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Senate Judiciary Committee holds first hearing on bill to revise Ohio child-enticing statute
Summary
Representatives Williams and Brennan testified in support of House Bill 168, saying it narrows Ohio Revised Code 2905.05(a) to require an unlawful purpose or wrongful motivation for child enticement, restoring an enforceable deterrent while aiming to avoid unconstitutional overbreadth.
Representatives Williams and Brennan testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the first hearing on House Bill 168, which would revise Ohio's child-enticement statute to conform to constitutional limits identified by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Proponents told the committee the 2014 Ramage decision left the existing Ohio Revised Code 2905.05(a) overly broad and difficult to enforce. Representative Williams said the statute “prohibited too…
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