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S. B. No. 160 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsor:
Senator Patton
A BILL
To amend sections 2152.86, 2903.03, 2929.20, 2930.03,
2930.06, 2930.16, 2950.01, 2967.03, 2967.12,
2967.121, 2967.26, 2967.28, 5120.66, 5149.07,
5149.10, and 5149.101 of the Revised Code to
require automatic notice to victims of first,
second, or third degree felony offenses of
violence of certain prisoner or alleged juvenile
offender release or transfer proceedings; to
expand victim participation in parole hearings; to
require five years of post-release control for
offenders who commit first, second, or third
degree felony offenses of violence; to require the
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to
keep information on such offenders in a publicly
accessible database for ten years following final
discharge; to require the Department to provide
certain information related to paroles to
designated public officials; to require the
Department to notify the appropriate prosecuting
attorney when a felon serving a specified sentence
is released pursuant to a pardon, commutation of
sentence, parole, or completed prison term; to
prohibit the Parole Board from considering a
sentence in effect since July 1, 1996, in making
parole determinations; to make other changes
related to the release of prisoners and victim's
rights; to provide that voluntary manslaughter
committed with a sexual motivation is a sexually
oriented offense, makes an offender or juvenile
offender registrant who commits it a tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender, and may qualify a
juvenile offender registrant who commits it as a
public registry-qualified juvenile offender
registrant; and to name the victim and family
notification provisions Roberta's Law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2152.86, 2903.03, 2929.20, 2930.03,
2930.06, 2930.16, 2950.01, 2967.03, 2967.12, 2967.121, 2967.26,
2967.28, 5120.66, 5149.07, 5149.10, and 5149.101 of the Revised
Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2152.86. (A)(1) The court that, on or after January 1,
2008, adjudicates a child a delinquent child for committing an act
shall issue as part of the dispositional order an order that
classifies the child a juvenile offender registrant, specifies
that the child has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04,
2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and
additionally classifies the child a public registry-qualified
juvenile offender registrant if the child was fourteen, fifteen,
sixteen, or seventeen years of age at the time of committing the
act, the court imposed on the child a serious youthful offender
dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code,
and the child is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing,
attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or complicity in
committing any of the following acts:
(a) A violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code,
division (B) of section 2907.05 of the Revised Code, or section
2907.03 of the Revised Code if the victim of the violation was
less than twelve years of age;
(b) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2905.01 of
the Revised Code that was committed with a purpose to gratify the
sexual needs or desires of the child;
(c) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03 of the
Revised Code.
(2) Upon a child's release, on or after January 1, 2008, from
the department of youth services, the court shall issue an order
that classifies the child a juvenile offender registrant,
specifies that the child has a duty to comply with sections
2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and
additionally classifies the child a public registry-qualified
juvenile offender registrant if all of the following apply:
(a) The child was adjudicated a delinquent child, and a
juvenile court imposed on the child a serious youthful offender
dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code
for committing one of the acts described in division (A)(1)(a) or
(b) of this section or for committing on or after the effective
date of this amendment a violation of division (B) of section
2903.03 of the Revised Code.
(b) The child was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen
years of age at the time of committing the act.
(c) The court did not issue an order classifying the child as
both a juvenile offender registrant and a public
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant pursuant to
division (A)(1) of this section.
(3) If a court issued an order classifying a child a juvenile
offender registrant pursuant to section 2152.82 or 2152.83 of the
Revised Code prior to January 1, 2008, not later than February 1,
2008, the court shall issue a new order that reclassifies the
child as a juvenile offender registrant, specifies that the child
has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and
2950.06 of the Revised Code, and additionally classifies the child
a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant if all of
the following apply:
(a) The sexually oriented offense that was the basis of the
previous order that classified the child a juvenile offender
registrant was an act described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of
this section.
(b) The child was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen
years of age at the time of committing the act.
(c) The court imposed on the child a serious youthful
offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the
Revised Code for the act described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of
this section.
(B)(1) If an order is issued under division (A)(1), (2), or
(3) of this section, the classification of tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender automatically applies to the
delinquent child based on the sexually oriented offense the child
committed, subject to a possible reclassification pursuant to
division (D) of this section for a child whose delinquent act was
committed prior to January 1, 2008. If an order is issued under
division (A)(2) of this section regarding a child whose delinquent
act described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section was
committed prior to January 1, 2008, or if an order is issued under
division (A)(3) of this section regarding a delinquent child, the
order shall inform the child and the child's parent, guardian, or
custodian, that the child has a right to a hearing as described in
division (D) of this section and inform the child and the child's
parent, guardian, or custodian of the procedures for requesting
the hearing and the period of time within which the request for
the hearing must be made. Section 2152.831 of the Revised Code
does not apply regarding an order issued under division (A)(1),
(2), or (3) of this section.
(2) The judge that issues an order under division (A)(1),
(2), or (3) of this section shall provide to the delinquent child
who is the subject of the order and to the delinquent child's
parent, guardian, or custodian the notice required under divisions
(A) and (B) of section 2950.03 of the Revised Code and shall
provide as part of that notice a copy of the order required under
division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. The judge shall
include the order in the delinquent child's dispositional order
and shall specify in the dispositional order that the order issued
under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section was made
pursuant to this section.
(C) An order issued under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of
this section shall remain in effect for the period of time
specified in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code as it exists on
and after January 1, 2008, subject to a judicial termination of
that period of time as provided in section 2950.15 of the Revised
Code, subject to a possible reclassification of the child pursuant
to division (D) of this section if the child's delinquent act was
committed prior to January 1, 2008. If an order is issued under
division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the child's
attainment of eighteen or twenty-one years of age does not affect
or terminate the order, and the order remains in effect for the
period of time described in this division. If an order is issued
under division (A)(3) of this section, the duty to comply with
sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised
Code based upon that order shall be considered, for purposes of
section 2950.07 of the Revised Code and for all other purposes, to
be a continuation of the duty to comply with those sections
imposed upon the child prior to January 1, 2008, under the order
issued under section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 and
Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code.
(D)(1) If an order is issued under division (A)(2) of this
section regarding a delinquent child whose delinquent act
described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section was
committed prior to January 1, 2008, or if an order is issued under
division (A)(3) of this section regarding a delinquent child,
except as otherwise provided in this division, the child may
request as a matter of right a court hearing to contest the
court's classification in the order of the child as a public
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant. To request the
hearing, not later than the date that is sixty days after the
delinquent child is provided with the copy of the order, the
delinquent child shall file a petition with the juvenile court
that issued the order.
If the delinquent child requests a hearing by timely filing a
petition with the juvenile court, the delinquent child shall serve
a copy of the petition on the prosecutor who handled the case in
which the delinquent child was adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented
offense that resulted in the delinquent child's registration duty
under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code. The
prosecutor shall represent the interest of the state in the
hearing. In any hearing under this division, the Rules of Juvenile
Procedure apply except to the extent that those Rules would by
their nature be clearly inapplicable. The court shall schedule a
hearing and shall provide notice to the delinquent child and the
delinquent child's parent, guardian, or custodian and to the
prosecutor of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
If the delinquent child requests a hearing in accordance with
this division, until the court issues its decision at or
subsequent to the hearing, the delinquent child shall comply with
Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code as it exists on and after
January 1, 2008. If a delinquent child requests a hearing in
accordance with this division, at the hearing, all parties are
entitled to be heard, and the court shall consider all relevant
information and testimony presented relative to the issue of
whether the child should be classified a public registry-qualified
juvenile offender registrant. Notwithstanding the court's
classification of the delinquent child as a public
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the court may
terminate that classification if it determines by clear and
convincing evidence that the classification is in error.
If the court decides to terminate the court's classification
of the delinquent child as a public registry-qualified juvenile
offender registrant, the court shall issue an order that specifies
that it has determined that the child is not a public
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and that it has
terminated the court's classification of the delinquent child as a
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant. The court
promptly shall serve a copy of the order upon the sheriff with
whom the delinquent child most recently registered under section
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code and upon the bureau of
criminal identification and investigation. The delinquent child
and the prosecutor have the right to appeal the decision of the
court issued under this division.
If the delinquent child fails to request a hearing in
accordance with this division within the applicable sixty-day
period specified in this division, the failure constitutes a
waiver by the delinquent child of the delinquent child's right to
a hearing under this division, and the delinquent child is bound
by the court's classification of the delinquent child as a public
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant.
(2) An order issued under division (D)(1) of this section is
independent of any order of a type described in division (F) of
section 2950.031 of the Revised Code or division (E) of section
2950.032 of the Revised Code, and the court may issue an order
under both division (D)(1) of this section and an order of a type
described in division (F) of section 2950.031 of the Revised Code
or division (E) of section 2950.032 of the Revised Code. A court
that conducts a hearing under division (D)(1) of this section may
consolidate that hearing with a hearing conducted for the same
delinquent child under division (F) of section 2950.031 of the
Revised Code or division (E) of section 2950.032 of the Revised
Code.
Sec. 2903.03. (A) No person, while under the influence of
sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is
brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that is
reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly
force, shall knowingly cause the death of another or the unlawful
termination of another's pregnancy.
(B) No person, with a sexual motivation, shall violate
division (A) of this section.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of voluntary
manslaughter, a felony of the first degree.
(D) As used in this section, "sexual motivation" has the same
meaning as in section 2971.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2929.20. (A) As used in this section:
(1)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this
section, "eligible offender" means any person serving a stated
prison term of ten years or less when either of the following
applies:
(i) The stated prison term does not include a mandatory
prison term.
(ii) The stated prison term includes a mandatory prison term,
and the person has served the mandatory prison term.
(b) "Eligible offender" does not include any person who is
serving a stated prison term for any of the following criminal
offenses that was a felony and was committed while the person held
a public office in this state:
(i) A violation of section 2921.02, 2921.03, 2921.05,
2921.31, 2921.32, 2921.41, 2921.42, or 2923.32 of the Revised
Code;
(ii) A violation of section 2913.42, 2921.04, 2921.11, or
2921.12 of the Revised Code, when the conduct constituting the
violation was related to the duties of the offender's public
office or to the offender's actions as a public official holding
that public office;
(iii) A violation of an existing or former municipal
ordinance or law of this or any other state or the United States
that is substantially equivalent to any violation listed in
division (A)(1)(b)(i) of this section;
(iv) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance
or law of this or any other state or the United States that is
substantially equivalent to any violation listed in division
(A)(1)(b)(ii) of this section, when the conduct constituting the
violation was related to the duties of the offender's public
office or to the offender's actions as a public official holding
that public office;
(v) A conspiracy to commit, attempt to commit, or complicity
in committing any offense listed in division (A)(1)(b)(i) or
described in division (A)(1)(b)(iii) of this section;
(vi) A conspiracy to commit, attempt to commit, or complicity
in committing any offense listed in division (A)(1)(b)(ii) or
described in division (A)(1)(b)(iv) of this section, if the
conduct constituting the offense that was the subject of the
conspiracy, that would have constituted the offense attempted, or
constituting the offense in which the offender was complicit was
or would have been related to the duties of the offender's public
office or to the offender's actions as a public official holding
that public office.
(2) "Public office" means any elected federal, state, or
local government office in this state.
(3) "Victim's representative" has the same meaning as in
section 2930.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) On the motion of an eligible offender or upon its own
motion, the sentencing court may reduce the eligible offender's
stated prison term through a judicial release under this section.
(C) An eligible offender may file a motion for judicial
release with the sentencing court within the following applicable
periods:
(1) If the stated prison term is less than two years, the
eligible offender may file the motion not earlier than thirty days
after the offender is delivered to a state correctional
institution or, if the prison term includes a mandatory prison
term or terms, not earlier than thirty days after the expiration
of all mandatory prison terms.
