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Committee narrows Senate Bill 295 after debate over competency-restoration timelines
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee amended Senate Bill 295 to cut a proposed five-year competency-restoration retention period to three years and voted to report the bill favorably after witness testimony from the Ohio Office of the Public Defender raised due-process concerns.
The Ohio House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 20 amended and favorably reported Senate Bill 295 after hours of testimony and questions about how long the state may retain jurisdiction over defendants found incompetent to stand trial.
Zach Miller of the Ohio Office of the Public Defender told the committee he supports portions of SB 295 that address reporting and tolling failures between hospitals and courts but opposed extending the competency-restoration timeline. "This bill would allow the government to hold a person who is…
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