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Sponsors seek to rewrite Ohio child‑enticement statute to meet Ohio Supreme Court standards
Summary
Representatives Williams and Brennan presented House Bill 168 to redefine child enticement under ORC 2905.05, requiring unlawful purpose or illicit motivation to restore an enforceable enticement offense after the Ohio Supreme Court found the prior statute overbroad.
Representatives Williams and Brennan told the House Judiciary Committee that House Bill 168 would revise Ohio's child enticement law, ORC 2905.05, to address a 2014 Ohio Supreme Court ruling that found the prior statute overbroad.
"In 02/2014, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that our state's child enticement laws were overly broad unconstitutional," Representative Williams said, describing the court's concern that the statute could criminalize constitutionally protected activity. The sponsors said the bill…
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