(2) If the stated prison term is at least two years but less
than five years, the eligible offender may file the motion not
earlier than one hundred eighty days after the offender is
delivered to a state correctional institution or, if the prison
term includes a mandatory prison term or terms, not earlier than
one hundred eighty days after the expiration of all mandatory
prison terms.
(3) If the stated prison term is five years or more but not
more than ten years, the eligible offender may file the motion not
earlier than five years after the eligible offender is delivered
to a state correctional institution or, if the prison term
includes a mandatory prison term or terms, not earlier than five
years after the expiration of all mandatory prison terms.
(D) Upon receipt of a timely motion for judicial release
filed by an eligible offender under division (C) of this section
or upon the sentencing court's own motion made within the
appropriate time specified in that division, the court may deny
the motion without a hearing or schedule a hearing on the motion.
The court shall not grant the motion without a hearing. If a court
denies a motion without a hearing, the court later may consider
judicial release for that eligible offender on a subsequent motion
filed by that eligible offender unless the court denies the motion
with prejudice. If a court denies a motion with prejudice, the
court may later consider judicial release on its own motion. If a
court denies a motion after a hearing, the court shall not
consider a subsequent motion for that eligible offender. The court
shall hold only one hearing for any eligible offender.
A hearing under this section shall be conducted in open court
within not less than thirty days or more than sixty days after the
motion is filed, provided that the court may delay the hearing for
one hundred eighty additional days. If the court holds a hearing,
the court shall enter a ruling on the motion within ten days after
the hearing. If the court denies the motion without a hearing, the
court shall enter its ruling on the motion within sixty days after
the motion is filed.
(E) If a court schedules a hearing under division (D) of this
section, the court shall notify the eligible offender and the head
of the state correctional institution in which the eligible
offender is confined prior to the hearing. The head of the state
correctional institution immediately shall notify the appropriate
person at the department of rehabilitation and correction of the
hearing, and the department within twenty-four hours after receipt
of the notice, shall post on the database it maintains pursuant to
section 5120.66 of the Revised Code the offender's name and all of
the information specified in division (A)(1)(c)(i) of that
section. If the court schedules a hearing for judicial release,
the court promptly shall give notice of the hearing to the
prosecuting attorney of the county in which the eligible offender
was indicted. Upon receipt of the notice from the court, the
prosecuting attorney shall notify do either of the following:
(1) Notify the victim of the offense or the victim's
representative pursuant to section 2930.16 of the Revised Code;
(2) If the offense was an offense of violence that is a
felony of the first, second, or third degree, send written notice
to the victim or the victim's representative of the hearing
regardless of whether the victim or the victim's representative
requested notification pursuant to section 2930.16 or any other
section of the Revised Code and, if the victim or victim's
representative has not provided the prosecuting attorney with a
mailing address, attempt to identify a mailing address for the
victim or the victim's representative and send the written notice
to that address. Division (E)(2) of this section, and the
notice-related provisions of division (K) of this section,
division (D)(1) of section 2930.16, division (H) of section
2967.12, division (A)(3)(b) of section 2967.26, division (D)(1) of
section 2967.28, and division (A)(2) of section 5149.101 of the
Revised Code enacted in the act in which division (E)(2) of this
section was enacted, shall be known as "Roberta's Law."
(F) Upon an offender's successful completion of
rehabilitative activities, the head of the state correctional
institution may notify the sentencing court of the successful
completion of the activities.
(G) Prior to the date of the hearing on a motion for judicial
release under this section, the head of the state correctional
institution in which the eligible offender is confined shall send
to the court a report on the eligible offender's conduct in the
institution and in any institution from which the eligible
offender may have been transferred. The report shall cover the
eligible offender's participation in school, vocational training,
work, treatment, and other rehabilitative activities and any
disciplinary action taken against the eligible offender. The
report shall be made part of the record of the hearing.
(H) If the court grants a hearing on a motion for judicial
release under this section, the eligible offender shall attend the
hearing if ordered to do so by the court. Upon receipt of a copy
of the journal entry containing the order, the head of the state
correctional institution in which the eligible offender is
incarcerated shall deliver the eligible offender to the sheriff of
the county in which the hearing is to be held. The sheriff shall
convey the eligible offender to and from the hearing.
(I) At the hearing on a motion for judicial release under
this section, the court shall afford the eligible offender and the
eligible offender's attorney an opportunity to present written
and, if present, oral information relevant to the motion. The
court shall afford a similar opportunity to the prosecuting
attorney, the victim or the victim's representative,
as defined in
section 2930.01 of the Revised Code, and any other person the
court determines is likely to present additional relevant
information. The court shall consider any statement of a victim
made pursuant to section 2930.14 or 2930.17 of the Revised Code,
any victim impact statement prepared pursuant to section 2947.051
of the Revised Code, and any report made under division (G) of
this section. The court may consider any written statement of any
person submitted to the court pursuant to division (L) of this
section. After ruling on the motion, the court shall notify the
victim of the ruling in accordance with sections 2930.03 and
2930.16 of the Revised Code.
(J)(1) A court shall not grant a judicial release under this
section to an eligible offender who is imprisoned for a felony of
the first or second degree, or to an eligible offender who
committed an offense under Chapter 2925. or 3719. of the Revised
Code and for whom there was a presumption under section 2929.13 of
the Revised Code in favor of a prison term, unless the court, with
reference to factors under section 2929.12 of the Revised Code,
finds both of the following:
(a) That a sanction other than a prison term would adequately
punish the offender and protect the public from future criminal
violations by the eligible offender because the applicable factors
indicating a lesser likelihood of recidivism outweigh the
applicable factors indicating a greater likelihood of recidivism;
(b) That a sanction other than a prison term would not demean
the seriousness of the offense because factors indicating that the
eligible offender's conduct in committing the offense was less
serious than conduct normally constituting the offense outweigh
factors indicating that the eligible offender's conduct was more
serious than conduct normally constituting the offense.
(2) A court that grants a judicial release to an eligible
offender under division (J)(1) of this section shall specify on
the record both findings required in that division and also shall
list all the factors described in that division that were
presented at the hearing.
(K) If the court grants a motion for judicial release under
this section, the court shall order the release of the eligible
offender, shall place the eligible offender under an appropriate
community control sanction, under appropriate conditions, and
under the supervision of the department of probation serving the
court and shall reserve the right to reimpose the sentence that it
reduced if the offender violates the sanction. If the court
reimposes the reduced sentence, it may do so either concurrently
with, or consecutive to, any new sentence imposed upon the
eligible offender as a result of the violation that is a new
offense. The period of community control shall be no longer than
five years. The court, in its discretion, may reduce the period of
community control by the amount of time the eligible offender
spent in jail or prison for the offense and in prison. If the
court made any findings pursuant to division (J)(1) of this
section, the court shall serve a copy of the findings upon counsel
for the parties within fifteen days after the date on which the
court grants the motion for judicial release.
If the court grants a motion for judicial release, the court
shall notify the appropriate person at the department of
rehabilitation and correction, and the department shall post
notice of the release on the database it maintains pursuant to
section 5120.66 of the Revised Code.
The prosecuting attorney
shall send written notice of any judicial release to the victim or
the victim's representative at the address provided by the victim
or victim's representative pursuant to section 2930.16 or any
other section of the Revised Code or the address to which the
prosecuting attorney sent notice of the hearing pursuant to
division (E)(2) of this section.
(L) In addition to and independent of the right of a victim
to make a statement pursuant to section 2930.14, 2930.17, or
2946.051 of the Revised Code and any right of a person to present
written information or make a statement pursuant to division (I)
of this section, any person may submit to the court, at any time
prior to the hearing on the offender's motion for judicial
release, a written statement concerning the effects of the
offender's crime or crimes, the circumstances surrounding the
crime or crimes, the manner in which the crime or crimes were
perpetrated, and the person's opinion as to whether the offender
should be released.
Sec. 2930.03. (A) A person or entity required or authorized
under this chapter to give notice to a victim shall give the
notice to the victim by any means reasonably calculated to provide
prompt actual notice. Except when a provision requires that notice
is to be given in a specific manner, a notice may be oral or
written.
(B) Except for receipt of the initial information and notice
required to be given to a victim under divisions (A) and (B) of
section 2930.04, section 2930.05, and divisions (A) and (B) of
section 2930.06 of the Revised Code and the notice required to be
given to a victim under division (D) of section 2930.16 of the
Revised Code, a victim who wishes to receive any notice authorized
by this chapter shall make a request for the notice to the
prosecutor or the custodial agency that is to provide the notice,
as specified in this chapter. If the victim does not make a
request as described in this division, the prosecutor or custodial
agency is not required to provide any notice described in this
chapter other than the initial information and notice required to
be given to a victim under divisions (A) and (B) of section
2930.04, section 2930.05, and divisions (A) and (B) of section
2930.06 of the Revised Code and the notice required to be given to
a victim under division (D) of section 2930.16 of the Revised
Code.
(C) A person or agency that is required to furnish notice
under this chapter shall give the notice to the victim at the
address or telephone number provided to the person or agency by
the victim. A victim who requests to receive notice under this
chapter as described in division (B) of this section shall inform
the person or agency of the name, address, or telephone number of
the victim and of any change to that information.
(D) A person or agency that has furnished information to a
victim in accordance with any requirement or authorization under
this chapter shall notify the victim promptly of any significant
changes to that information.
(E) Divisions (A) to (D) of this section do not apply
regarding a notice that a prosecutor is required to provide under
section 2930.061 of the Revised Code. A prosecutor required to
provide notice under that section shall provide the notice as
specified in that section.
Sec. 2930.06. (A) The prosecutor in a case, to the extent
practicable, shall confer with the victim in the case before
pretrial diversion is granted to the defendant or alleged juvenile
offender in the case, before amending or dismissing an indictment,
information, or complaint against that defendant or alleged
juvenile offender, before agreeing to a negotiated plea for that
defendant or alleged juvenile offender, before a trial of that
defendant by judge or jury, or before the juvenile court conducts
an adjudicatory hearing for that alleged juvenile offender. If the
juvenile court disposes of a case prior to the prosecutor's
involvement in the case, the court or a court employee shall
notify the victim in the case that the alleged juvenile offender
will be granted pretrial diversion, the complaint against that
alleged juvenile offender will be amended or dismissed, or the
court will conduct an adjudicatory hearing for that alleged
juvenile offender. If the prosecutor fails to confer with the
victim at any of those times, the court, if informed of the
failure, shall note on the record the failure and the prosecutor's
reasons for the failure. A prosecutor's failure to confer with a
victim as required by this division and a court's failure to
provide the notice as required by this division do not affect the
validity of an agreement between the prosecutor and the defendant
or alleged juvenile offender in the case, a pretrial diversion of
the defendant or alleged juvenile offender, an amendment or
dismissal of an indictment, information, or complaint filed
against the defendant or alleged juvenile offender, a plea entered
by the defendant or alleged juvenile defender, an admission
entered by the defendant or alleged juvenile offender, or any
other disposition in the case. A court shall not dismiss a
criminal complaint, charge, information, or indictment or a
delinquent child complaint solely at the request of the victim and
over the objection of the prosecuting attorney, village solicitor,
city director of law, or other chief legal officer responsible for
the prosecution of the case.
