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Am. Sub. H. B. No. 62 As Enrolled
(129th General Assembly)
(Amended Substitute House Bill Number 62)
AN ACT
To amend sections 2903.13 and 2929.13 and to enact
section 3727.18 of the Revised Code to authorize a
$5,000 fine for assault when the victim is a
hospital health care professional, health care
worker, or security officer whom the offender
knows or has reasonable cause to know is such a
professional, worker, or officer, the victim is
engaged in the performance of the victim's duties,
and the hospital offers de-escalation or crisis
intervention training; to increase the penalty for
assault to a felony of the fifth degree when
committed against any of the specified hospital
personnel in the specified circumstances if the
offender previously was convicted of a specified
assault or homicide offense committed in those
circumstances; to authorize a $5,000 fine for
assault when the victim is a judge, magistrate,
prosecutor, or court official or employee whom the
offender knows or has reasonable cause to know is
a judge, magistrate, prosecutor, or court official
or employee and the victim is engaged in the
performance of the victim's duties; to increase
the penalty for assault to a felony of the fifth
degree when committed against any of the specified
justice system personnel in the specified
circumstances if the offender previously was
convicted of a specified assault or homicide
offense committed against any of the specified
justice system personnel in the specified
circumstances; to include felony assault when
committed against any of the specified hospital or
justice system personnel in the specified
circumstances within the community control
presumption of the Felony Sentencing Law; to make
clarifying changes in that presumption; and to
authorize hospitals to post a warning sign
indicating that abuse or assault of staff will not
be tolerated and might result in a felony
conviction.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 2903.13 and 2929.13 be amended and
section 3727.18 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2903.13. (A) No person shall knowingly cause or attempt
to cause physical harm to another or to another's unborn.
(B) No person shall recklessly cause serious physical harm to
another or to another's unborn.
(C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of assault,
and the court shall sentence the offender as provided in this
division and divisions (C)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), (7),
(8), and (9) of this section. Except as otherwise provided in division
(C)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section,
assault is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(1)(2) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if the
offense is committed by a caretaker against a functionally
impaired person under the caretaker's care, assault is a felony of
the fourth degree. If the offense is committed by a caretaker
against a functionally impaired person under the caretaker's care,
if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to a violation of this section or section 2903.11 or 2903.16 of
the Revised Code, and if in relation to the previous conviction
the offender was a caretaker and the victim was a functionally
impaired person under the offender's care, assault is a felony of
the third degree.
(2)(3) If the offense is committed in any of the following
circumstances, assault is a felony of the fifth degree:
(a) The offense occurs in or on the grounds of a state
correctional institution or an institution of the department of
youth services, the victim of the offense is an employee of the
department of rehabilitation and correction, the department of
youth services, or a probation department or is on the premises of
the particular institution for business purposes or as a visitor,
and the offense is committed by a person incarcerated in the state
correctional institution, by a person institutionalized in the
department of youth services institution pursuant to a commitment
to the department of youth services, by a parolee, by an offender
under transitional control, under a community control sanction, or
on an escorted visit, by a person under post-release control, or
by an offender under any other type of supervision by a government
agency.
(b) The offense occurs in or on the grounds of a local
correctional facility, the victim of the offense is an employee of
the local correctional facility or a probation department or is on
the premises of the facility for business purposes or as a
visitor, and the offense is committed by a person who is under
custody in the facility subsequent to the person's arrest for any
crime or delinquent act, subsequent to the person's being charged
with or convicted of any crime, or subsequent to the person's
being alleged to be or adjudicated a delinquent child.
(c) The offense occurs off the grounds of a state
correctional institution and off the grounds of an institution of
the department of youth services, the victim of the offense is an
employee of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the
department of youth services, or a probation department, the
offense occurs during the employee's official work hours and while
the employee is engaged in official work responsibilities, and the
offense is committed by a person incarcerated in a state
correctional institution or institutionalized in the department of
youth services who temporarily is outside of the institution for
any purpose, by a parolee, by an offender under transitional
control, under a community control sanction, or on an escorted
visit, by a person under post-release control, or by an offender
under any other type of supervision by a government agency.
(d) The offense occurs off the grounds of a local
correctional facility, the victim of the offense is an employee of
the local correctional facility or a probation department, the
offense occurs during the employee's official work hours and while
the employee is engaged in official work responsibilities, and the
offense is committed by a person who is under custody in the
facility subsequent to the person's arrest for any crime or
delinquent act, subsequent to the person being charged with or
convicted of any crime, or subsequent to the person being alleged
to be or adjudicated a delinquent child and who temporarily is
outside of the facility for any purpose or by a parolee, by an
offender under transitional control, under a community control
sanction, or on an escorted visit, by a person under post-release
control, or by an offender under any other type of supervision by
a government agency.
