To amend sections 3501.01, 3503.14, 3503.16, 3503.19, 3503.28, 3505.18, 3505.181, 3505.182, 3505.183, 3509.03, 3509.04, 3509.05, 3509.08, 3511.02, 3511.05, 3511.09, 4507.50, and 4507.52 of the Revised Code to revise the law concerning the identification an elector must provide in order to cast absent voter's ballots, to vote in person at a polling place, or to cast a provisional ballot.

To amend section 3333.31 of the Revised Code to prohibit state institutions of higher education from providing in-state residency status to undocumented aliens.

To amend section 4507.06 of the Revised Code to specify the persons who are not citizens of the United States that are eligible to receive an Ohio driver's license or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, and to amend the version of section 4507.06 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017, to continue the provisions of this act on and after that effective date.  OJJPAC Note:  H.B. 114 is in response to the change in Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles policy. The OBMV no longer prohibits giving Ohio drivers licenses to illegal aliens. 

A BILL

To enact section 2935.034 of the Revised Code relating to the verification of a person's immigration status by a peace officer or law enforcement agency.

H.B. 580 Analysis

A BILL   

To amend sections 2743.02 and 3333.31 and to enact section 3333.311 of the Revised Code to classify as residents of the state for higher education purposes individuals who are not citizens or permanent legal residents of the United States if they meet certain eligibility requirements.

A BILL   

To enact section 109.5722 of the Revised Code to generally require the cancellation of an undocumented alien's driver's license and voter registration and the termination of any benefits the undocumented alien receives from programs administered or supervised by the Department of Job and Family Services, if the undocumented alien is arrested, identified as an undocumented alien by a federal fingerprint database, and has been issued a driver's license or provided a false or altered driver's license or another person's driver's license for identification at the time of arrest or processing. 

H.B. 378 Update: 12-2-12  Rep. Young's office staffer told me that there has only been one hearing on the bill and it is unlikely to be heard again this legislative session.

 

A BILL   

To amend sections 2743.02, 2744.02, 4123.01, and 4123.511 and to enact sections 2307.82 and 4123.513 of the Revised Code to prohibit illegal and unauthorized aliens from receiving compensation and certain benefits under Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law.  S.B. No. 323 Analysis

A BILL   

To enact sections 9.51 to 9.53 of the Revised Code to require public improvement or service contracts between a state agency and a contractor to contain a provision requiring the contractor to use an electronic employment verification system.

A BILL

To amend sections 4123.01, 5104.30, 5107.05, 5111.01, and 5115.02 and to enact sections 3801.01, 3801.02, 3801.03, and 3801.04 of the Revised Code to require a prosecuting attorney to ask the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States to verify or ascertain the immigration status of an offender who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony, to require a prosecuting attorney if the INS informs the prosecutor that the offender is an illegal alien to notify the alleged felon's employer, the Department of Job and Family Services, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, and the Secretary of State, to make illegal aliens ineligible for certain state public benefits, and to prohibit the Registrar of Motor Vehicles from issuing a driver's license to an alleged felon with respect to whom a prosecuting attorney has given the Registrar the above notice and require the Registrar to cancel any driver's licenses issued to such an alleged felon.

A BILL

To amend section 4113.99 and to enact sections 4113.81 to 4113.88 of the Revised Code to adopt provisions related to the employment of unauthorized aliens.

 

*  S.B. No. 98 As Introduced    Sponsor Senator Stewart    Cosponsors: Senators LaRose, Seitz, Schaffer, Jordan 

A BILL

To enact section 109.45 of the Revised Code to direct the Attorney General to pursue a memorandum of agreement that permits the enforcement of federal immigration laws in this state by law enforcement officers.

A BILL

To amend section 4141.29 and to enact sections 4141.293 and 4141.302 of the Revised Code to allow an individual to receive unemployment compensation benefits for unemployment related to domestic abuse or compelling family circumstances, to allow an individual to receive unemployment training extension benefits under specified conditions, and to create the Unemployment Modernization Review Task Force.

(J) Benefits shall not be paid on the basis of employment performed by an alien, unless the alien had been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at the time the services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing the services, or was otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time the services were performed, under section 212(d)(5) of the "Immigration and Nationality Act," 66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S.C.A. 1101:

(1) Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits.

(2) In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to the individual are not payable because of the individual's alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence that the individual had not, in fact, been lawfully admitted to the United States.

To amend sections 145.01, 145.011, 151.04, 154.01, 185.03, 185.05, 3304.30, 3305.01, 3333.045, 3333.11, 3333.111, 3333.611, 3334.01, 3345.04, 3345.12, 3345.121, 3345.17, 3345.201, 3345.28, 3345.281, 3345.31, 3345.32, 3345.34, 3345.50, 3345.51, 3345.71, 3350.10, 3350.11, 3350.12, 3350.13, and 3350.14 of the Revised Code and Sections 371.10, 371.20.80, and 371.40.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly and Section 105.45.20 of Sub. H.B. 462 of the 128th General Assembly to rename the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy as the Northeast Ohio Medical University.

To amend sections 3333.38 and 3345.32 and to enact section 3333.46 of the Revised Code to establish the Career Training Workforce Development Grant Program and to allocate a portion of casino license fees to finance the program.

OJJPAC note:  A quick read of this bill suggests that a person in the U.S. illegally could be an eligible student since I don't see any requirement that they could not possible be met.  Illegal aliens can and must by law sign up for selective service.  This legislation needs further analysis to determine if illegal aliens could apply and obtain benefits if existing requirement in the bill are met by the alien.

Note:  The U.S. government requires illegal aliens (they use the term "undocumented") to register in the Selective Service System. Read this from the Selective Service System website.

