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Committee adopts amendment to let halfway houses help residents obtain state IDs before release
Summary
The Senate Addiction and Community Revitalization Committee heard proponent testimony on House Bill 393 to allow community-based correctional facilities to help residents get state identification and, by unanimous consent, adopted Amendment 1679 to extend the program to licensed halfway houses.
The Senate Addiction and Community Revitalization Committee on a procedural vote adopted an amendment to House Bill 393 that would let community-based correctional facilities and licensed halfway houses assist residents in obtaining state-issued identification before they return to the community.
At a proponent-only hearing, several witnesses told the panel the change would remove a practical barrier to reentry. "Having valid identification upon release from incarceration is essential for successful reentry into the community," said Dominique Page, executive director of the Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility and a trustee of CORGES, Inc., which represents publicly operated CBCFs in Ohio. Page said a state ID is required for employment, housing, banking and accessing social services and estimated that roughly "70% of…
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