(e) The victim of the offense is a school teacher or
administrator or a school bus operator, and the offense occurs in
a school, on school premises, in a school building, on a school
bus, or while the victim is outside of school premises or a school
bus and is engaged in duties or official responsibilities
associated with the victim's employment or position as a school
teacher or administrator or a school bus operator, including, but
not limited to, driving, accompanying, or chaperoning students at
or on class or field trips, athletic events, or other school
extracurricular activities or functions outside of school
premises.
(3)(4) If the victim of the offense is a peace officer or an
investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation, a firefighter, or a person performing emergency
medical service, while in the performance of their official
duties, assault is a felony of the fourth degree.
(4)(5) If the victim of the offense is a peace officer or an
investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation and if the victim suffered serious physical harm as
a result of the commission of the offense, assault is a felony of
the fourth degree, and the court, pursuant to division (F) of
section 2929.13 of the Revised Code, shall impose as a mandatory
prison term one of the prison terms prescribed for a felony of the
fourth degree that is at least twelve months in duration.
(5)(6) If the victim of the offense is an officer or employee
of a public children services agency or a private child placing
agency and the offense relates to the officer's or employee's
performance or anticipated performance of official
responsibilities or duties, assault is either a felony of the
fifth degree or, if the offender previously has been convicted of
or pleaded guilty to an offense of violence, the victim of that
prior offense was an officer or employee of a public children
services agency or private child placing agency, and that prior
offense related to the officer's or employee's performance or
anticipated performance of official responsibilities or duties, a
felony of the fourth degree.
(6)(7) If the victim of the offense is a health care
professional of a hospital, a health care worker of a hospital, or
a security officer of a hospital whom the offender knows or has
reasonable cause to know is a health care professional of a
hospital, a health care worker of a hospital, or a security
officer of a hospital, if the victim is engaged in the performance
of the victim's duties, and if the hospital offers de-escalation
or crisis intervention training for such professionals, workers,
or officers, assault is one of the following:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(7)(b) of
this section, assault committed in the specified circumstances is
a misdemeanor of the first degree. Notwithstanding the fine
specified in division (A)(2)(b) of section 2929.28 of the Revised
Code for a misdemeanor of the first degree, in sentencing the
offender under this division and if the court decides to impose a
fine, the court may impose upon the offender a fine of not more
than five thousand dollars.
(b) If the offender previously has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to one or more assault or homicide offenses
committed against hospital personnel, assault committed in the
specified circumstances is a felony of the fifth degree.
(8) If the victim of the offense is a judge, magistrate,
prosecutor, or court official or employee whom the offender knows
or has reasonable cause to know is a judge, magistrate,
prosecutor, or court official or employee, and if the victim is
engaged in the performance of the victim's duties, assault is one
of the following:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(7)(b) of
this section, assault committed in the specified circumstances is
a misdemeanor of the first degree. In sentencing the offender
under this division, if the court decides to impose a fine,
notwithstanding the fine specified in division (A)(2)(b) of
section 2929.28 of the Revised Code for a misdemeanor of the first
degree, the court may impose upon the offender a fine of not more
than five thousand dollars.
(b) If the offender previously has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to one or more assault or homicide offenses
committed against justice system personnel, assault committed in
the specified circumstances is a felony of the fifth degree.
(9) If an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to
assault when it is a misdemeanor also is convicted of or pleads
guilty to a specification as described in section 2941.1423 of the
Revised Code that was included in the indictment, count in the
indictment, or information charging the offense, the court shall
sentence the offender to a mandatory jail term as provided in
division (G) of section 2929.24 of the Revised Code.
If an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to
assault when it is a felony also is convicted of or pleads guilty
to a specification as described in section 2941.1423 of the
Revised Code that was included in the indictment, count in the
indictment, or information charging the offense, except as
otherwise provided in division (C)(4)(5) of this section, the
court shall sentence the offender to a mandatory prison term as
provided in division (B)(8) of section 2929.14 of the Revised
Code.
(D) As used in this section:
(1) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section
2935.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Firefighter" has the same meaning as in section 3937.41
of the Revised Code.
(3) "Emergency medical service" has the same meaning as in
section 4765.01 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Local correctional facility" means a county,
multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal
jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail established under
section 341.23 or 753.21 of the Revised Code, or another county,
multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal
facility used for the custody of persons arrested for any crime or
delinquent act, persons charged with or convicted of any crime, or
persons alleged to be or adjudicated a delinquent child.
