· May 9, 2013

Legislation: Ohio House Bill 130 – Human Trafficking

Bill: House Bill 130 (full text, official bill analysis) Title: Human Tafficking Sponsors: Representative Fedor Co-Sponsors: Representatives Antonio, Ashford, Barborak, Barnes, Bishoff, Boose, Boyce, Boyd, Brown, Buchy, Budish, Carney, Celebrezze, Cera, Clyde, Curtin, Derickson, Dovilla, Driehaus, Foley, Gerberry, Green, Hagan, R., Hall, Heard, Henne, Letson, Lundy, Maag, Mallory, Milkovich, O’Brien, Patmon, Patterson, Pelanda, Phillips, Pillich, Ramos, Redfern, Reece, Rogers, Schuring, Slesnick, Stautberg, Stebelton, Stinziano, Strahorn, Sykes, Szollosi, Terhar, Williams, Winburn Bill Analysis:  The bill allows a Juvenile Court to appoint a guardian ad litem for a child who is a victim or a witness of human trafficking.  Prohibits the placement of a child who is in temporary custody with a parent if the parents has been convicted of ” promoting prostitution, compelling prostitution, or trafficking in persons, or a substantially equivalent offense.”  It also extends the period within which a prosecution for human trafficking must start, expanding it from six years to twenty years. It also makes other changes to protect victims of human trafficking, including provisions such as allowing the victims to testify via closed circuit television. Status: Introduced in the House April 16,2013.  Passed in the House on June 26, 2013.  Passed in the Senate on June 3, 2014. Signed by the Governor on June 20, 2014.

House 6/26/13
Yea (Pro-Women): 97
Adams J.	Adams R.	Amstutz	Anielski
Antonio	Ashford	Baker	Barborak
Barnes	Beck	Becker	Bishoff
Blair	Blessing	Boose	Boyce
Brenner	Brown	Buchy	Budish
Burkley	Butler	Carney	Celebrezze
Cera	Clyde	Conditt	Curtin
Damschroder	DeVitis	Derickson	Dovilla
Driehaus	Duffey	Fedor	Foley
Gerberry	Gonzales	Green	Grossman
Hackett	Hagan, C.	Hagan, R.	Hall
Hayes	Heard	Henne	Hill
Hood	Hottinger	Huffman	Johnson
Kunze	Landis	Letson	Lundy
Lynch	Maag	Mallory	McClain
McGregor	Milkovich	O’Brien	Patmon
Patterson	Pelanda	Perales	Phillips
Pillich	Ramos	Redfern	Reece
Retherford	Roegner	Rogers	Romanchuk
Rosenberger	Ruhl	Scherer	Sears
Sheehy	Slaby	Slesnick	Smith
Sprague	Stautberg	Stebelton	Stinziano
Strahorn	Sykes	Terhar	Thompson
Wachtmann	Williams	Winburn	Young
Batchelder

 

Senate  6/3/2014
Yeas (Pro-Women): 33
Bacon	Balderson	Beagle	Brown
Burke	Cafaro	Coley	Eklund
Gardner	Gentile	Hite	Hughes
Jones	Jordan	Kearney	LaRose
Lehner	Manning	Obhof	Oelslager
Patton	Peterson	Sawyer	Schaffer
Schiavoni	Seitz	Skindell	Smith
Taveres	Turner	Uecker	Widener
Faber