(B) After a prosecution in a case has been commenced, the
prosecutor or a designee of the prosecutor other than a court or
court employee, to the extent practicable, promptly shall give the
victim all of the following information, except that, if the
juvenile court disposes of a case prior to the prosecutor's
involvement in the case, the court or a court employee, to the
extent practicable, promptly shall give the victim all of the
following information:
(1) The name of the crime or specified delinquent act with
which the defendant or alleged juvenile offender in the case has
been charged and the name of the defendant or alleged juvenile
offender;
(2) The file number of the case;
(3) A brief statement regarding the procedural steps in a
criminal prosecution or delinquency proceeding involving a crime
or specified delinquent act similar to the crime or specified
delinquent act with which the defendant or alleged juvenile
offender has been charged and the right of the victim to be
present during all proceedings held throughout the prosecution of
the case;
(4) A summary of the rights of a victim under this chapter;
(5) Procedures the victim or the prosecutor may follow if the
victim becomes subject to threats or intimidation by the
defendant, alleged juvenile offender, or any other person;
(6) The name and business telephone number of a person to
contact for further information with respect to the case;
(7) The right of the victim to have a victim's representative
exercise the victim's rights under this chapter in accordance with
section 2930.02 of the Revised Code and the procedure by which a
victim's representative may be designated;
(8) Notice that any notification under division (C) of this
section, sections 2930.07 to 2930.15, division (A), (B), or (C) of
section 2930.16, sections 2930.17 to 2930.19, and section 5139.56
of the Revised Code will be given to the victim only if the victim
asks to receive the notification and that notice under division
(D) of section 2930.16 of the Revised Code will be given
regardless of whether the victim asks to receive the notification.
(C) Upon the request of the victim, the prosecutor or, if it
is a delinquency proceeding and a prosecutor is not involved in
the case, the court shall give the victim notice of the date,
time, and place of any scheduled criminal or juvenile proceedings
in the case and notice of any changes in those proceedings or in
the schedule in the case.
(D) A victim who requests notice under division (C) of this
section and who elects pursuant to division (B) of section 2930.03
of the Revised Code to receive any further notice from the
prosecutor or, if it is a delinquency proceeding and a prosecutor
is not involved in the case, the court under this chapter shall
keep the prosecutor or the court informed of the victim's current
address and telephone number until the case is dismissed or
terminated, the defendant is acquitted or sentenced, the
delinquent child complaint is dismissed, the defendant is
adjudicated a delinquent child, or the appellate process is
completed, whichever is the final disposition in the case.
(E) If a defendant is charged with the commission of a
misdemeanor offense that is not identified in division (A)(2) of
section 2930.01 of the Revised Code and if a police report or a
complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission
of that offense and provides the basis for a criminal prosecution
of that defendant identifies one or more individuals as
individuals against whom that offense was committed, after a
prosecution in the case has been commenced, the prosecutor or a
designee of the prosecutor other than a court or court employee,
to the extent practicable, promptly shall notify each of the
individuals so identified in the report, complaint, indictment, or
information that, if the defendant is convicted of or pleads
guilty to the offense, the individual may make an oral or written
statement to the court hearing the case regarding the sentence to
be imposed upon the defendant and that the court must consider any
statement so made that is relevant. Before imposing sentence in
the case, the court shall permit the individuals so identified in
the report, complaint, indictment, or information to make an oral
or written statement. Division (A) of section 2930.14 of the
Revised Code applies regarding any statement so made. The court
shall consider a statement so made, in accordance with division
(B) of that section and division (D) of section 2929.22 of the
Revised Code.
Sec. 2930.16. (A) If a defendant is incarcerated, a victim
in a case who has requested to receive notice under this section
shall be given notice of the incarceration of the defendant. If an
alleged juvenile offender is committed to the temporary custody of
a school, camp, institution, or other facility operated for the
care of delinquent children or to the legal custody of the
department of youth services, a victim in a case who has requested
to receive notice under this section shall be given notice of the
commitment. Promptly after sentence is imposed upon the defendant
or the commitment of the alleged juvenile offender is ordered, the
prosecutor in the case shall notify the victim of the date on
which the defendant will be released from confinement or the
prosecutor's reasonable estimate of that date or the date on which
the alleged juvenile offender will have served the minimum period
of commitment or the prosecutor's reasonable estimate of that
date. The prosecutor also shall notify the victim of the name of
the custodial agency of the defendant or alleged juvenile offender
and tell the victim how to contact that custodial agency. If the
custodial agency is the department of rehabilitation and
correction, the prosecutor shall notify the victim of the services
offered by the office of victims' services pursuant to section
5120.60 of the Revised Code. If the custodial agency is the
department of youth services, the prosecutor shall notify the
victim of the services provided by the office of victims' services
within the release authority of the department pursuant to section
5139.55 of the Revised Code and the victim's right pursuant to
section 5139.56 of the Revised Code to submit a written request to
the release authority to be notified of actions the release
authority takes with respect to the alleged juvenile offender. The
victim shall keep the custodial agency informed of the victim's
current address and telephone number.
(B)(1) Upon the victim's request or in accordance with
division (D) of this section, the prosecutor promptly shall notify
the victim of any hearing for judicial release of the defendant
pursuant to section 2929.20 of the Revised Code or of any hearing
for judicial release or early release of the alleged juvenile
offender pursuant to section 2151.38 of the Revised Code and of
the victim's right to make a statement under those sections. The
court shall notify the victim of its ruling in each of those
hearings and on each of those applications.
(2) If an offender is sentenced to a prison term pursuant to
division (A)(3) or (B) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code,
upon the request of the victim of the crime or in accordance with
division (D) of this section, the prosecutor promptly shall notify
the victim of any hearing to be conducted pursuant to section
2971.05 of the Revised Code to determine whether to modify the
requirement that the offender serve the entire prison term in a
state correctional facility in accordance with division (C) of
that section, whether to continue, revise, or revoke any existing
modification of that requirement, or whether to terminate the
prison term in accordance with division (D) of that section. The
court shall notify the victim of any order issued at the
conclusion of the hearing.
(C) Upon the victim's request made at any time before the
particular notice would be due or in accordance with division (D)
of this section, the custodial agency of a defendant or alleged
juvenile offender shall give the victim any of the following
notices that is applicable:
(1) At least three weeks sixty days before the adult parole
authority recommends a pardon or commutation of sentence for the
defendant or at least three weeks sixty days prior to a hearing
before the adult parole authority regarding a grant of parole to
the defendant, notice of the victim's right to submit a statement
regarding the impact of the defendant's release in accordance with
section 2967.12 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, of the
victim's right to appear at a full board hearing of the parole
board to give testimony as authorized by section 5149.101 of the
Revised Code;
(2) At least three weeks sixty days before the defendant is
transferred to transitional control under section 2967.26 of the
Revised Code, notice of the pendency of the transfer and of the
victim's right under that section to submit a statement regarding
the impact of the transfer;
(3) At least thirty sixty days before the release authority
of the department of youth services holds a release review,
release hearing, or discharge review for the alleged juvenile
offender, notice of the pendency of the review or hearing, of the
victim's right to make an oral or written statement regarding the
impact of the crime upon the victim or regarding the possible
release or discharge, and, if the notice pertains to a hearing, of
the victim's right to attend and make statements or comments at
the hearing as authorized by section 5139.56 of the Revised Code;
(4) Prompt notice of the defendant's or alleged juvenile
offender's escape from a facility of the custodial agency in which
the defendant was incarcerated or in which the alleged juvenile
offender was placed after commitment, of the defendant's or
alleged juvenile offender's absence without leave from a mental
health or mental retardation and developmental disabilities
facility or from other custody, and of the capture of the
defendant or alleged juvenile offender after an escape or absence;
(5) Notice of the defendant's or alleged juvenile offender's
death while in confinement or custody;
(6) Notice of the defendant's or alleged juvenile offender's
release from confinement or custody and the terms and conditions
of the release.
(D)(1) If a defendant is incarcerated for the commission of
an offense of violence that is a felony of the first, second, or
third degree or if an alleged juvenile offender has been charged
with the commission of an act that would be an offense of violence
that is a felony of the first, second, or third degree if
committed by an adult, the notices described in divisions (B) and
(C) of this section shall be given regardless of whether the
victim requested notice. The custodial agency shall give similar
notice to the prosecutor in the case, to the sentencing court, to
the law enforcement agency that arrested the defendant or alleged
juvenile offender, and to any other person who requests
notification. The custodial agency shall attempt to identify a
mailing address for the victim and send notice to that address by
ordinary mail. Division (D)(1) of this section, and the
notice-related provisions of divisions (E)(2) and (K) of section
2929.20, division (H) of section 2967.12, division (A)(3)(b) of
section 2967.26, division (D)(1) of section 2967.28, and division
(A)(2) of section 5149.101 of the Revised Code enacted in the act
in which division (D)(1) of this section was enacted, shall be
known as "Roberta's Law."
(2) The custodial agency shall keep a record of notices sent
pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section. The record shall be
kept in a manner that allows public inspection of notices to
persons other than victims without revealing the names, addresses,
or other identifying information relating to victims. The record
of notices to victims is not a public record. The record of
notices to persons other than victims is a public record.
(E) The adult parole authority shall adopt rules under
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code providing for a victim conference
prior to a parole hearing in the case of a prisoner who is
incarcerated for the commission of an offense of violence that is
a felony of the first, second, or third degree. The rules shall
provide for, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Attendance by the victim, members of the victim's family,
the victim's representative, and, if practicable, other
individuals;
(2) Allotment of at least one hour for the conference;
(3) The order of priority in which persons in attendance may
speak and permission for any person in attendance to speak if time
allows;
(4) Attendance by the news media upon request of the victim,
members of the victim's family, the victim's representative, or,
if none of those persons attend, a victims'-rights advocate;
(5) Recording of the conference by videotape or other media.
Sec. 2950.01. As used in this chapter, unless the context
clearly requires otherwise:
(A) "Sexually oriented offense" means any of the following
violations or offenses committed by a person, regardless of the
person's age:
(1) A violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05,
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.21, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322,
or 2907.323 of the Revised Code;
(2) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when
the offender is less than four years older than the other person
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, the other person
did not consent to the sexual conduct, and the offender previously
has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of
section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or a
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;
(3) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when
the offender is at least four years older than the other person
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct or when the
offender is less than four years older than the other person with
whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct and the offender
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation
of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or a
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;
(4) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.11 of
the Revised Code when the violation was committed with a sexual
motivation;
(5) A violation of division (A) of section 2903.04 of the
Revised Code when the offender committed or attempted to commit
the felony that is the basis of the violation with a sexual
motivation;
(6) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2903.211 of the
Revised Code;
(7) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the offense is committed
with a sexual motivation;
(8) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of the
Revised Code;
(9) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.01 of the
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen
years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim of the
offense;
(10) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03, of
division (B) of section 2905.02, of division (B) of section
2905.03, of division (B) of section 2905.05, or of division (B)(5)
of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code;
(11) A violation of any former law of this state, any
existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or
the United States, any existing or former law applicable in a
military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or
former law of any nation other than the United States that is or
was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division
(A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of this
section;
(12) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (A)(1),
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), or (11) of this
section.
(B)(1) "Sex offender" means, subject to division (B)(2) of
this section, a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has
been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a
delinquent child for committing, or has been adjudicated a
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense.
(2) "Sex offender" does not include a person who is convicted
of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has pleaded guilty
to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or has been
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented
offense if the offense involves consensual sexual conduct or
consensual sexual contact and either of the following applies:
(a) The victim of the sexually oriented offense was eighteen
years of age or older and at the time of the sexually oriented
offense was not under the custodial authority of the person who is
convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has pleaded
guilty to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or
has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing the
sexually oriented offense.
(b) The victim of the offense was thirteen years of age or
older, and the person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has
been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a
delinquent child for committing, or has been adjudicated a
delinquent child for committing the sexually oriented offense is
not more than four years older than the victim.
