement imposed on the offender for the offense.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of illegal possession of a prohibited photograph, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
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