(5) "Employee of a local correctional facility" means a
person who is an employee of the political subdivision or of one
or more of the affiliated political subdivisions that operates the
local correctional facility and who operates or assists in the
operation of the facility.
(6) "School teacher or administrator" means either of the
following:
(a) A person who is employed in the public schools of the
state under a contract described in section 3319.08 of the Revised
Code in a position in which the person is required to have a
certificate issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.311 of the
Revised Code.
(b) A person who is employed by a nonpublic school for which
the state board of education prescribes minimum standards under
section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and who is certificated in
accordance with section 3301.071 of the Revised Code.
(7) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in
section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(8) "Escorted visit" means an escorted visit granted under
section 2967.27 of the Revised Code.
(9) "Post-release control" and "transitional control" have
the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
(10) "Investigator of the bureau of criminal identification
and investigation" has the same meaning as in section 2903.11 of
the Revised Code.
(11) "Health care professional" and "health care worker" have
the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code.
(12) "Assault or homicide offense committed against hospital
personnel" means a violation of this section or of section
2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.041, 2903.11, 2903.12, or
2903.14 of the Revised Code committed in circumstances in which
all of the following apply:
(a) The victim of the offense was a health care professional
of a hospital, a health care worker of a hospital, or a security
officer of a hospital.
(b) The offender knew or had reasonable cause to know that
the victim was a health care professional of a hospital, a health
care worker of a hospital, or a security officer of a hospital.
(c) The victim was engaged in the performance of the victim's
duties.
(d) The hospital offered de-escalation or crisis intervention
training for such professionals, workers, or officers.
(13) "De-escalation or crisis intervention training" means
de-escalation or crisis intervention training for health care
professionals of a hospital, health care workers of a hospital,
and security officers of a hospital to facilitate interaction with
patients, members of a patient's family, and visitors, including
those with mental impairments.
(14) "Assault or homicide offense committed against justice
system personnel" means a violation of this section or of section
2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.041, 2903.11, 2903.12, or
2903.14 of the Revised Code committed in circumstances in which
the victim of the offense was a judge, magistrate, prosecutor, or
court official or employee whom the offender knew or had
reasonable cause to know was a judge, magistrate, prosecutor, or
court official or employee, and the victim was engaged in the
performance of the victim's duties.
(15) "Court official or employee" means any official or
employee of a court created under the constitution or statutes of
this state or of a United States court located in this state.
(16) "Judge" means a judge of a court created under the
constitution or statutes of this state or of a United States court
located in this state.
(17) "Magistrate" means an individual who is appointed by a
court of record of this state and who has the powers and may
perform the functions specified in Civil Rule 53, Criminal Rule
19, or Juvenile Rule 40, or an individual who is appointed by a
United States court located in this state who has similar powers
and functions.
(18) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01
of the Revised Code.
(19)(a) "Hospital" means, subject to division (D)(19)(b) of
this section, an institution classified as a hospital under
section 3701.01 of the Revised Code in which are provided to
patients diagnostic, medical, surgical, obstetrical, psychiatric,
or rehabilitation care or a hospital operated by a health
maintenance organization.
(b) "Hospital" does not include any of the following:
(i) A facility licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised
Code, a health care facility operated by the department of mental
health or the department of developmental disabilities, a health
maintenance organization that does not operate a hospital, or the
office of any private, licensed health care professional, whether
organized for individual or group practice;
(ii) An institution for the sick that is operated exclusively
for patients who use spiritual means for healing and for whom the
acceptance of medical care is inconsistent with their religious
beliefs, accredited by a national accrediting organization, exempt
from federal income taxation under section 501 of the "Internal
Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended,
and providing twenty-four-hour nursing care pursuant to the
exemption in division (E) of section 4723.32 of the Revised Code
from the licensing requirements of Chapter 4723. of the Revised
Code.
(20) "Health maintenance organization" has the same meaning
as in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2929.13. (A) Except as provided in division (E), (F),
or (G) of this section and unless a specific sanction is required
to be imposed or is precluded from being imposed pursuant to law,
a court that imposes a sentence upon an offender for a felony may
impose any sanction or combination of sanctions on the offender
that are provided in sections 2929.14 to 2929.18 of the Revised
Code.
If the offender is eligible to be sentenced to community
control sanctions, the court shall consider the appropriateness of
imposing a financial sanction pursuant to section 2929.18 of the
Revised Code or a sanction of community service pursuant to
section 2929.17 of the Revised Code as the sole sanction for the
offense. Except as otherwise provided in this division, if the
court is required to impose a mandatory prison term for the
offense for which sentence is being imposed, the court also shall
impose any financial sanction pursuant to section 2929.18 of the
Revised Code that is required for the offense and may impose any
other financial sanction pursuant to that section but may not
impose any additional sanction or combination of sanctions under
section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code.
