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House Judiciary Committee advances technical amendment to HB 5 as ACLU and Buckeye Firearms debate prison impact and record sealing
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee approved a technical amendment to amended House Bill 5 during a hearing that featured interested-party testimony from the ACLU of Ohio and the Buckeye Firearms Association debating the bill’s likely effects on prison populations and its record-sealing provisions.
The Ohio House Judiciary Committee approved a technical amendment to amended House Bill 5 and heard interested-party testimony about the bill’s potential effects on prison capacity and on record-sealing procedures.
The committee adopted the amendment without objection after Representative Williams moved that “House Bill 5 be amended with amendment number 0488,” and the chair said the amendment “shall become part of the bill.”
The bill drew interested-party testimony from Gary Daniels, representing the ACLU of Ohio, and Rob Sexton, legislative affairs director for the Buckeye Firearms Association, who took opposing views on how the bill balances tougher penalties and relief for low-level offenders.
Daniels told the committee the ACLU’s concerns focused on two topics: prison population impacts and changes to record sealing. He warned that “this legislation increases gun…
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