Ohio House Bill 297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-10-16 - To Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

To enact sections 9.131, 4113.80, 4113.81, 5321.171, 5321.172, 5321.173, 5321.174, and 5321.175 of the Revised Code to allow an employee who is a victim of domestic violence to take unpaid leave for purposes relating to the incident of domestic violence; to allow an employee who is a victim of domestic violence to file a civil action against that employee's employer if the employer terminates the employee's employment as a result of the employee taking unpaid leave for purposes relating to the incident of domestic violence; to allow a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence to terminate a rental agreement or have the tenant's name removed from the rental agreement under certain circumstances; to require a landlord of a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence or menacing by stalking to change the lock to the dwelling unit where the tenant resides under certain circumstances; to require a metropolitan housing authority to transfer a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence or menacing by stalking if the tenant requests such a transfer and provides the metropolitan housing authority with certain specified information; and to prohibit a county, municipal corporation, township, or law enforcement agency of such a political subdivision from charging any victim of domestic violence a fee for assisting the victim.

To allow an employee who is a victim of domestic violence to take unpaid leave for purposes relating to the incident of domestic violence; to allow an employee who is a victim of domestic violence to file a civil action against that employee's employer if the employer terminates the employee's employment as a result of the employee taking unpaid leave for purposes relating to the incident of domestic violence; to allow a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence to terminate a rental agreement or have the tenant's name removed from the rental agreement under certain circumstances; to require a landlord of a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence or menacing by stalking to change the lock to the dwelling unit where the tenant resides under certain circumstances; to require a metropolitan housing authority to transfer a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence or menacing by stalking if the tenant requests such a transfer and provides the metropolitan housing authority with certain specified information; and to prohibit a county, municipal corporation, township, or law enforcement agency of such a political subdivision from charging any victim of domestic violence a fee for assisting the victim.

Rep. Anne Gonzales [R]	Rep. Denise Driehaus [D]	Rep. Michael Stinziano [D]	Rep. Zack Milkovich [D]
Rep. Dorothy Pelanda [R]	Sen. Teresa Fedor [D]	Rep. Nan Baker [R]	Rep. Marilyn Slaby [R]
Rep. Daniel Ramos [D]	Rep. Robert Hagan [D]	Sen. Nickie Antonio [D]	Rep. Michael Sheehy [D]
Rep. Dale Mallory [D]	Rep. Margaret Ruhl [R]	Rep. Alicia Reece [D]	Sen. Kristina Roegner [R]
Rep. Christina Hagan [R]	Rep. Barbara Sears [R]	Rep. Connie Pillich [D]	Rep. Ronald Gerberry [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-16		To Judiciary
2013-10-16		Introduced to House

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41			New Code	See Bill Text
41	13		New Code	See Bill Text
41	13	80	New Code	See Bill Text
41	13	81	New Code	See Bill Text
53			New Code	See Bill Text
53	21		New Code	See Bill Text
53	21	171	New Code	See Bill Text
53	21	172	New Code	See Bill Text
53	21	173	New Code	See Bill Text
53	21	174	New Code	See Bill Text
53	21	175	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=130_HB_297
Text	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText130/130_HB_297_I_Y.html