If the offender is being sentenced for a fourth degree felony
OVI offense or for a third degree felony OVI offense, in addition
to the mandatory term of local incarceration or the mandatory
prison term required for the offense by division (G)(1) or (2) of
this section, the court shall impose upon the offender a mandatory
fine in accordance with division (B)(3) of section 2929.18 of the
Revised Code and may impose whichever of the following is
applicable:
(1) For a fourth degree felony OVI offense for which sentence
is imposed under division (G)(1) of this section, an additional
community control sanction or combination of community control
sanctions under section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code. If
the court imposes upon the offender a community control sanction
and the offender violates any condition of the community control
sanction, the court may take any action prescribed in division (B)
of section 2929.15 of the Revised Code relative to the offender,
including imposing a prison term on the offender pursuant to that
division.
(2) For a third or fourth degree felony OVI offense for which
sentence is imposed under division (G)(2) of this section, an
additional prison term as described in division (B)(4) of section
2929.14 of the Revised Code or a community control sanction as
described in division (G)(2) of this section.
(B)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (B)(1)(b) of this
section, if an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a
felony of the fourth or fifth degree that is not an offense of
violence or that is a qualifying assault offense, the court shall
sentence the offender to a community control sanction of at least
one year's duration if all of the following apply:
(i) The offender previously has not been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to a felony offense or to an offense of violence
that is a misdemeanor and that the offender committed within two
years prior to the offense for which sentence is being imposed.
(ii) The most serious charge against the offender at the time
of sentencing is a felony of the fourth or fifth degree.
(iii) If the court made a request of the department of
rehabilitation and correction pursuant to division (B)(1)(c) of
this section, the department, within the forty-five-day period
specified in that division, provided the court with the names of,
contact information for, and program details of one or more
community control sanctions of at least one year's duration that
are available for persons sentenced by the court.
(b) The court has discretion to impose a prison term upon an
offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony of the
fourth or fifth degree that is not an offense of violence or that
is a qualifying assault offense if any of the following apply:
(i) The offender committed the offense while having a firearm
on or about the offender's person or under the offender's control.
(ii) The If the offense is a qualifying assault offense, the
offender caused serious physical harm to another person while
committing the offense, and, if the offense is not a qualifying
assault offense, the offender caused physical harm to another
person while committing the offense.
(iii) The offender violated a term of the conditions of bond
as set by the court.
(iv) The court made a request of the department of
rehabilitation and correction pursuant to division (B)(1)(c) of
this section, and the department, within the forty-five-day period
specified in that division, did not provide the court with the
name of, contact information for, and program details of any
community control sanction of at least one year's duration that is
available for persons sentenced by the court.
(c) If a court that is sentencing an offender who is
convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony of the fourth or fifth
degree that is not an offense of violence or that is a qualifying
assault offense believes that no community control sanctions are
available for its use that, if imposed on the offender, will
adequately fulfill the overriding principles and purposes of
sentencing, the court shall contact the department of
rehabilitation and correction and ask the department to provide
the court with the names of, contact information for, and program
details of one or more community control sanctions of at least one
year's duration that are available for persons sentenced by the
court. Not later than forty-five days after receipt of a request
from a court under this division, the department shall provide the
court with the names of, contact information for, and program
details of one or more community control sanctions of at least one
year's duration that are available for persons sentenced by the
court, if any. Upon making a request under this division that
relates to a particular offender, a court shall defer sentencing
of that offender until it receives from the department the names
of, contact information for, and program details of one or more
community control sanctions of at least one year's duration that
are available for persons sentenced by the court or for forty-five
days, whichever is the earlier.
If the department provides the court with the names of,
contact information for, and program details of one or more
community control sanctions of at least one year's duration that
are available for persons sentenced by the court within the
forty-five-day period specified in this division, the court shall
impose upon the offender a community control sanction under
division (B)(1)(a) of this section, subject to divisions except
that the court may impose a prison term under division (B)(1)(b)
of this section if a factor described in division (B)(1)(b)(i) and
or (ii) of this section applies. If the department does not
provide the court with the names of, contact information for, and
program details of one or more community control sanctions of at
least one year's duration that are available for persons sentenced
by the court within the forty-five-day period specified in this
division, the court may impose upon the offender a prison term
under division (B)(1)(b)(iii)(iv) of this section.
(d) A sentencing court may impose an additional penalty under
division (B) of section 2929.15 of the Revised Code upon an
offender sentenced to a community control sanction under division
(B)(1)(a) of this section if the offender violates the conditions
of the community control sanction, violates a law, or leaves the
state without the permission of the court or the offender's
probation officer.
