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DIGEST OF ENACTMENTS 2014 130th General Assembly (2013-2014) Ohio Legislative Service Commission Columbus, Ohio April 2015 DIGEST OF ENACTMENTS 2014 130th General Assembly (2013-2014) Ohio Legislative Service Commission House of Representatives Members Clifford A. Rosenberger, Speaker of the House, Chair Ron Amstutz Jim Buchy Nicholas J. Celebrezze Mike Dovilla Barbara R. Sears Fred Strahorn Senate Members Keith Faber, President of the Senate, Vice-Chair Edna Brown Cliff Hite Larry Obhof Thomas F. Patton Joe Schiavoni Chris Widener Director Mark Flanders April 2015 INTRODUCTION The Digest of Enactments 2014 summarizes legislation passed by the General Assembly during 2014, including 57 Senate bills, 79 House bills, Am. S.J.R. 6, and Am. Sub. H.J.R. 12. The summaries in this publication are condensed versions of the final analyses prepared by the Legislative Service Commission for the General Assembly. Readers may obtain the full final analyses from the General Assembly's website at http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us. The Digest of Enactments 2014 may be accessed via the Web at www.lsc.ohio.gov, by following the Publications link. A paper copy may be purchased for $6; items to be mailed require an additional $1 for postage. Address orders to: DIGEST OF ENACTMENTS Legislative Service Commission Library Vern Riffe Center 77 S. High Street, 9th Floor Columbus, OH 43215-6136 Please enclose a check or money order in the proper amount payable to the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Persons or groups may reproduce all or any portion of the contents of this Digest in any format. The Commission claims no copyright or other basis requiring consent to replicate any portion of this publication, but requests that the Director be informed of any republication involving a public distribution and that the Commission be identified as the source of the material. The Digest of Enactments 2014 does not purport to represent the details of each enactment. Persons interested in the detail of an enactment may secure a copy of the enrolled act by selecting the 130th General Assembly link under Find Acts on the General Assembly's website (http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us). Copies of the signed act may be obtained by selecting the 130th General Assembly link from the Ohio Secretary of State's website: www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/historicaldocuments/LawsofOhio/historical.aspx. Introduction 2014 Digest of Enactments Disclaimer Because of Ohio Supreme Court interpretations, effective dates published in the Digest of Enactments are not authoritative and users of the Digest rely on them at their own risk. The effective dates have been unofficially and undefinitively determined by the LSC staff solely for the convenience of users. ii LSC 2014 Digest of Enactments TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT ENACTMENT PAGE Introduction .................................................................................................................................. i Agriculture Agricultural pollution; fertilizer ............................................. S.B. 150 1 Invasive plants ........................................................................... S.B. 192 5 Appropriations Mid-biennium review of state budget and state policies and programs ....................................................................... H.B. 483 7 Capital appropriations and reappropriations ....................... H.B. 497 49 Commerce Sale and distribution of hearing aids ..................................... H.B. 109 51 Alternative nicotine product restrictions............................... H.B. 144 51 Statutory agents ......................................................................... S.B. 98 52 Motor vehicle dealer licensing: not to manufacturers; exception for all-electric vehicles ...................................... S.B. 260 52 See also: H.B. 131, p. 147; H.B. 318, p. 169; H.B. 430, p. 202; H.B. 493, p. 132; S.B. 78, p. 136; S.B. 274, p. 183 Constitutional Amendments General Assembly redistricting .............................................. H.J.R. 12 55 Public infrastructure capital improvements bond authorization ........................................................................ S.J.R. 6 57 LSC iii Table of Contents 2014 Digest of Enactments Courts Appointment and powers of receiver; natural gas and petroleum leases; Study Committee on Receivership Laws ...................................................................................... H.B. 9 59 Court of Claims commissioners; disqualification of judges; filling of judicial vacancies ................................... H.B. 261 61 Court interpreters; protection orders and consent agreements ........................................................................... H.B. 309 62 Civil commitment and treatment of mentally ill persons .................................................................................. S.B. 43 63 Protection of companion animals under protection orders; filing fees for domestic relations proceedings .......................................................................... S.B. 177 65 See also: H.B. 123, p. 146; H.B. 129, p. 67; H.B. 130, p. 68; H.B. 213, p. 209; H.B. 247, p. 149; H.B. 290, p. 93; H.B. 320, p. 153; H.B. 663, p. 76; S.B. 207, p. 211; S.B. 250, p. 213; S.B. 361, p. 83 Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement Application of menacing, stalking, and protection orders .................................................................................... H.B. 129 67 Human trafficking .................................................................... H.B. 130 68 Concealed handgun licenses; suppressors while hunting ................................................................................. H.B. 234 72 Confidentiality and other protections regarding involvement in execution by lethal injection; capital cases ...................................................................................... H.B. 663 76 Criminal and juvenile delinquency records; sentencing and detention; nonpayment of costs or fines; Ex-offender Reentry Coalition .......................................... S.B. 143 78 Time frame for DNA analysis of rape kits ............................ S.B. 316 82 Requisite degrees of culpability; future acts creating crimes specify degree of culpability ................................. S.B. 361 83 See also: H.B. 144, p. 51; H.B. 366, p. 155; H.B. 394, p. 156; H.B. 488, p. 221; S.B. 106, p. 178; S.B. 141, p. 143; S.B. 177, p. 65; S.B. 207, p. 211; S.B. 276, p. 163 iv LSC 2014 Digest of Enactments Table of Contents Economic Development Career exploration internship grant program ...................... H.B. 107 85 Sunset of alternative joint economic development zones (JEDZs); renaming of municipal-only JEDZs ...... H.B. 289 85 Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Technology Committee ...... H.B. 292 86 Compliance incentive programs; federal submission of state plans; workforce development programs; Medicaid Reserve Fund ..................................................... H.B. 486 87 See also: H.B. 218, p. 243; H.B. 319, p. 259; S.B. 69, p. 120; S.B. 243, p. 257 Education Released time religious instruction ........................................ H.B. 171 91 School safety drills; seclusion or restraint or students; Cleveland Scholarship Program; reimbursement for certain merging school districts ........................................ H.B. 178 91 Public use of school district premises; limitation of claims arising out of skilled nursing care or personal care services; advertising use of nursing home inspection results; continued operation of courts in emergency ............................................................................ H.B. 290 93 Straight A Program grants ....................................................... H.B. 342 94 Designation of STEM school equivalents; teacher evaluations ........................................................................... H.B. 362 95 Primary and secondary education revisions; controlled substances regulations .................................... H.B. 367 96 Online education and career planning tool ........................... H.B. 393 100 2013-2014 calamity day relief .................................................. H.B. 416 101 Higher education mid-biennium review ............................... H.B. 484 102 Primary and secondary education mid-biennium review, including College Credit Plus program, high school graduation assessments, and concussions sustained by athletes ............................................................................ H.B. 487 103 Course and Program Sharing Network ................................. S.B. 69 120 See also: H.B. 10, p. 227; H.B. 107, p. 85; H.B. 264, p. 150; H.B. 296, p. 151; H.B. 449, p. 221; S.B. 3, p. 243; S.B. 42, p. 231 LSC v Table of Contents 2014 Digest of Enactments Elections Absent voter's ballots ............................................................... S.B. 205 121 Provisional ballots; absent voter's ballots; election administration ..................................................................... S.B. 216 122 Days for absent voting ............................................................. S.B. 238 125 See also: H.J.R. 12, p. 55 Employment, Labor, and Professional Regulation Certified hyperbaric technologists ......................................... H.B. 165 127 Professional engineers and surveyors ................................... H.B. 202 127 Counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists .........................................................