(C) "Child-victim oriented offense" means any of the
following violations or offenses committed by a person, regardless
of the person's age, when the victim is under eighteen years of
age and is not a child of the person who commits the violation:
(1) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the violation is not
included in division (A)(7) of this section;
(2) A violation of division (A) of section 2905.02, division
(A) of section 2905.03, or division (A) of section 2905.05 of the
Revised Code;
(3) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law
of any nation other than the United States that is or was
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division (C)(1)
or (2) of this section;
(4) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (C)(1),
(2), or (3) of this section.
(D) "Child-victim offender" means a person who is convicted
of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has pleaded guilty
to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or has been
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any child-victim
oriented offense.
(E) "Tier I sex offender/child-victim offender" means any of
the following:
(1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has
been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the following
sexually oriented offenses:
(a) A violation of section 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, or
2907.32 of the Revised Code;
(b) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when
the offender is less than four years older than the other person
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, the other person
did not consent to the sexual conduct, and the offender previously
has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of
section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or a
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;
(c) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of
section 2907.05 of the Revised Code;
(d) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2907.323 of the
Revised Code;
(e) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2903.211, of
division (B) of section 2905.03, or of division (B) of section
2905.05 of the Revised Code;
(f) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law
of any nation other than the United States, that is or was
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division
(E)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section;
(g) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (E)(1)(a),
(b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section.
(2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a
child-victim oriented offense and who is not within either
category of child-victim offender described in division (F)(2) or
(G)(2) of this section.
(3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile court,
pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the
Revised Code, classifies a tier I sex offender/child-victim
offender relative to the offense.
(4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a delinquent
child for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child
for committing any child-victim oriented offense and who a
juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or
2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a tier I sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.
(F) "Tier II sex offender/child-victim offender" means any of
the following:
(1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has
been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the following
sexually oriented offenses:
(a) A violation of section 2907.21, 2907.321, or 2907.322 of
the Revised Code;
(b) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when
the offender is at least four years older than the other person
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, or when the
offender is less than four years older than the other person with
whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct and the offender
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation
of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or
former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;
(c) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2907.05 or of
division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2907.323 of the Revised Code;
(d) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the offense is committed
with a sexual motivation;
(e) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of the
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is eighteen years of
age or older;
(f) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.02 or of
division (B)(5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code;
(g) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law
of any nation other than the United States that is or was
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division
(F)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section;
(h) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (F)(1)(a),
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section;
(i) Any sexually oriented offense that is committed after the
sex offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to,
or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any
sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense for
which the offender was classified a tier I sex
offender/child-victim offender.
(2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any
child-victim oriented offense when the child-victim oriented
offense is committed after the child-victim offender previously
has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense or
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender was
classified a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender.
(3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile court,
pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the
Revised Code, classifies a tier II sex offender/child-victim
offender relative to the offense.
(4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a delinquent
child for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child
for committing any child-victim oriented offense and whom a
juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or
2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a tier II sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to the current offense.
(5) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is not in any
category of tier II sex offender/child-victim offender set forth
in division (F)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, who prior to
January 1, 2008, was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing
a sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense, and
who prior to that date was determined to be a habitual sex
offender or determined to be a habitual child-victim offender,
unless either of the following applies:
(a) The sex offender or child-victim offender is reclassified
pursuant to section 2950.031 or 2950.032 of the Revised Code as a
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.
(b) A juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83,
2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies the child a
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.
(G) "Tier III sex offender/child-victim offender" means any
of the following:
(1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has
been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the following
sexually oriented offenses:
(a) A violation of section 2907.02 or 2907.03 of the Revised
Code;
(b) A violation of division (B) of section 2907.05 of the
Revised Code;
(c) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.11 of
the Revised Code when the violation was committed with a sexual
motivation;
(d) A violation of division (A) of section 2903.04 of the
Revised Code when the offender committed or attempted to commit
the felony that is the basis of the violation with a sexual
motivation;
(e) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of the
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen
years of age;
(f) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.01 of the
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen
years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim of the
offense;
(g) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03 of the
Revised Code;
(h) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law
of any nation other than the United States that is or was
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division
(G)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f), or (g) of this section;
(h)(i) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (G)(1)(a),
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g), or (h) of this section;
(i)(j) Any sexually oriented offense that is committed after
the sex offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded guilty
to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any
sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense for
which the offender was classified a tier II sex
offender/child-victim offender or a tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender.
(2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any
child-victim oriented offense when the child-victim oriented
offense is committed after the child-victim offender previously
has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense or
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender was
classified a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier
III sex offender/child-victim offender.
(3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile court,
pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the
Revised Code, classifies a tier III sex offender/child-victim
offender relative to the offense.
(4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a delinquent
child for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child
for committing any child-victim oriented offense and whom a
juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or
2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to the current offense.
(5) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is not in any
category of tier III sex offender/child-victim offender set forth
in division (G)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, who prior to
January 1, 2008, was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a sexually
oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense or was
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented
offense or child-victim oriented offense and classified a juvenile
offender registrant, and who prior to that date was adjudicated a
sexual predator or adjudicated a child-victim predator, unless
either of the following applies:
(a) The sex offender or child-victim offender is reclassified
pursuant to section 2950.031 or 2950.032 of the Revised Code as a
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier II sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.
(b) The sex offender or child-victim offender is a delinquent
child, and a juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83,
2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies the child a
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier II sex
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.
(6) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, was
convicted of, or pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense, if
the sexually oriented offense and the circumstances in which it
was committed are such that division (F) of section 2971.03 of the
Revised Code automatically classifies the offender as a tier III
sex offender/child-victim offender;
(7) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is convicted
of, pleads guilty to, was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, is
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or was adjudicated
a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented offense or
child-victim offense in another state, in a federal court,
military court, or Indian tribal court, or in a court in any
nation other than the United States if both of the following
apply:
(a) Under the law of the jurisdiction in which the offender
was convicted or pleaded guilty or the delinquent child was
adjudicated, the offender or delinquent child is in a category
substantially equivalent to a category of tier III sex
offender/child-victim offender described in division (G)(1), (2),
(3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section.
(b) Subsequent to the conviction, plea of guilty, or
adjudication in the other jurisdiction, the offender or delinquent
child resides, has temporary domicile, attends school or an
institution of higher education, is employed, or intends to reside
in this state in any manner and for any period of time that
subjects the offender or delinquent child to a duty to register or
provide notice of intent to reside under section 2950.04 or
2950.041 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Confinement" includes, but is not limited to, a
community residential sanction imposed pursuant to section 2929.16
or 2929.26 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01
of the Revised Code.
(J) "Supervised release" means a release of an offender from
a prison term, a term of imprisonment, or another type of
confinement that satisfies either of the following conditions:
(1) The release is on parole, a conditional pardon, under a
community control sanction, under transitional control, or under a
post-release control sanction, and it requires the person to
report to or be supervised by a parole officer, probation officer,
field officer, or another type of supervising officer.
(2) The release is any type of release that is not described
in division (J)(1) of this section and that requires the person to
report to or be supervised by a probation officer, a parole
officer, a field officer, or another type of supervising officer.
(K) "Sexually violent predator specification," "sexually
violent predator," "sexually violent offense," "sexual motivation
specification," "designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping
offense," and "violent sex offense" have the same meanings as in
section 2971.01 of the Revised Code.
(L) "Post-release control sanction" and "transitional
control" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the
Revised Code.
(M) "Juvenile offender registrant" means a person who is
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing on or after January
1, 2002, a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented
offense, who is fourteen years of age or older at the time of
committing the offense, and who a juvenile court judge, pursuant
to an order issued under section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84,
2152.85, or 2152.86 of the Revised Code, classifies a juvenile
offender registrant and specifies has a duty to comply with
sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised
Code. "Juvenile offender registrant" includes a person who prior
to January 1, 2008, was a "juvenile offender registrant" under the
definition of the term in existence prior to January 1, 2008, and
a person who prior to July 31, 2003, was a "juvenile sex offender
registrant" under the former definition of that former term.
(N) "Public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant"
means a person who is adjudicated a delinquent child and on whom a
juvenile court has imposed a serious youthful offender
dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code
before, on, or after January 1, 2008, and to whom all of the
following apply:
(1) The person is adjudicated a delinquent child for
committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or
complicity in committing one of the following acts:
(a) A violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code,
division (B) of section 2907.05 of the Revised Code, or section
2907.03 of the Revised Code if the victim of the violation was
less than twelve years of age;
(b) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2905.01 of
the Revised Code that was committed with a purpose to gratify the
sexual needs or desires of the child;
(c) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03 of the
Revised Code.
(2) The person was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen
years of age at the time of committing the act.
(3) A juvenile court judge, pursuant to an order issued under
section 2152.86 of the Revised Code, classifies the person a
juvenile offender registrant, specifies the person has a duty to
comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised
Code, and classifies the person a public registry-qualified
juvenile offender registrant, and the classification of the person
as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant has
not been terminated pursuant to division (D) of section 2152.86 of
the Revised Code.
(O) "Secure facility" means any facility that is designed and
operated to ensure that all of its entrances and exits are locked
and under the exclusive control of its staff and to ensure that,
because of that exclusive control, no person who is
institutionalized or confined in the facility may leave the
facility without permission or supervision.
(P) "Out-of-state juvenile offender registrant" means a
person who is adjudicated a delinquent child in a court in another
state, in a federal court, military court, or Indian tribal court,
or in a court in any nation other than the United States for
committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented
offense, who on or after January 1, 2002, moves to and resides in
this state or temporarily is domiciled in this state for more than
five days, and who has a duty under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of
the Revised Code to register in this state and the duty to
otherwise comply with that applicable section and sections 2950.05
and 2950.06 of the Revised Code. "Out-of-state juvenile offender
registrant" includes a person who prior to January 1, 2008, was an
"out-of-state juvenile offender registrant" under the definition
of the term in existence prior to January 1, 2008, and a person
who prior to July 31, 2003, was an "out-of-state juvenile sex
offender registrant" under the former definition of that former
term.
(Q) "Juvenile court judge" includes a magistrate to whom the
juvenile court judge confers duties pursuant to division (A)(15)
of section 2151.23 of the Revised Code.
(R) "Adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually
oriented offense" includes a child who receives a serious youthful
offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the
Revised Code for committing a sexually oriented offense.
(S) "School" and "school premises" have the same meanings as
in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(T) "Residential premises" means the building in which a
residential unit is located and the grounds upon which that
building stands, extending to the perimeter of the property.
"Residential premises" includes any type of structure in which a
residential unit is located, including, but not limited to,
multi-unit buildings and mobile and manufactured homes.
(U) "Residential unit" means a dwelling unit for residential
use and occupancy, and includes the structure or part of a
structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by
one person who maintains a household or two or more persons who
maintain a common household. "Residential unit" does not include a
halfway house or a community-based correctional facility.
(V) "Multi-unit building" means a building in which is
located more than twelve residential units that have entry doors
that open directly into the unit from a hallway that is shared
with one or more other units. A residential unit is not considered
located in a multi-unit building if the unit does not have an
entry door that opens directly into the unit from a hallway that
is shared with one or more other units or if the unit is in a
building that is not a multi-unit building as described in this
division.
(W) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in
section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(X) "Halfway house" and "community-based correctional
facility" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the
Revised Code.