(2) If division (B)(1) of this section does not apply, except
as provided in division (B)(3), (E), (F), or (G) of this section,
in sentencing an offender for a felony of the fourth or fifth
degree, the sentencing court shall determine whether any of the
following apply:
(a) In committing the offense, the offender caused physical
harm to a person.
(b) In committing the offense, the offender attempted to
cause or made an actual threat of physical harm to a person with a
deadly weapon.
(c) In committing the offense, the offender attempted to
cause or made an actual threat of physical harm to a person, and
the offender previously was convicted of an offense that caused
physical harm to a person.
(d) The offender held a public office or position of trust
and the offense related to that office or position; the offender's
position obliged the offender to prevent the offense or to bring
those committing it to justice; or the offender's professional
reputation or position facilitated the offense or was likely to
influence the future conduct of others.
(e) The offender committed the offense for hire or as part of
an organized criminal activity.
(f) The offense is a sex offense that is a fourth or fifth
degree felony violation of section 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05,
2907.22, 2907.31, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, or 2907.34 of the
Revised Code.
(g) The offender at the time of the offense was serving, or
the offender previously had served, a prison term.
(h) The offender committed the offense while under a
community control sanction, while on probation, or while released
from custody on a bond or personal recognizance.
(i) The offender committed the offense while in possession of
a firearm.
(3)(a) If the court makes a finding described in division
(B)(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) of this
section and if the court, after considering the factors set forth
in section 2929.12 of the Revised Code, finds that a prison term
is consistent with the purposes and principles of sentencing set
forth in section 2929.11 of the Revised Code and finds that the
offender is not amenable to an available community control
sanction, the court shall impose a prison term upon the offender.
(b) Except as provided in division (E), (F), or (G) of this
section, if the court does not make a finding described in
division (B)(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) of
this section and if the court, after considering the factors set
forth in section 2929.12 of the Revised Code, finds that a
community control sanction or combination of community control
sanctions is consistent with the purposes and principles of
sentencing set forth in section 2929.11 of the Revised Code, the
court shall impose a community control sanction or combination of
community control sanctions upon the offender.
(C) Except as provided in division (D), (E), (F), or (G) of
this section, in determining whether to impose a prison term as a
sanction for a felony of the third degree or a felony drug offense
that is a violation of a provision of Chapter 2925. of the Revised
Code and that is specified as being subject to this division for
purposes of sentencing, the sentencing court shall comply with the
purposes and principles of sentencing under section 2929.11 of the
Revised Code and with section 2929.12 of the Revised Code.
(D)(1) Except as provided in division (E) or (F) of this
section, for a felony of the first or second degree, for a felony
drug offense that is a violation of any provision of Chapter
2925., 3719., or 4729. of the Revised Code for which a presumption
in favor of a prison term is specified as being applicable, and
for a violation of division (A)(4) or (B) of section 2907.05 of
the Revised Code for which a presumption in favor of a prison term
is specified as being applicable, it is presumed that a prison
term is necessary in order to comply with the purposes and
principles of sentencing under section 2929.11 of the Revised
Code. Division (D)(2) of this section does not apply to a
presumption established under this division for a violation of
division (A)(4) of section 2907.05 of the Revised Code.
(2) Notwithstanding the presumption established under
division (D)(1) of this section for the offenses listed in that
division other than a violation of division (A)(4) or (B) of
section 2907.05 of the Revised Code, the sentencing court may
impose a community control sanction or a combination of community
control sanctions instead of a prison term on an offender for a
felony of the first or second degree or for a felony drug offense
that is a violation of any provision of Chapter 2925., 3719., or
4729. of the Revised Code for which a presumption in favor of a
prison term is specified as being applicable if it makes both of
the following findings:
(a) A community control sanction or a combination of
community control sanctions would adequately punish the offender
and protect the public from future crime, because the applicable
factors under section 2929.12 of the Revised Code indicating a
lesser likelihood of recidivism outweigh the applicable factors
under that section indicating a greater likelihood of recidivism.
(b) A community control sanction or a combination of
community control sanctions would not demean the seriousness of
the offense, because one or more factors under section 2929.12 of
the Revised Code that indicate that the offender's conduct was
less serious than conduct normally constituting the offense are
applicable, and they outweigh the applicable factors under that
section that indicate that the offender's conduct was more serious
than conduct normally constituting the offense.
