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Bill would require recordings of Ohio parole board hearings; sponsors cite transparency and low cost
Summary
Representative Humphrey and a joint sponsor presented House Bill 31 to the committee, proposing that full parole-board hearings be electronically recorded and made accessible as public records while other parole-related hearings remain recorded but with restricted access.
Representative Humphrey and a joint sponsor presented House Bill 31 to the House Government Oversight Committee, proposing that full parole-board hearings be electronically recorded and treated as public records under Ohio law while other parole-related hearings remain recorded but with restricted access.
The bill requires the Ohio Parole Board's full hearings to be recorded; victims, the subject of the hearing, their attorney and the prosecuting attorney could request access. Sponsors said recordings for institutional parole board hearings, revocation hearings and other non-full-board hearings would be recorded but access limited to entitled parties. Proponents described the change as a transparency measure designed to document decisions that affect…
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