A bill introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives last Wednesday would bring some 30 existing statutes of the Revised Code, including involuntary manslaughter, four types of assault, menacing & stalking, hazing, unlawful restraint, arson, vandalism, and three types of sex offenses under additional provisions "if the offender commits the violation with the intent to cause harm to any victim of the violation because that victim is a homeless person."
"Violation of the new section would be 'intimidation of a homeless person,' carrying a penalty of the next higher degree than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of intimidation of a homeless person."
HB 509
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