(E)(1) Except as provided in division (F) of this section,
for any drug offense that is a violation of any provision of
Chapter 2925. of the Revised Code and that is a felony of the
third, fourth, or fifth degree, the applicability of a presumption
under division (D) of this section in favor of a prison term or of
division (B) or (C) of this section in determining whether to
impose a prison term for the offense shall be determined as
specified in section 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06,
2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.36, or 2925.37 of the
Revised Code, whichever is applicable regarding the violation.
(2) If an offender who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to
a felony violates the conditions of a community control sanction
imposed for the offense solely by reason of producing positive
results on a drug test, the court, as punishment for the violation
of the sanction, shall not order that the offender be imprisoned
unless the court determines on the record either of the following:
(a) The offender had been ordered as a sanction for the
felony to participate in a drug treatment program, in a drug
education program, or in narcotics anonymous or a similar program,
and the offender continued to use illegal drugs after a reasonable
period of participation in the program.
(b) The imprisonment of the offender for the violation is
consistent with the purposes and principles of sentencing set
forth in section 2929.11 of the Revised Code.
(3) A court that sentences an offender for a drug abuse
offense that is a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree may
require that the offender be assessed by a properly credentialed
professional within a specified period of time. The court shall
require the professional to file a written assessment of the
offender with the court. If the offender is eligible for a
community control sanction and after considering the written
assessment, the court may impose a community control sanction that
includes treatment and recovery support services authorized by
section 3793.02 of the Revised Code. If the court imposes
treatment and recovery support services as a community control
sanction, the court shall direct the level and type of treatment
and recovery support services after considering the assessment and
recommendation of treatment and recovery support services
providers.
(F) Notwithstanding divisions (A) to (E) of this section, the
court shall impose a prison term or terms under sections 2929.02
to 2929.06, section 2929.14, section 2929.142, or section 2971.03
of the Revised Code and except as specifically provided in section
2929.20, divisions (C) to (I) of section 2967.19, or section
2967.191 of the Revised Code or when parole is authorized for the
offense under section 2967.13 of the Revised Code shall not reduce
the term or terms pursuant to section 2929.20, section 2967.19,
section 2967.193, or any other provision of Chapter 2967. or
Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code for any of the following
offenses:
(1) Aggravated murder when death is not imposed or murder;
(2) Any rape, regardless of whether force was involved and
regardless of the age of the victim, or an attempt to commit rape
if, had the offender completed the rape that was attempted, the
offender would have been guilty of a violation of division
(A)(1)(b) of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code and would be
sentenced under section 2971.03 of the Revised Code;
(3) Gross sexual imposition or sexual battery, if the victim
is less than thirteen years of age and if any of the following
applies:
(a) Regarding gross sexual imposition, the offender
previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to rape, the former
offense of felonious sexual penetration, gross sexual imposition,
or sexual battery, and the victim of the previous offense was less
than thirteen years of age;
(b) Regarding gross sexual imposition, the offense was
committed on or after August 3, 2006, and evidence other than the
testimony of the victim was admitted in the case corroborating the
violation.
(c) Regarding sexual battery, either of the following
applies:
(i) The offense was committed prior to August 3, 2006, the
offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to rape,
the former offense of felonious sexual penetration, or sexual
battery, and the victim of the previous offense was less than
thirteen years of age.
(ii) The offense was committed on or after August 3, 2006.
(4) A felony violation of section 2903.04, 2903.06, 2903.08,
2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, or 2907.07 of the Revised Code if the
section requires the imposition of a prison term;
(5) A first, second, or third degree felony drug offense for
which section 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06,
2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.36, 2925.37, 3719.99, or
4729.99 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable regarding the
violation, requires the imposition of a mandatory prison term;
(6) Any offense that is a first or second degree felony and
that is not set forth in division (F)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this
section, if the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded
guilty to aggravated murder, murder, any first or second degree
felony, or an offense under an existing or former law of this
state, another state, or the United States that is or was
substantially equivalent to one of those offenses;
(7) Any offense that is a third degree felony and either is a
violation of section 2903.04 of the Revised Code or an attempt to
commit a felony of the second degree that is an offense of
violence and involved an attempt to cause serious physical harm to
a person or that resulted in serious physical harm to a person if
the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to any
of the following offenses:
(a) Aggravated murder, murder, involuntary manslaughter,
rape, felonious sexual penetration as it existed under section
2907.12 of the Revised Code prior to September 3, 1996, a felony
of the first or second degree that resulted in the death of a
person or in physical harm to a person, or complicity in or an
attempt to commit any of those offenses;
(b) An offense under an existing or former law of this state,
another state, or the United States that is or was substantially
equivalent to an offense listed in division (F)(7)(a) of this
section that resulted in the death of a person or in physical harm
to a person.
