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Sponsors seek 14-foot buffer around emergency scenes in first hearing on House Bill 20
Summary
Sponsors of House Bill 20 told the Ohio House Public Safety Committee the bill would create a 14‑foot “halo” around emergency scenes to give first responders space to work; members questioned legal overlap with existing obstruction statutes, penalty levels and enforcement details.
Representatives Thomas Hall and Philip Plummer, sponsors of House Bill 20, told the Ohio House Public Safety Committee on March 5 that the bill would create a 14‑foot buffer around emergency scenes to help police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel carry out life‑saving tasks.
The sponsors said the proposal is intended to give first responders “space to do our jobs” when there is no time to set up physical barriers. Representative Thomas Hall said the bill “is simply providing the first responders the ability and opportunity to do their jobs more effectively and remain focused on the incident at hand.” Representative Philip Plummer told the committee the bill is “very simple…
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