Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 497 – 132nd General Assembly As used in sections 2907.01 to 2907.38 and 2917.211 of the Revised Code: (A) “Sexual conduct” means vaginal intercourse between a male and female; anal intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus between persons regardless of sex; and, without privilege to do so, the insertion, […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 256 – 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another who is not the spouse of the offender or who is the spouse of the offender but is living separate and apart from the offender, when any of the following applies: (a) […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201 – 132nd General Assembly (A) No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another, not the spouse of the offender, when any of the following apply: (1) The offender knowingly coerces the other person to submit by any means that would prevent resistance by a person […]
Effective: October 17, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 442 – 123rd General Assembly (A) No person who is eighteen years of age or older shall engage in sexual conduct with another, who is not the spouse of the offender, when the offender knows the other person is thirteen years of age or older but less […]
Effective: March 22, 2020 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201, Senate Bill 229 – 132nd General Assembly (A) No person shall have sexual contact with another, not the spouse of the offender; cause another, not the spouse of the offender, to have sexual contact with the offender; or cause two or more other persons to have […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 96 – 132nd General Assembly (A) No person shall have sexual contact with another, not the spouse of the offender; cause another, not the spouse of the offender, to have sexual contact with the offender; or cause two or more other persons to have sexual contact when […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201 – 132nd General Assembly (A) No person shall solicit a person who is less than thirteen years of age to engage in sexual activity with the offender, whether or not the offender knows the age of such person. (B)(1) No person shall solicit another, not the […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 127th General Assembly (A) No person, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying the person’s self, shall commit trespass or otherwise surreptitiously invade the privacy of another, to spy or eavesdrop upon another. (B) No person, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying […]
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 92 – 132nd General Assembly (A) No person shall recklessly do any of the following, under circumstances in which the person’s conduct is likely to be viewed by and affront others who are in the person’s physical proximity and who are not members of the person’s household: […]
Effective: June 24, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 562 – 127th General Assembly (A)(1) A peace officer, prosecutor, or other public official shall not ask or require a victim of an alleged sex offense to submit to a polygraph examination as a condition for proceeding with the investigation of the alleged sex offense. (2) The […]
Effective: September 3, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 445 – 121st General Assembly Upon the request of the victim or offender in a prosecution under any provision of sections 2907.02 to 2907.07 of the Revised Code, the judge before whom any person is brought on a charge of having committed an offense under a provision […]
Effective: January 1, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 490 – 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Public retirement system” means the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state highway patrol retirement system, or a municipal retirement system of a […]
Effective: May 14, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 9 – 124th General Assembly If a mental health professional is indicted or charged and bound over to the court of common pleas for trial for an alleged violation of division (A)(10) of section 2907.03 or division (A)(5) of section 2907.06 of the Revised Code, the prosecuting […]
Effective: May 14, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 9 – 124th General Assembly The failure of the prosecuting attorney to give the notice required by section 2907.17 of the Revised Code does not give rise to a claim for damages against the prosecuting attorney or the county. The failure of the prosecuting attorney to give […]
Effective: May 14, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 9 – 124th General Assembly If a mental health professional is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A)(10) of section 2907.03 or division (A)(5) of section 2907.06 of the Revised Code, the court shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment entry of […]
Effective: June 20, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 130 – 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Advertisement for sexual activity for hire” or “advertisement” means any advertisement or offer in electronic or print media that includes an explicit or implicit offer for sexual activity for hire to occur in this state. […]
Effective: September 13, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 427 – 134th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Compel another to engage in sexual activity for hire; (2) Induce, procure, encourage, solicit, request, or otherwise facilitate either of the following: (a) A minor to engage in sexual activity for […]
Effective: March 12, 2020 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 133rd General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly: (1) Establish, maintain, operate, manage, supervise, control, or have an interest in a brothel or any other enterprise a purpose of which is to facilitate engagement in sexual activity for hire; (2) Supervise, manage, or control the […]
Effective: June 27, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 262 – 129th General Assembly (A) No person, knowingly and for gain, shall do either of the following: (1) Entice or solicit another to patronize a prostitute or brothel; (2) Procure a prostitute for another to patronize, or take or direct another at the other’s request to […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 431 – 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “sexual activity for hire” means an implicit or explicit agreement to provide sexual activity in exchange for anything of value paid to the person engaging in such sexual activity, to any person trafficking that person, or […]
