Erin Ryan · December 11, 2015

Legislation: Ohio Senate Bill 222 – Address Confidentiality (Victims and Survivors)

Bill: Senate Bill 222 (full text) Title: Address Confidentiality Program for Victims and Survivors Sponsors: Senators Lehner and Williams Co-Sponsors: Senators Jones, Tavares, Yuko, and Brown Bill Analysis: This bill would create an address confidentiality program for victims of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, rape, and sexual battery.  The program establishes an alternate mailing address with the Secretary of state that participants can use for government transactions to shield their home address and other personal identifying information from the public record where it could be available to abusers. The Secretary of State’s office would serve as the intermediary for election-related correspondence and facilitate voting for the participants. Status: Introduced in the Senate on October 7, 2015. Referred to the State and Local Government Senate Committee on October 14, 2015.  Committee Hearing on December 1, 2015.