 

Ohio Legislation:  HB159 Voter ID bill debate in Ohio Read article here.

To enact section 109.45 of the Revised Code to direct the Attorney General to pursue a memorandum of agreement that permits the enforcement of federal immigration laws in this state by law enforcement officers.

S.B. 150 (As Introduced) Senator Cates

To amend sections 9.63, 311.07, and 341.21 of the Revised Code to provide that a board of county commissioners may direct a sheriff to take custody of persons who are being detained for deportation or who are charged with civil violations of immigration law and to expressly authorize state and local employees and county sheriffs to render assistance to federal immigration officials in the investigation and enforcement of federal immigration law.

S.B. 150 Legislative Service Commission Analysis

Authorizes a county sheriff, at the direction of the board of county commissioners and upon the request of federal immigration officials, to take custody of persons being detained for deportation or who are charged with civil violations of federal immigration law.
Authorizes a county sheriff to render assistance to federal immigration officials, upon the request of those officials, in matters (1) related to the investigation, apprehension, and detention of aliens who violate criminal or civil provisions of federal immigration law and (2) related to the investigation of businesses suspected of employing aliens who violate criminal or civil provisions of federal immigration law.
Clarifies that state and local employees, when rendering assistance to federal immigration officials, may assist in the investigation, apprehension, and detention of aliens who violate criminal or civil provisions of federal immigration law.

   H.B. No 156  "Dia De Los Ninos"

Sec. 5.2265. The thirtieth day of April is designated as "Dia De Los Ninos" or "Children's Day" to recognize children as Ohio's future, center, and priority, to promote the importance of linking children to books, languages, and culture, and to honor the Latin American tradition of celebrating this day.

H.B. 184 (As Introduced) Representative Courtney Combs

To amend sections 2937.23, 5747.07, and 5747.99 and to enact sections 8.01 to 8.04 of the Revised Code to require employers to register and participate in a status verification system to verify the work eligibility status of all new employees and to affirm their participation on their state income tax returns, to specify that an employer's failure to affirm their participation in the status verification system on their state income tax returns constitutes falsification or dereliction of duty, to require public agencies to cancel contracts with private employers who do not participate in a status verification system, to require jail officials to make a reasonable effort to verify the citizenship of confined persons, to collect electronic fingerprints of illegal aliens, and to notify the United States Department of Homeland Security in certain circumstances, to prohibit political subdivisions from restricting communication and cooperation with federal officials regarding a person's citizenship status, to require judges and magistrates to consider immigration status and other factors in determining a defendant's bail, and to declare an emergency.  H.B. 184 Analysis (As Introduced)

 

Ohio Senate Republicans pass two bills that propose a crack down on illegal aliens in Ohio Bill must now pass hostile Dem controlled Ohio House In a party-live vote on March 24th, Ohio Senate Republicans passed two bill that address the growing problem of illegal alien crime in Ohio.  The legislation was necessary because the Obama administration has refused to actively enforce U.S. immigration laws, which has resulted in thousands of illegal aliens to illegally enter the U.S. every day. The U.S. is already estimated to have anywhere from 12-20 million illegal aliens in the U.S., and many of them engaged in I.D. fraud, illegal narcotics distribution, forgery, and violent crime against Americans.   (For examples, visit the Victims of Illegal Aliens Memorial  or visit the OJJPAC's Ohio Illegal Immigration News Archive above. Here is a politically correct version of the news.  You will notice that the word "undocument" is used, rather than "illegal."  Well the reason illegal aliens have no "documents" are not because they were lost, but because they have illegally entered the U.S. (or purposefully overstayed a visa.).  The general media consistently like to present illegal aliens as victims, rather than criminals--which they are.   Read a politically correct article by the Dayton Daily News

 

To amend sections 9.63, 311.07, and 341.21 of the Revised Code to provide that a board of county commissioners may direct a sheriff to take custody of persons who are being detained for deportation or who are charged with civil violations of immigration law and to expressly authorize state and local employees and county sheriffs to render assistance to federal immigration officials in the investigation and enforcement of federal immigration law.  Note: Amended S.B. 260 passed the Senate but died in the House.  OJJPAC supported this legislation.

 

Thank you from the Barr family Read The Times-Reporter       story here      JOHN BARR BILL PASSES!	Thank You for your support! Columbus, OH--The Ohio Legislature this week passed the John Barr bill.  The bill, also known as H.B. 215, corrects a loophole in the law which allowed unlicensed illegal alien drivers to kill and only be subject to a misdemeanor charge and a maximum sentence of 9 months.   After illegal alien Juan Us Ralios was sentenced to 6 months after killing  John Barr in 2007, his widow, Kelly C. Barr and her cousin, Kelly S. Barr, began lobbying the state legislature to change the penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony.  The Barr family extends their thanks to OJJPAC readers who helped get the legislation passed.
		Photo: John (deceased), daughter Allison, and widow Kelly C. Barr at a happier time.

To amend sections 2909.30, 2913.31, 2923.125, 2923.1210, 2923.1213, 2943.031, 3333.31, 3905.932, and 4705.01, and to enact sections 8.01, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.20, 8.99, 109.45, 2905.04, 2905.111, 4141.293, 5101.19, 5101.491, and 6301.11 of the Revised Code to establish an Office of Immigration Compliance in the Attorney General's office, to prohibit the issuance of a concealed carry permit to an illegal alien, to prohibit the provision of a bail bond to an illegal alien, to restrict the provision of public benefits to illegal aliens, to limit the rendering of immigration or nationality services, to adopt other provisions related to the employment of unauthorized aliens and the education and transportation of illegal aliens and to define terms related to aliens and immigrants.