Sec. 2967.03. The adult parole authority may exercise its
functions and duties in relation to the pardon, commutation of
sentence, or reprieve of a convict upon direction of the governor
or upon its own initiative. It may exercise its functions and
duties in relation to the parole of a prisoner who is eligible for
parole upon the initiative of the head of the institution in which
the prisoner is confined or upon its own initiative. When a
prisoner becomes eligible for parole, the head of the institution
in which the prisoner is confined shall notify the authority in
the manner prescribed by the authority. The authority may
investigate and examine, or cause the investigation and
examination of, prisoners confined in state correctional
institutions concerning their conduct in the institutions, their
mental and moral qualities and characteristics, their knowledge of
a trade or profession, their former means of livelihood, their
family relationships, and any other matters affecting their
fitness to be at liberty without being a threat to society.
The authority may recommend to the governor the pardon,
commutation of sentence, medical release, or reprieve of any
convict or prisoner or grant a parole to any prisoner for whom
parole is authorized, if in its judgment there is reasonable
ground to believe that granting a pardon, commutation, medical
release, or reprieve to the convict or paroling the prisoner would
further the interests of justice and be consistent with the
welfare and security of society. However, the authority shall not
recommend a pardon, commutation of sentence, or medical release
of, or grant a parole to, any convict or prisoner until the
authority has complied with the applicable notice requirements of
sections 2930.16 and 2967.12 of the Revised Code and until it has
considered any statement made by a victim or a victim's
representative that is relevant to the convict's or prisoner's
case and that was sent to the authority pursuant to section
2930.17 of the Revised Code, any other statement made by a victim
or a victim's representative that is relevant to the convict's or
prisoner's case and that was received by the authority after it
provided notice of the pendency of the action under sections
2930.16 and 2967.12 of the Revised Code, and any written statement
of any person submitted to the court pursuant to division (G)(I)
of section 2967.12 of the Revised Code. If a victim, victim's
representative, or the victim's spouse, parent, sibling, or child
appears at a full board hearing of the parole board and gives
testimony as authorized by section 5149.101 of the Revised Code,
the authority shall consider the testimony in determining whether
to grant a parole. The trial judge and prosecuting attorney of the
trial court in which a person was convicted shall furnish to the
authority, at the request of the authority, a summarized statement
of the facts proved at the trial and of all other facts having
reference to the propriety of recommending a pardon, commutation,
or medical release, or granting a parole, together with a
recommendation for or against a pardon, commutation, medical
release, or parole, and the reasons for the recommendation. The
trial judge, the prosecuting attorney, specified law enforcement
agency members, and a representative of the prisoner may appear at
a full board hearing of the parole board and give testimony in
regard to the grant of a parole to the prisoner as authorized by
section 5149.101 of the Revised Code. All state and local
officials shall furnish information to the authority, when so
requested by it in the performance of its duties.
The adult parole authority shall exercise its functions and
duties in relation to the release of prisoners who are serving a
stated prison term in accordance with section 2967.28 of the
Revised Code.
Sec. 2967.12. (A) Except as provided in division (G) of this
section, at least three weeks sixty days before the adult parole
authority recommends any pardon or commutation of sentence, or
grants any parole, the authority shall provide a notice of the
pendency of the pardon, commutation, or parole, setting forth the
name of the person on whose behalf it is made, the offense of
which the person was convicted or to which the person pleaded
guilty, the time of conviction or the guilty plea, and the term of
the person's sentence, to the prosecuting attorney and the judge
of the court of common pleas of the county in which the indictment
against the person was found. If there is more than one judge of
that court of common pleas, the authority shall provide the notice
to the presiding judge. The department of rehabilitation and
correction may utilize electronic means to provide this notice.
The department of rehabilitation and correction, at the same time
that it provides the notice to the prosecuting attorney and judge
under this division, also shall post on the database it maintains
pursuant to section 5120.66 of the Revised Code the offender's
name and all of the information specified in division
(A)(1)(c)(iii) of that section.
(B) If a request for notification has been made pursuant to
section 2930.16 of the Revised Code or if division (H) of this
section applies, the office of victim services or the adult parole
authority also shall provide notice to the victim or the victim's
representative at least three weeks sixty days prior to
recommending any pardon or commutation of sentence for, or
granting any parole to, the person. The notice shall include the
information required by division (A) of this section and may be
provided by telephone or through electronic means. The notice also
shall inform the victim or the victim's representative that the
victim or representative may send a written statement relative to
the victimization and the pending action to the adult parole
authority and that, if the authority receives any written
statement prior to recommending a pardon or commutation or
granting a parole for a person, the authority will consider the
statement before it recommends a pardon or commutation or grants a
parole. If the person is being considered for parole, the notice
shall inform the victim or the victim's representative that a full
board hearing of the parole board may be held and that the victim
or victim's representative may contact the office of victims'
services for further information. If the person being considered
for parole was convicted of or pleaded guilty to violating section
2903.01 or 2903.02 of the Revised Code, the notice shall inform
the victim of that offense, the victim's representative, or a
member of the victim's immediate family that the victim, the
victim's representative, and the victim's immediate family have
the right to give testimony at a full board hearing of the parole
board and that the victim or victim's representative may contact
the office of victims' services for further information. As used
in this division, "the victim's immediate family" means the
mother, father, spouse, sibling, or child of the victim.
(C) When notice of the pendency of any pardon, commutation of
sentence, or parole has been provided to a judge or prosecutor or
posted on the database as required in division (A) of this section
and a hearing on the pardon, commutation, or parole is continued
to a date certain, the authority shall provide notice of the
further consideration of the pardon, commutation, or parole at
least three weeks before the further consideration. The notice of
the further consideration shall be provided to the proper judge
and prosecuting attorney at least three weeks before the further
consideration, and may be provided using electronic means, and, if
the initial notice was posted on the database as provided in
division (A) of this section, the notice of the further
consideration shall be posted on the database at least three weeks
before the further consideration. When notice of the pendency of
any pardon, commutation, or parole has been given as provided in
division (B) of this section and the hearing on it is continued to
a date certain, the authority shall give notice of the further
consideration to the victim or the victim's representative in
accordance with section 2930.03 of the Revised Code.
(D) In case of an application for the pardon or commutation
of sentence of a person sentenced to capital punishment, the
governor may modify the requirements of notification and
publication if there is not sufficient time for compliance with
the requirements before the date fixed for the execution of
sentence.
(E) If an offender is serving a prison term imposed under
division (A)(3), (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c),
or (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised
Code and if the parole board terminates its control over the
offender's service of that term pursuant to section 2971.04 of the
Revised Code, the parole board immediately shall provide written
notice of its termination of control or the transfer of control to
the entities and persons specified in section 2971.04 of the
Revised Code.
(F) The failure of the adult parole authority to comply with
the notice or posting provisions of division (A), (B), or (C) of
this section or the failure of the parole board to comply with the
notice provisions of division (E) of this section do not give any
rights or any grounds for appeal or post-conviction relief to the
person serving the sentence.
(G) Divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section do not apply
to any release of a person that is of the type described in
division (B)(2)(b) of section 5120.031 of the Revised Code.
(H) If a defendant is incarcerated for the commission of an
offense of violence that is a felony of the first, second, or
third degree, the notices described in divisions (A) and (B) of
this section shall be given regardless of whether the victim
requested the notice. The adult parole authority shall give
similar notice to the law enforcement agency that arrested the
defendant and to any other person who requests notification. The
authority shall attempt to identify a mailing address for the
victim and send notice to that address. The authority may give
notice to the law enforcement agency and to other persons who
request notice by any reasonable means, including telephone and
electronic mail. Division (H) of this section, and the
notice-related provisions of divisions (E)(2) and (K) of section
2929.20, division (D)(1) of section 2930.16, division (A)(3)(b) of
section 2967.26, division (D)(1) of section 2967.28, and division
(A)(2) of section 5149.101 of the Revised Code enacted in the act
in which division (H) of this section was enacted, shall be known
as "Roberta's Law."
(I) In addition to and independent of the right of a victim
to make a statement as described in division (A) of this section
or pursuant to section 2930.17 of the Revised Code or to otherwise
make a statement, the authority for a judge or prosecuting
attorney to furnish statements and information, make
recommendations, and give testimony as described in division (A)
of this section, the right of a prosecuting attorney, judge, or
victim to give testimony or submit a statement at a full parole
board hearing pursuant to section 5149.101 of the Revised Code,
and any other right or duty of a person to present information or
make a statement, any person may send to the adult parole
authority at any time prior to the authority's recommending a
pardon or commutation or granting a parole for the offender a
written statement relative to the offense and the pending action.
Sec. 2967.121. (A) Subject to division (C)(D) of this
section, at least two weeks before any convict who is serving a
sentence for committing a felony of the first, second, or third
degree or who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment is
released from confinement in any state correctional institution
pursuant to a pardon, commutation of sentence, parole, or
completed prison term, the adult parole authority shall provide
notice of the release to the prosecuting attorney of the county in
which the indictment of the convict was found. The
(B) The notice required by this division (A) of this section
may be contained in a weekly list of all felons convicts who are
serving a sentence for a felony of the first, second, or third
degree or are serving a sentence of life imprisonment and who are
scheduled for release. The notice
(B) Subject to division (D) of this section, if a convict who
is serving a sentence for committing a felony of the first,
second, or third degree or who is serving a sentence of life
imprisonment is released from confinement pursuant to a pardon,
commutation of sentence, parole, or completed prison term, the
adult parole authority shall send notice of the release to the
prosecuting attorney of the county in which the indictment of the
convict was filed. The notice required by this division shall be
sent to the appropriate prosecuting attorney at the end of the
month in which the convict is released and may be contained in a
monthly list of all convicts who are released in that month and
for whom this division requires a notice to be sent to that
prosecuting attorney.
(C) The notices required by divisions (A) and (B) of this
section shall contain all of the following:
(1) The name of the convict being released;
(2) The date of the convict's release;
(3) The offense for the violation of which the convict was
convicted and incarcerated;
(4) The date of the convict's conviction pursuant to which
the convict was incarcerated;
(5) The sentence imposed for that conviction;
(6) The length of any supervision that the convict will be
under;
(7) The name, business address, and business phone number of
the convict's supervising officer;
(8) The address at which the convict will reside.
(C)(D)(1) Divisions (A) and, (B), and (C) of this section do
not apply to the release from confinement of an offender if the
offender is serving a prison term imposed under division (A)(3),
(B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c), or (B)(3)(a), (b),
(c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code, if the court
pursuant to section 2971.05 of the Revised Code modifies the
requirement that the offender serve that entire term in a state
correctional institution, and if the release from confinement is
pursuant to that modification. In a case of that type, the court
that modifies the requirement promptly shall provide written
notice of the modification and the order that modifies the
requirement or revises the modification to the offender, the
department of rehabilitation and correction, the prosecuting
attorney, and any state agency or political subdivision that is
affected by the order.
(2) Divisions (A) and, (B), and (C) of this section do not
apply to the release from confinement of an offender if, upon
admission to the state correctional institution, the offender has
less than fourteen days to serve on the sentence.
