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Sponsors seek to clarify Ohio child-enticement law after Ohio Supreme Court ruling
Summary
Representatives Williams and Brennan presented House Bill 168 to narrow Ohio’s child-enticement statute to require unlawful purpose or illicit motivation, aiming to bring ORC 2905.05 into constitutional compliance after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the previous statute overbroad.
Representatives Williams and Brennan told the House Judiciary Committee that House Bill 168 would amend Ohio Revised Code 2905.05 to require that an alleged enticer act with an unlawful purpose or sexually-motivated purpose to commit criminal child enticement, addressing the Ohio Supreme Court’s 2014 ruling that the prior statute was overbroad.
Sponsors said the change restores an enforceable child-enticement offense while protecting constitutionally protected, innocuous interactions by clarifying that criminal liability requires unlawful purpose or sexual motivation.
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