(8) Any offense, other than a violation of section 2923.12 of
the Revised Code, that is a felony, if the offender had a firearm
on or about the offender's person or under the offender's control
while committing the felony, with respect to a portion of the
sentence imposed pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of section 2929.14
of the Revised Code for having the firearm;
(9) Any offense of violence that is a felony, if the offender
wore or carried body armor while committing the felony offense of
violence, with respect to the portion of the sentence imposed
pursuant to division (B)(1)(d) of section 2929.14 of the Revised
Code for wearing or carrying the body armor;
(10) Corrupt activity in violation of section 2923.32 of the
Revised Code when the most serious offense in the pattern of
corrupt activity that is the basis of the offense is a felony of
the first degree;
(11) Any violent sex offense or designated homicide, assault,
or kidnapping offense if, in relation to that offense, the
offender is adjudicated a sexually violent predator;
(12) A violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2921.36
of the Revised Code, or a violation of division (C) of that
section involving an item listed in division (A)(1) or (2) of that
section, if the offender is an officer or employee of the
department of rehabilitation and correction;
(13) A violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2903.06
of the Revised Code if the victim of the offense is a peace
officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, or an
investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation, as defined in section 2903.11 of the Revised Code,
with respect to the portion of the sentence imposed pursuant to
division (B)(5) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code;
(14) A violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2903.06
of the Revised Code if the offender has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to three or more violations of division (A) or (B)
of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or an equivalent offense,
as defined in section 2941.1415 of the Revised Code, or three or
more violations of any combination of those divisions and
offenses, with respect to the portion of the sentence imposed
pursuant to division (B)(6) of section 2929.14 of the Revised
Code;
(15) Kidnapping, in the circumstances specified in section
2971.03 of the Revised Code and when no other provision of
division (F) of this section applies;
(16) Kidnapping, abduction, compelling prostitution,
promoting prostitution, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity,
illegal use of a minor in a nudity-oriented material or
performance in violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of section
2907.323 of the Revised Code, or endangering children in violation
of division (B)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 2919.22 of
the Revised Code, if the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty
to a specification as described in section 2941.1422 of the
Revised Code that was included in the indictment, count in the
indictment, or information charging the offense;
(17) A felony violation of division (A) or (B) of section
2919.25 of the Revised Code if division (D)(3), (4), or (5) of
that section, and division (D)(6) of that section, require the
imposition of a prison term;
(18) A felony violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, or
2903.13 of the Revised Code, if the victim of the offense was a
woman that the offender knew was pregnant at the time of the
violation, with respect to a portion of the sentence imposed
pursuant to division (B)(8) of section 2929.14 of the Revised
Code.
(G) Notwithstanding divisions (A) to (E) of this section, if
an offender is being sentenced for a fourth degree felony OVI
offense or for a third degree felony OVI offense, the court shall
impose upon the offender a mandatory term of local incarceration
or a mandatory prison term in accordance with the following:
(1) If the offender is being sentenced for a fourth degree
felony OVI offense and if the offender has not been convicted of
and has not pleaded guilty to a specification of the type
described in section 2941.1413 of the Revised Code, the court may
impose upon the offender a mandatory term of local incarceration
of sixty days or one hundred twenty days as specified in division
(G)(1)(d) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. The court shall
not reduce the term pursuant to section 2929.20, 2967.193, or any
other provision of the Revised Code. The court that imposes a
mandatory term of local incarceration under this division shall
specify whether the term is to be served in a jail, a
community-based correctional facility, a halfway house, or an
alternative residential facility, and the offender shall serve the
term in the type of facility specified by the court. A mandatory
term of local incarceration imposed under division (G)(1) of this
section is not subject to any other Revised Code provision that
pertains to a prison term except as provided in division (A)(1) of
this section.