Sec. 2967.26. (A)(1) The department of rehabilitation and
correction, by rule, may establish a transitional control program
for the purpose of closely monitoring a prisoner's adjustment to
community supervision during the final one hundred eighty days of
the prisoner's confinement. If the department establishes a
transitional control program under this division, the adult parole
authority may transfer eligible prisoners to transitional control
status under the program during the final one hundred eighty days
of their confinement and under the terms and conditions
established by the department, shall provide for the confinement
as provided in this division of each eligible prisoner so
transferred, and shall supervise each eligible prisoner so
transferred in one or more community control sanctions. Each
eligible prisoner who is transferred to transitional control
status under the program shall be confined in a suitable facility
that is licensed pursuant to division (C) of section 2967.14 of
the Revised Code, or shall be confined in a residence the
department has approved for this purpose and be monitored pursuant
to an electronic monitoring device, as defined in section 2929.01
of the Revised Code. If the department establishes a transitional
control program under this division, the rules establishing the
program shall include criteria that define which prisoners are
eligible for the program, criteria that must be satisfied to be
approved as a residence that may be used for confinement under the
program of a prisoner that is transferred to it and procedures for
the department to approve residences that satisfy those criteria,
and provisions of the type described in division (C) of this
section. At a minimum, the criteria that define which prisoners
are eligible for the program shall provide all of the following:
(a) That a prisoner is eligible for the program if the
prisoner is serving a prison term or term of imprisonment for an
offense committed prior to March 17, 1998, and if, at the time at
which eligibility is being determined, the prisoner would have
been eligible for a furlough under this section as it existed
immediately prior to March 17, 1998, or would have been eligible
for conditional release under former section 2967.23 of the
Revised Code as that section existed immediately prior to March
17, 1998;
(b) That no prisoner who is serving a mandatory prison term
is eligible for the program until after expiration of the
mandatory term;
(c) That no prisoner who is serving a prison term or term of
life imprisonment without parole imposed pursuant to section
2971.03 of the Revised Code is eligible for the program.
(2) At least three weeks sixty days prior to transferring to
transitional control under this section a prisoner who is serving
a term of imprisonment or prison term for an offense committed on
or after July 1, 1996, the adult parole authority shall give
notice of the pendency of the transfer to transitional control to
the court of common pleas of the county in which the indictment
against the prisoner was found and of the fact that the court may
disapprove the transfer of the prisoner to transitional control
and shall include a report prepared by the head of the state
correctional institution in which the prisoner is confined. The
head of the state correctional institution in which the prisoner
is confined, upon the request of the adult parole authority, shall
provide to the authority for inclusion in the notice sent to the
court under this division a report on the prisoner's conduct in
the institution and in any institution from which the prisoner may
have been transferred. The report shall cover the prisoner's
participation in school, vocational training, work, treatment, and
other rehabilitative activities and any disciplinary action taken
against the prisoner. If the court disapproves of the transfer of
the prisoner to transitional control, the court shall notify the
authority of the disapproval within thirty days after receipt of
the notice. If the court timely disapproves the transfer of the
prisoner to transitional control, the authority shall not proceed
with the transfer. If the court does not timely disapprove the
transfer of the prisoner to transitional control, the authority
may transfer the prisoner to transitional control.
(3)(a) If the victim of an offense for which a prisoner was
sentenced to a prison term or term of imprisonment has requested
notification under section 2930.16 of the Revised Code and has
provided the department of rehabilitation and correction with the
victim's name and address and if division (A)(3)(b) of this
section applies, the adult parole authority, at least
three weeks
sixty days prior to transferring the prisoner to transitional
control pursuant to this section, shall notify the victim of the
pendency of the transfer and of the victim's right to submit a
statement to the authority regarding the impact of the transfer of
the prisoner to transitional control. If the victim subsequently
submits a statement of that nature to the authority, the authority
shall consider the statement in deciding whether to transfer the
prisoner to transitional control.
(b) If a prisoner is incarcerated for the commission of an
offense of violence that is a felony of the first, second, or
third degree, the notice described in division (A)(3)(a) of this
section shall be given regardless of whether the victim requested
notice. The authority shall send the notice by ordinary mail to an
address previously provided by the victim. If the victim has not
provided an address, the authority shall attempt to identify a
mailing address for the victim and send notice to that address.
Division (A)(3)(b) of this section, and the notice-related
provisions of divisions (E)(2) and (K) of section 2929.20,
division (D)(1) of section 2930.16, division (H) of section
2967.12, division (D)(1) of section 2967.28, and division (A)(2)
of section 5149.101 of the Revised Code enacted in the act in
which division (A)(3)(b) of this section was enacted, shall be
known as "Roberta's Law."
(4) The department of rehabilitation and correction, at least
three weeks sixty days prior to transferring a prisoner to
transitional control pursuant to this section, shall post on the
database it maintains pursuant to section 5120.66 of the Revised
Code the prisoner's name and all of the information specified in
division (A)(1)(c)(iv) of that section. In addition to and
independent of the right of a victim to submit a statement as
described in division (A)(3) of this section or to otherwise make
a statement and in addition to and independent of any other right
or duty of a person to present information or make a statement,
any person may send to the adult parole authority at any time
prior to the authority's transfer of the prisoner to transitional
control a written statement regarding the transfer of the prisoner
to transitional control. In addition to the information, reports,
and statements it considers under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this
section or that it otherwise considers, the authority shall
consider each statement submitted in accordance with this division
in deciding whether to transfer the prisoner to transitional
control.
(B) Each prisoner transferred to transitional control under
this section shall be confined in the manner described in division
(A) of this section during any period of time that the prisoner is
not actually working at the prisoner's approved employment,
engaged in a vocational training or another educational program,
engaged in another program designated by the director, or engaged
in other activities approved by the department.
(C) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall
adopt rules for transferring eligible prisoners to transitional
control, supervising and confining prisoners so transferred,
administering the transitional control program in accordance with
this section, and using the moneys deposited into the transitional
control fund established under division (E) of this section.
(D) The department of rehabilitation and correction may adopt
rules for the issuance of passes for the limited purposes
described in this division to prisoners who are transferred to
transitional control under this section. If the department adopts
rules of that nature, the rules shall govern the granting of the
passes and shall provide for the supervision of prisoners who are
temporarily released pursuant to one of those passes. Upon the
adoption of rules under this division, the department may issue
passes to prisoners who are transferred to transitional control
status under this section in accordance with the rules and the
provisions of this division. All passes issued under this division
shall be for a maximum of forty-eight hours and may be issued only
for the following purposes:
(1) To visit a relative in imminent danger of death;
(2) To have a private viewing of the body of a deceased
relative;
(3) To visit with family;
(4) To otherwise aid in the rehabilitation of the prisoner.
(E) The adult parole authority may require a prisoner who is
transferred to transitional control to pay to the division of
parole and community services the reasonable expenses incurred by
the division in supervising or confining the prisoner while under
transitional control. Inability to pay those reasonable expenses
shall not be grounds for refusing to transfer an otherwise
eligible prisoner to transitional control. Amounts received by the
division of parole and community services under this division
shall be deposited into the transitional control fund, which is
hereby created in the state treasury and which hereby replaces and
succeeds the furlough services fund that formerly existed in the
state treasury. All moneys that remain in the furlough services
fund on March 17, 1998, shall be transferred on that date to the
transitional control fund. The transitional control fund shall be
used solely to pay costs related to the operation of the
transitional control program established under this section. The
director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules in
accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the use of
the fund.
(F) A prisoner who violates any rule established by the
department of rehabilitation and correction under division (A),
(C), or (D) of this section may be transferred to a state
correctional institution pursuant to rules adopted under division
(A), (C), or (D) of this section, but the prisoner shall receive
credit towards completing the prisoner's sentence for the time
spent under transitional control.
If a prisoner is transferred to transitional control under
this section, upon successful completion of the period of
transitional control, the prisoner may be released on parole or
under post-release control pursuant to section 2967.13 or 2967.28
of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the department of
rehabilitation and correction. If the prisoner is released under
post-release control, the duration of the post-release control,
the type of post-release control sanctions that may be imposed,
the enforcement of the sanctions, and the treatment of prisoners
who violate any sanction applicable to the prisoner are governed
by section 2967.28 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2967.28. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Monitored time" means the monitored time sanction
specified in section 2929.17 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Deadly weapon" and "dangerous ordnance" have the same
meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Felony sex offense" means a violation of a section
contained in Chapter 2907. of the Revised Code that is a felony.
(B) Each sentence to a prison term for an offense that is a
felony of the first degree, for a felony of the second degree, for
a felony sex offense, or for a felony of the third degree that is
not a felony sex offense and that is either an offense of violence
or an offense in the commission of which the offender caused or
threatened to cause physical harm to a person shall include a
requirement that the offender be subject to a period of
post-release control imposed by the parole board after the
offender's release from imprisonment. If a court imposes a
sentence including a prison term of a type described in this
division on or after July 11, 2006, the failure of a sentencing
court to notify the offender pursuant to division (B)(3)(c) of
section 2929.19 of the Revised Code of this requirement or to
include in the judgment of conviction entered on the journal a
statement that the offender's sentence includes this requirement
does not negate, limit, or otherwise affect the mandatory period
of supervision that is required for the offender under this
division. Section 2929.191 of the Revised Code applies if, prior
to July 11, 2006, a court imposed a sentence including a prison
term of a type described in this division and failed to notify the
offender pursuant to division (B)(3)(c) of section 2929.19 of the
Revised Code regarding post-release control or to include in the
judgment of conviction entered on the journal or in the sentence
pursuant to division (F)(1) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code
a statement regarding post-release control. Unless reduced by the
parole board pursuant to division (D) of this section when
authorized under that division, a period of post-release control
required by this division for an offender shall be of one of the
following periods:
(1) For a felony of the first degree or for, a felony sex
offense, or an offense of violence that is a felony of the first,
second, or third degree, five years;
(2) For a felony of the second degree that is not a felony
sex offense or an offense of violence, three years;
(3) For a felony of the third degree that is not a felony sex
offense or an offense of violence and in the commission of which
the offender caused or threatened physical harm to a person, three
years.
(C) Any sentence to a prison term for a felony of the third,
fourth, or fifth degree that is not subject to division (B)(1) or
(3) of this section shall include a requirement that the offender
be subject to a period of post-release control of up to three
years after the offender's release from imprisonment, if the
parole board, in accordance with division (D) of this section,
determines that a period of post-release control is necessary for
that offender. Section 2929.191 of the Revised Code applies if,
prior to July 11, 2006, a court imposed a sentence including a
prison term of a type described in this division and failed to
notify the offender pursuant to division (B)(3)(d) of section
2929.19 of the Revised Code regarding post-release control or to
include in the judgment of conviction entered on the journal or in
the sentence pursuant to division (F)(2) of section 2929.14 of the
Revised Code a statement regarding post-release control. Pursuant
to an agreement entered into under section 2967.29 of the Revised
Code, a court of common pleas or parole board may impose sanctions
or conditions on an offender who is placed on post-release control
under this division.
(D)(1) Before the prisoner is released from imprisonment, the
parole board or, pursuant to an agreement under section 2967.29 of
the Revised Code, the court shall impose upon a prisoner described
in division (B) of this section, may impose upon a prisoner
described in division (C) of this section, and shall impose upon a
prisoner described in division (B)(2)(b) of section 5120.031 or in
division (B)(1) of section 5120.032 of the Revised Code, one or
more post-release control sanctions to apply during the prisoner's
period of post-release control. Whenever the board or court
imposes one or more post-release control sanctions upon a
prisoner, the board or court, in addition to imposing the
sanctions, also shall include as a condition of the post-release
control that the offender not leave the state without permission
of the court or the offender's parole or probation officer and
that the offender abide by the law. The board or court may impose
any other conditions of release under a post-release control
sanction that the board or court considers appropriate, and the
conditions of release may include any community residential
sanction, community nonresidential sanction, or financial sanction
that the sentencing court was authorized to impose pursuant to
sections 2929.16, 2929.17, and 2929.18 of the Revised Code. Prior
to the release of a prisoner for whom it will impose one or more
post-release control sanctions under this division, the parole
board or court shall review the prisoner's criminal history, all
juvenile court adjudications finding the prisoner, while a
juvenile, to be a delinquent child, and the record of the
prisoner's conduct while imprisoned. The parole board or court
shall consider any recommendation regarding post-release control
sanctions for the prisoner made by the office of victims'
services. After considering those materials, the board or court
shall determine, for a prisoner described in division (B) of this
section, division (B)(2)(b) of section 5120.031, or division
(B)(1) of section 5120.032 of the Revised Code, which post-release
control sanction or combination of post-release control sanctions
is reasonable under the circumstances or, for a prisoner described
in division (C) of this section, whether a post-release control
sanction is necessary and, if so, which post-release control
sanction or combination of post-release control sanctions is
reasonable under the circumstances. In the case of a prisoner
convicted of a felony of the fourth or fifth degree other than a
felony sex offense, the board or court shall presume that
monitored time is the appropriate post-release control sanction
unless the board or court determines that a more restrictive
sanction is warranted. A post-release control sanction imposed
under this division takes effect upon the prisoner's release from
imprisonment.
