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Sponsor proposes online access and offense expansion for violent‑offender database under SB357
Senate Judiciary Committee · March 11, 2026
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Summary
Sen. Gavirone said SB357 would make the state violent‑offender database publicly accessible online and add second‑degree felony strangulation to reportable offenses; sponsors argued increased access improves public safety.
Senate Bill 357 would expand access to Ohio’s violent‑offender database established under Sierra’s Law and add offenses requiring registration, sponsor testimony said.
Senator Gavirone told the committee the database created after Sierra Jagan’s 2016 murder is currently only viewable at a local sheriff’s office; SB357…
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