(2) If the offender is being sentenced for a third degree
felony OVI offense, or if the offender is being sentenced for a
fourth degree felony OVI offense and the court does not impose a
mandatory term of local incarceration under division (G)(1) of
this section, the court shall impose upon the offender a mandatory
prison term of one, two, three, four, or five years if the
offender also is convicted of or also pleads guilty to a
specification of the type described in section 2941.1413 of the
Revised Code or shall impose upon the offender a mandatory prison
term of sixty days or one hundred twenty days as specified in
division (G)(1)(d) or (e) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code
if the offender has not been convicted of and has not pleaded
guilty to a specification of that type. Subject to divisions (C)
to (I) of section 2967.19 of the Revised Code, the court shall not
reduce the term pursuant to section 2929.20, 2967.19, 2967.193, or
any other provision of the Revised Code. The offender shall serve
the one-, two-, three-, four-, or five-year mandatory prison term
consecutively to and prior to the prison term imposed for the
underlying offense and consecutively to any other mandatory prison
term imposed in relation to the offense. In no case shall an
offender who once has been sentenced to a mandatory term of local
incarceration pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section for a
fourth degree felony OVI offense be sentenced to another mandatory
term of local incarceration under that division for any violation
of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. In
addition to the mandatory prison term described in division (G)(2)
of this section, the court may sentence the offender to a
community control sanction under section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the
Revised Code, but the offender shall serve the prison term prior
to serving the community control sanction. The department of
rehabilitation and correction may place an offender sentenced to a
mandatory prison term under this division in an intensive program
prison established pursuant to section 5120.033 of the Revised
Code if the department gave the sentencing judge prior notice of
its intent to place the offender in an intensive program prison
established under that section and if the judge did not notify the
department that the judge disapproved the placement. Upon the
establishment of the initial intensive program prison pursuant to
section 5120.033 of the Revised Code that is privately operated
and managed by a contractor pursuant to a contract entered into
under section 9.06 of the Revised Code, both of the following
apply:
(a) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall
make a reasonable effort to ensure that a sufficient number of
offenders sentenced to a mandatory prison term under this division
are placed in the privately operated and managed prison so that
the privately operated and managed prison has full occupancy.
(b) Unless the privately operated and managed prison has full
occupancy, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall
not place any offender sentenced to a mandatory prison term under
this division in any intensive program prison established pursuant
to section 5120.033 of the Revised Code other than the privately
operated and managed prison.
(H) If an offender is being sentenced for a sexually oriented
offense or child-victim oriented offense that is a felony
committed on or after January 1, 1997, the judge shall require the
offender to submit to a DNA specimen collection procedure pursuant
to section 2901.07 of the Revised Code.
(I) If an offender is being sentenced for a sexually oriented
offense or a child-victim oriented offense committed on or after
January 1, 1997, the judge shall include in the sentence a summary
of the offender's duties imposed under sections 2950.04, 2950.041,
2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code and the duration of the
duties. The judge shall inform the offender, at the time of
sentencing, of those duties and of their duration. If required
under division (A)(2) of section 2950.03 of the Revised Code, the
judge shall perform the duties specified in that section, or, if
required under division (A)(6) of section 2950.03 of the Revised
Code, the judge shall perform the duties specified in that
division.
(J)(1) Except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section,
when considering sentencing factors under this section in relation
to an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to an attempt
to commit an offense in violation of section 2923.02 of the
Revised Code, the sentencing court shall consider the factors
applicable to the felony category of the violation of section
2923.02 of the Revised Code instead of the factors applicable to
the felony category of the offense attempted.
(2) When considering sentencing factors under this section in
relation to an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to an
attempt to commit a drug abuse offense for which the penalty is
determined by the amount or number of unit doses of the controlled
substance involved in the drug abuse offense, the sentencing court
shall consider the factors applicable to the felony category that
the drug abuse offense attempted would be if that drug abuse
offense had been committed and had involved an amount or number of
unit doses of the controlled substance that is within the next
lower range of controlled substance amounts than was involved in
the attempt.
(K) As used in this section, "drug:
(1) "Drug abuse offense" has the same meaning as in section
2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Qualifying assault offense" means a violation of section
2903.13 of the Revised Code for which the penalty provision in
division (C)(7)(b) or (C)(8)(b) of that section applies.
(L) At the time of sentencing an offender for any sexually
oriented offense, if the offender is a tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to that offense and the
offender does not serve a prison term or jail term, the court may
require that the offender be monitored by means of a global
positioning device. If the court requires such monitoring, the
cost of monitoring shall be borne by the offender. If the offender
is indigent, the cost of compliance shall be paid by the crime
victims reparations fund.
Sec. 3727.18. (A) Any hospital may post the notice described
in division (B) of this section in accordance with this division.
A hospital that decides to post the notice shall consider posting
it in a conspicuous location in all of the following areas:
(1) Major waiting room areas, including the waiting room
areas of the emergency department, the labor and delivery
department, the surgical department or unit, and the intensive
care unit;
(2) The main entrance to the hospital;
(3) Any other area that the hospital determines to be
appropriate.
(B) A notice posted pursuant to division (A) of this section
shall include, at a minimum, all of the following statements and
information:
"WE WILL NOT TOLERATE
any form of threatening or
aggressive behavior
toward our staff.
Assaults against our staff might
result in a felony conviction.
All staff have the right to carry out
their work without fearing for their safety."
SECTION 2. That existing sections 2903.13 and 2929.13 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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