Regardless of whether the prisoner was sentenced to the
prison term prior to, on, or after July 11, 2006, prior to the
release of a prisoner for whom it will impose one or more
post-release control sanctions under this division, the parole
board shall notify the prisoner that, if the prisoner violates any
sanction so imposed or any condition of post-release control
described in division (B) of section 2967.131 of the Revised Code
that is imposed on the prisoner, the parole board may impose a
prison term of up to one-half of the stated prison term originally
imposed upon the prisoner.
At least thirty days before the prisoner is released from
imprisonment, the department of rehabilitation and correction
shall send notice by ordinary mail to the victim, the victim's
family, the prosecuting attorney in the case, the law enforcement
agency that arrested the prisoner, and any other person who
requests notification of the date on which the prisoner will be
released, the period for which the prisoner will be under parole
or post-release control supervision, and the terms and conditions
of the prisoner's parole or post-release control. This paragraph,
and the notice-related provisions of divisions (E)(2) and (K) of
section 2929.20, division (D)(1) of section 2930.16, division (H)
of section 2967.12, division (A)(3)(b) of section 2967.26, and
division (A)(2) of section 5149.101 of the Revised Code enacted in
the act in which this paragraph was enacted, shall be known as
"Roberta's Law."
(2) At any time after a prisoner is released from
imprisonment and during the period of post-release control
applicable to the releasee, the adult parole authority or,
pursuant to an agreement under section 2967.29 of the Revised
Code, the court may review the releasee's behavior under the
post-release control sanctions imposed upon the releasee under
this section. The authority or court may determine, based upon the
review and in accordance with the standards established under
division (E) of this section, that a more restrictive or a less
restrictive sanction is appropriate and may impose a different
sanction. The authority also may recommend that the parole board
or court increase or reduce the duration of the period of
post-release control imposed by the court. If the authority
recommends that the board or court increase the duration of
post-release control, the board or court shall review the
releasee's behavior and may increase the duration of the period of
post-release control imposed by the court up to eight years. If
the authority recommends that the board or court reduce the
duration of control for an offense described in division (B) or
(C) of this section, the board or court shall review the
releasee's behavior and may reduce the duration of the period of
control imposed by the court. In no case shall the board or court
reduce the duration of the period of control imposed for an
offense described in division (B)(1) of this section to a period
less than the length of the stated prison term originally imposed,
and in no case shall the board or court permit the releasee to
leave the state without permission of the court or the releasee's
parole or probation officer.
(E) The department of rehabilitation and correction, in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt
rules that do all of the following:
(1) Establish standards for the imposition by the parole
board of post-release control sanctions under this section that
are consistent with the overriding purposes and sentencing
principles set forth in section 2929.11 of the Revised Code and
that are appropriate to the needs of releasees;
(2) Establish standards by which the parole board can
determine which prisoners described in division (C) of this
section should be placed under a period of post-release control;
(3) Establish standards to be used by the parole board in
reducing the duration of the period of post-release control
imposed by the court when authorized under division (D) of this
section, in imposing a more restrictive post-release control
sanction than monitored time upon a prisoner convicted of a felony
of the fourth or fifth degree other than a felony sex offense, or
in imposing a less restrictive control sanction upon a releasee
based on the releasee's activities including, but not limited to,
remaining free from criminal activity and from the abuse of
alcohol or other drugs, successfully participating in approved
rehabilitation programs, maintaining employment, and paying
restitution to the victim or meeting the terms of other financial
sanctions;
(4) Establish standards to be used by the adult parole
authority in modifying a releasee's post-release control sanctions
pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section;
(5) Establish standards to be used by the adult parole
authority or parole board in imposing further sanctions under
division (F) of this section on releasees who violate post-release
control sanctions, including standards that do the following:
(a) Classify violations according to the degree of
seriousness;
(b) Define the circumstances under which formal action by the
parole board is warranted;
(c) Govern the use of evidence at violation hearings;
(d) Ensure procedural due process to an alleged violator;
(e) Prescribe nonresidential community control sanctions for
most misdemeanor and technical violations;
(f) Provide procedures for the return of a releasee to
imprisonment for violations of post-release control.
(F)(1) Whenever the parole board imposes one or more
post-release control sanctions upon an offender under this
section, the offender upon release from imprisonment shall be
under the general jurisdiction of the adult parole authority and
generally shall be supervised by the field services section
through its staff of parole and field officers as described in
section 5149.04 of the Revised Code, as if the offender had been
placed on parole. If the offender upon release from imprisonment
violates the post-release control sanction or any conditions
described in division (A) of section 2967.131 of the Revised Code
that are imposed on the offender, the public or private person or
entity that operates or administers the sanction or the program or
activity that comprises the sanction shall report the violation
directly to the adult parole authority or to the officer of the
authority who supervises the offender. The authority's officers
may treat the offender as if the offender were on parole and in
violation of the parole, and otherwise shall comply with this
section.
(2) If the adult parole authority or, pursuant to an
agreement under section 2967.29 of the Revised Code, the court
determines that a releasee has violated a post-release control
sanction or any conditions described in division (A) of section
2967.131 of the Revised Code imposed upon the releasee and that a
more restrictive sanction is appropriate, the authority or court
may impose a more restrictive sanction upon the releasee, in
accordance with the standards established under division (E) of
this section or in accordance with the agreement made under
section 2967.29 of the Revised Code, or may report the violation
to the parole board for a hearing pursuant to division (F)(3) of
this section. The authority or court may not, pursuant to this
division, increase the duration of the releasee's post-release
control or impose as a post-release control sanction a residential
sanction that includes a prison term, but the authority or court
may impose on the releasee any other residential sanction,
nonresidential sanction, or financial sanction that the sentencing
court was authorized to impose pursuant to sections 2929.16,
2929.17, and 2929.18 of the Revised Code.
(3) The parole board or, pursuant to an agreement under
section 2967.29 of the Revised Code, the court may hold a hearing
on any alleged violation by a releasee of a post-release control
sanction or any conditions described in division (A) of section
2967.131 of the Revised Code that are imposed upon the releasee.
If after the hearing the board or court finds that the releasee
violated the sanction or condition, the board or court may
increase the duration of the releasee's post-release control up to
the maximum duration authorized by division (B) or (C) of this
section or impose a more restrictive post-release control
sanction. When appropriate, the board or court may impose as a
post-release control sanction a residential sanction that includes
a prison term. The board or court shall consider a prison term as
a post-release control sanction imposed for a violation of
post-release control when the violation involves a deadly weapon
or dangerous ordnance, physical harm or attempted serious physical
harm to a person, or sexual misconduct, or when the releasee
committed repeated violations of post-release control sanctions.
Unless a releasee's stated prison term was reduced pursuant to
section 5120.032 of the Revised Code, the period of a prison term
that is imposed as a post-release control sanction under this
division shall not exceed nine months, and the maximum cumulative
prison term for all violations under this division shall not
exceed one-half of the stated prison term originally imposed upon
the offender as part of this sentence. If a releasee's stated
prison term was reduced pursuant to section 5120.032 of the
Revised Code, the period of a prison term that is imposed as a
post-release control sanction under this division and the maximum
cumulative prison term for all violations under this division
shall not exceed the period of time not served in prison under the
sentence imposed by the court. The period of a prison term that is
imposed as a post-release control sanction under this division
shall not count as, or be credited toward, the remaining period of
post-release control.
If an offender is imprisoned for a felony committed while
under post-release control supervision and is again released on
post-release control for a period of time determined by division
(F)(4)(d) of this section, the maximum cumulative prison term for
all violations under this division shall not exceed one-half of
the total stated prison terms of the earlier felony, reduced by
any prison term administratively imposed by the parole board or
court, plus one-half of the total stated prison term of the new
felony.
(4) Any period of post-release control shall commence upon an
offender's actual release from prison. If an offender is serving
an indefinite prison term or a life sentence in addition to a
stated prison term, the offender shall serve the period of
post-release control in the following manner:
(a) If a period of post-release control is imposed upon the
offender and if the offender also is subject to a period of parole
under a life sentence or an indefinite sentence, and if the period
of post-release control ends prior to the period of parole, the
offender shall be supervised on parole. The offender shall receive
credit for post-release control supervision during the period of
parole. The offender is not eligible for final release under
section 2967.16 of the Revised Code until the post-release control
period otherwise would have ended.
(b) If a period of post-release control is imposed upon the
offender and if the offender also is subject to a period of parole
under an indefinite sentence, and if the period of parole ends
prior to the period of post-release control, the offender shall be
supervised on post-release control. The requirements of parole
supervision shall be satisfied during the post-release control
period.
(c) If an offender is subject to more than one period of
post-release control, the period of post-release control for all
of the sentences shall be the period of post-release control that
expires last, as determined by the parole board or court. Periods
of post-release control shall be served concurrently and shall not
be imposed consecutively to each other.
(d) The period of post-release control for a releasee who
commits a felony while under post-release control for an earlier
felony shall be the longer of the period of post-release control
specified for the new felony under division (B) or (C) of this
section or the time remaining under the period of post-release
control imposed for the earlier felony as determined by the parole
board or court.
Sec. 5120.66. (A) Within ninety days after November 23,
2005, but not before January 1, 2006, the department of
rehabilitation and correction shall establish and operate on the
internet a database that contains all of the following:
(1) For each inmate in the custody of the department under a
sentence imposed for a conviction of or plea of guilty to any
offense, all of the following information:
(b) For each offense for which the inmate was sentenced to a
prison term or term of imprisonment and is in the department's
custody, the name of the offense, the Revised Code section of
which the offense is a violation, the gender of each victim of the
offense if those facts are known, whether each victim of the
offense was an adult or child if those facts are known, the range
of the possible prison terms or term of imprisonment that could
have been imposed for the offense, the actual prison term or term
of imprisonment imposed for the offense, the county in which the
offense was committed, the date on which the inmate began serving
the prison term or term of imprisonment imposed for the offense,
and either the date on which the inmate will be eligible for
parole relative to the offense if the prison term or term of
imprisonment is an indefinite term or life term or the date on
which the term ends if the prison term is a definite term;
(c) All of the following information that is applicable
regarding the inmate:
(i) If known to the department prior to the conduct of any
hearing for judicial release of the defendant pursuant to section
2929.20 of the Revised Code in relation to any prison term or term
of imprisonment the inmate is serving for any offense, notice of
the fact that the inmate will be having a hearing regarding a
possible grant of judicial release, the date of the hearing, and
the right of any person pursuant to division (J) of that section
to submit to the court a written statement regarding the possible
judicial release;
(ii) If the inmate is serving a prison term pursuant to
division (A)(3), (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c),
or (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised
Code, prior to the conduct of any hearing pursuant to section
2971.05 of the Revised Code to determine whether to modify the
requirement that the inmate serve the entire prison term in a
state correctional facility in accordance with division (C) of
that section, whether to continue, revise, or revoke any existing
modification of that requirement, or whether to terminate the
prison term in accordance with division (D) of that section,
notice of the fact that the inmate will be having a hearing
regarding those determinations and of the date of the hearing;
(iii) At least three weeks sixty days before the adult parole
authority recommends a pardon or commutation of sentence for the
inmate or at least three weeks sixty days prior to a hearing
before the adult parole authority regarding a grant of parole to
the inmate in relation to any prison term or term of imprisonment
the inmate is serving for any offense, notice of the fact that the
inmate might be under consideration for a pardon or commutation of
sentence or will be having a hearing regarding a possible grant of
parole, of the date of any hearing regarding a possible grant of
parole, and of the right of any person to submit a written
statement regarding the pending action;
(iv) At least three weeks sixty days before the inmate is
transferred to transitional control under section 2967.26 of the
Revised Code in relation to any prison term or term of
imprisonment the inmate is serving for any offense, notice of the
pendency of the transfer, of the date of the possible transfer,
and of the right of any person to submit a statement regarding the
possible transfer;
(v) Prompt notice of the inmate's escape from any facility in
which the inmate was incarcerated and of the capture of the inmate
after an escape;
(vi) Notice of the inmate's death while in confinement;
(vii) Prior to the release of the inmate from confinement,
notice of the fact that the inmate will be released, of the date
of the release, and, if applicable, of the standard terms and
conditions of the release;
(viii) Notice of the inmate's judicial release.
