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Ohio Sub.S.B. 87, 127th General Assembly - Emergency Alert Program
Introduced by Senator Carey (R), District 17; Co-Sponsors: Sens. D. Miller, Mumper, Padgett, Clancy, Boccieri, Schaffer,
Schuler, Mason, Cafaro, Austria, Fedor, Gardner, Goodman, Grendell, Harris, Niehaus, Roberts, Sawyer, Spada, and Stivers
To amend sections 2901.30 and 2901.42 and to enact section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to create the statewide emergency
alert program to aid in the identification and location of missing individuals who have a mental impairment or are sixty-five
years of age or older and to establish activation criteria for the implementation of the program and to make changes in the
Missing Persons Law relating to missing persons between the ages of 18 and 21 and missing children under age 18.
Passed by the Senate on November 14, 2007. The Ohio House now begins debate on the bill and will pass its own budget before the two chambers present a version for Gov.
Ted Strickland to sign.
Passed by the House on March 11, 2008. The bill will now be passed on to Conference Committee, and once concurrence is achieved, the bill will be presented to Gov.
Ted Strickland to sign.
Signed into law by Gov. Ted Strickland on March 21, 2008. Bill will be effective June 20, 2008. View bill as signed into law.
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Ohio H.B. 181, 127th General Assembly -Student Records of Children Reported Missing and Alternative Placement Caregivers Presenting Evidence at Certain Hearings
Introduced by Rep. Arlene Setzer (R), District 36; Co-Spopnsors: Reps. Stebelton, Evans, Healy, Combs, Yuko, Harwood, Huffman,
Collier, Webster, Brown, Patton, Williams, B., Lundy, Dyer, Heard, Barrett, Boyd, Budish, Chandler, DeBose, Distel, Domenick,
Driehaus, Fende, Flowers, Foley, Garrison, Gibbs, Hagan, J., Hagan, R., Hite, Letson, Luckie, Mallory, Miller, Oelslager,
Okey, Otterman, Schindel, Schlichter, Schneider, Strahorn, Szollosi, Uecker, Wagoner, Williams, S., Zehringer
Allows a law enforcement agency that takes a missing child report to notify the public or nonpublic school in which the missing
child is or was most recently enrolled that the child is the subject of a missing child report and that the child's school
records are to be marked.
Requires each public and nonpublic school to mark the records of a pupil currently or previously enrolled in the school when
the school receives notice from a law enforcement agency that the pupil has been reported to be a missing child and to notify
that law enforcement agency whenever it receives a request for a copy of or information regarding that pupil's records.
Requires a law enforcement agency that took a missing child report and receives notice that the missing child has returned
to the home of, or to the care, custody, and control of the child's caregiver, has been released if the missing child was
the victim of a specified offense, or otherwise has been located to promptly inform any school that was notified under the
bill's provisions that the minor no longer is a missing child.
Specifies that cooperation among law enforcement agencies in missing children cases will be in accordance with agreements
the law enforcement agencies have with each other.
Specifies that law enforcement agencies assisting other agencies in missing children cases and the employees of the assisting
agencies when outside of their employing political subdivisions are covered under the Sovereign Immunity Law, and that the
employees of the assisting agencies when outside of their employing political subdivision are covered by any indemnity fund
established by their employer and by the Workers' Compensation Law.
In any review hearing that pertains to a permanency plan for a child who will not be returned to the parent, requires the
court to consider in-state and out-of-state placement options and requires the court or a court-appointed citizens board to
consult in an age-appropriate manner with the child regarding the permanency plan.
For certain reviews or hearings regarding foster care placement of a child, custody of a child with a relative other than
a parent, or adoption of a child, specifies that the foster caregiver, relative, or prospective adoptive parent has the right
to (rather than may) present evidence.
** This bill also contains a section regarding additional court costs for moving violations to provide additional funding
for certain drug task forces and alcohol monitoring costs for indigent offenders.**
Passed by the House on September 11, 2007. The Ohio Senate now begins debate on the bill and will pass its own budget before the two chambers present a version for
Gov. Ted Strickland to sign.
Passed by the Senate on December 11, 2007. The bill will now be passed on to Conference Committee, and once concurrence is achieved, the bill will be presented to Gov.
Ted Strickland to sign.
Signed into law by Gov. Ted Strickland on June 12, 2008. Bill will be effective September 12, 2008. View bill as signed into law.
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