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Rep. Hicks-Hudson’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Signed into Law
Democratic priority
legislation HB 1 will expand access to drug treatments and
allow more opportunities for a fresh start
State Rep. Paula
Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) last week announced that House Bill
(HB) 1, her criminal justice reform legislation to modify
the requirements for intervention in lieu of conviction and
for sealing criminal records, was signed into law by
Governor DeWine.
“Signing HB 1 into law shows
Ohioans that we take care of our citizens by emphasizing
rehabilitation over punishment. When this law becomes
effective, it will be a game changer for many Ohioans who
have not been able to live the American dream here in Ohio,”
Rep. Hicks-Hudson.
This legislation will:
• Broaden the scope of continuing law intervention in lieu
of conviction (ILC) by requiring an eligibility hearing on
an application for intervention in any case in which the
offender alleges that drug or alcohol usage was a factor
leading to the underlying offense;
• Broaden the application of
continuing law conviction record sealing by removing the
cap, currently based on total felony convictions, on
eligibility for fourth or fifth degree felony and
misdemeanor offenses, and by raising the caps on restricted
felony and misdemeanor offenses;
• Modify the time at which
an offender may apply to have a conviction record sealed;
• Ban the shackling of pregnant prisoners;
• Expand the duties of the
Criminal Sentencing Commission to gather certain data;
• Modify the use of prison as a sanction for violating
community control.
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