(2) Information as to where a person can send written
statements of the types referred to in divisions (A)(1)(c)(i),
(iii), and (iv) of this section.
(B)(1) The department shall update the database required
under division (A) of this section every twenty-four hours to
ensure that the information it contains is accurate and current.
(2) The database required under division (A) of this section
is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the
Revised Code. The department shall make the database searchable by
inmate name and by the county and zip code where the offender
intends to reside after release from a state correctional
institution if this information is known to the department.
(3) The database required under division (A) of this section
may contain information regarding inmates who are listed in the
database in addition to the information described in that
division.
(4) No information included on the database required under
division (A) of this section shall identify or enable the
identification of any victim of any offense committed by an
inmate.
(C) For ten years after the final discharge of an inmate who
was imprisoned for the commission of an offense of violence that
is a felony of the first, second, or third degree, the department
shall keep on the database required under division (A) of this
section all the information that it is required to include on the
database relative to the inmate.
(D) The failure of the department to comply with the
requirements of division (A) or (B) of this section does not give
any rights or any grounds for appeal or post-conviction relief to
any inmate.
(D)(E) This section, and the related provisions of sections
2929.20, 2967.03, 2967.12, and 2967.26 of the Revised Code enacted
in the act in which this section was enacted, shall be known as
"Laura's Law."
Sec. 5149.07. The department of rehabilitation and
correction shall maintain central files and records pertaining to
the work of the adult parole authority, and shall coordinate the
department's record-keeping with that of the adult parole
authority. Additionally, the department shall not later than the
first Monday of January of odd-numbered years prepare and submit
to the governor for his the governor's approval and signature a
written report showing each case of pardon, commutation, or
reprieve granted during the preceding biennium, stating the name
and crime of the convict or prisoner, the sentence, its date, and
the date of the clemency action, together with the reasons listed
therefor in the governor's clemency record. The report shall
conform to the requirements of Section 11 of Article III, Ohio
Constitution.
The department shall conduct research relative to the
functioning of clemency, probation, and parole as part of the
adult corrections program in this state, which research shall be
designed to yield information upon which the division of parole
and community services, the department of rehabilitation and
correction, the governor, and the general assembly can base policy
decisions.
At the end of each quarter, the department shall submit to
the chairpersons of the committees of the senate and the house of
representatives that consider criminal justice legislation a
report on the number and results of parole hearings conducted
during the quarter and a list of persons incarcerated for
committing offenses of violence who were granted parole and a
summary of the terms and conditions of their parole. The
department shall provide the committees with any documentation
related to the reports that members of the committees may request.
Upon request, the department shall provide a detailed
statement, supported by documentation, of the reasons why a
particular prisoner was granted parole to the law enforcement
agency that arrested the prisoner, the prosecuting attorney who
prosecuted the case, or any person who is a member of the general
assembly at the time the person makes the request.
Sec. 5149.10. (A) The parole board shall consist of up to
twelve members, one of whom shall be designated as chairperson by
the director of the department of rehabilitation and correction
and who shall continue as chairperson until a successor is
designated, and any other personnel that are necessary for the
orderly performance of the duties of the board. In addition to the
rules authorized by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code, the chief
of the adult parole authority, subject to the approval of the
chief of the division of parole and community services and subject
to this section, shall adopt rules governing the proceedings of
the parole board. The rules shall provide for the convening of
full board hearings, the procedures to be followed in full board
hearings, and general procedures to be followed in other hearings
of the board and by the board's hearing officers. The rules shall
prohibit the board from considering sentences in effect on and
after July 1, 1996, in making determinations relative to the
release of an inmate who is imprisoned for an offense committed
before July 1, 1996. The rules also shall require agreement by a
majority of all the board members to any recommendation of
clemency transmitted to the governor.
When the board members sit as a full board, the chairperson
shall preside. The chairperson shall also allocate the work of the
parole board among the board members. The full board shall meet at
least once each month. In the case of a tie vote on the full
board, the chief of the adult parole authority shall cast the
deciding vote. The chairperson may designate a person to serve in
the chairperson's place.
Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section,
no person shall be appointed a member of the board who is not
qualified by education or experience in correctional work,
including law enforcement, prosecution of offenses, advocating for
the rights of victims of crime, probation, or parole, in law, in
social work, or in a combination of the three categories.
(B) The director of rehabilitation and correction, in
consultation with the governor, shall appoint one member of the
board, who shall be a person who has been a victim of crime or who
is a member of a victim's family or who represents an organization
that advocates for the rights of victims of crime. After
appointment, this member shall be an unclassified employee of the
department of rehabilitation and correction.
The initial appointment shall be for a term ending four years
after July 1, 1996. Thereafter, the term of office of the member
appointed under this division shall be for four years, with each
term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that
it succeeds. The member shall hold office from the date of
appointment until the end of the term for which the member was
appointed and may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the
manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed
under this division to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the
expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was
appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that
term. The member appointed under this division shall continue in
office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term
until the member's successor takes office or until a period of
sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
The member appointed under this division shall be compensated
in the same manner as other board members and shall be reimbursed
for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
the members' member's duties. The member may vote on all cases
heard by the full board under section 5149.101 of the Revised
Code, has such duties as are assigned by the chairperson of the
board, and shall coordinate the member's activities with the
office of victims' services created under section 5120.60 of the
Revised Code.
As used in this division, "crime," "member of the victim's
family," and "victim" have the meanings given in section 2930.01
of the Revised Code.
(C) The chairperson shall submit all recommendations for or
against clemency directly to the governor.
(D) The chairperson shall transmit to the chief of the adult
parole authority all determinations for or against parole made by
the board. Parole determinations are final and are not subject to
review or change by the chief.
(E) In addition to its duties pertaining to parole and
clemency, if an offender is sentenced to a prison term pursuant to
division (A)(3), (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c),
or (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised
Code, the parole board shall have control over the offender's
service of the prison term during the entire term unless the board
terminates its control in accordance with section 2971.04 of the
Revised Code. The parole board may terminate its control over the
offender's service of the prison term only in accordance with
section 2971.04 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 5149.101. (A)(1) A board hearing officer, a board
member, or the office of victims' services may petition the board
for a full board hearing that relates to the proposed parole or
re-parole of a prisoner. At a meeting of the board at which a
majority of board members are present, the majority of those
present shall determine whether a full board hearing shall be
held.
(2) A victim of a violation of section 2903.01 or 2903.02 of
the Revised Code an offense of violence that is a felony of the
first, second, or third degree, the victim's representative, or
any person described in division (B)(5) of this section may
request the board hold a full board hearing that relates to the
proposed parole or re-parole of the person that committed the
violation. If a victim, victim's representative, or other person
requests a full board hearing pursuant to this division, the board
shall hold a full board hearing.
At least thirty days before the full hearing, the board shall
send notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing by
ordinary mail to the victim, the victim's family, the prosecuting
attorney in the case, and the law enforcement agency that arrested
the prisoner. The authority shall send the notice to the victim
and the victim's family to addresses previously provided by them.
If the victim or victim's family has not provided an address, the
authority shall attempt to identify a mailing address for the
victim or victim's family and send notice to that address. This
paragraph, and the notice-related provisions of divisions (E)(2)
and (K) of section 2929.20, division (D)(1) of section 2930.16,
division (H) of section 2967.12, division (A)(3)(b) of section
2967.26, and division (D)(1) of section 2967.28 of the Revised
Code enacted in the act in which this paragraph was enacted, shall
be known as "Roberta's Law."
(B) At a full board hearing that relates to the proposed
parole or re-parole of a prisoner and that has been petitioned for
or requested in accordance with division (A) of this section, the
parole board shall permit the following persons to appear and to
give testimony or to submit written statements:
(1) The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the
original indictment against the prisoner was found and members of
any law enforcement agency that assisted in the prosecution of the
original offense;
(2) The judge of the court of common pleas who imposed the
original sentence of incarceration upon the prisoner, or the
judge's successor;
(3) The victim of the original offense for which the prisoner
is serving the sentence or the victim's representative designated
pursuant to section 2930.02 of the Revised Code:;
(4) The victim of any behavior that resulted in parole being
revoked;
(5) With respect to a full board hearing held pursuant to
division (A)(2) of this section, all of the following:
(a) The spouse of the victim of the original offense;
(b) The parent or parents of the victim of the original
offense;
(c) The sibling of the victim of the original offense;
(d) The child or children of the victim of the original
offense.
(6) Counsel or some other person designated by the prisoner
as a representative, as described in division (C) of this section.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, a full
board hearing of the parole board is not subject to section 121.22
of the Revised Code. The persons who may attend a full board
hearing are the persons described in divisions (B)(1) to (6) of
this section, and representatives of the press, radio and
television stations, and broadcasting networks who are members of
a generally recognized professional media organization.
At the request of a person described in division (B)(3) of
this section, representatives of the news media described in this
division shall be excluded from the hearing while that person is
giving testimony at the hearing. The prisoner being considered for
parole has no right to be present at the hearing, but may be
represented by counsel or some other person designated by the
prisoner.
If there is an objection at a full board hearing to a
recommendation for the parole of a prisoner, the board may approve
or disapprove the recommendation or defer its decision until a
subsequent full board hearing. The board may permit interested
persons other than those listed in this division and division (B)
of this section to attend full board hearings pursuant to rules
adopted by the adult parole authority.
(D) If the victim of the original offense died as a result of
the offense and the offense was an offense of violence that is a
felony of the first, second, or third degree, the family of the
victim may show at a full board hearing a video recording not
exceeding five minutes in length memorializing the victim.
(E) The adult parole authority shall adopt rules for the
implementation of this section. The rules shall specify reasonable
restrictions on the number of media representatives that may
attend a hearing, based on considerations of space, and other
procedures designed to accomplish an effective, orderly process
for full board hearings.
Section 2. That existing sections 2152.86, 2903.03, 2929.20,
2930.03, 2930.06, 2930.16, 2950.01, 2967.03, 2967.12, 2967.121,
2967.26, 2967.28, 5120.66, 5149.07, 5149.10, and 5149.101 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section 2929.20 of the Revised Code is presented
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am.
Sub. H.B. 130 and Sub. S.B. 108 of the 127th General Assembly. The
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in
this act.
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