Ohio Statute of Limitations -- Rape & Sexual Battery

Two noteworthy bills were introduced in the Ohio legislature this week we wanted to pass along advance notice on to our readers.

The first is HB 99, which would prohibit "any agency, its employees and/or agents, from seizing or authorizing the seizure of any firearm from a person lawfully in possession or control of a firearm, except when a law enforcement officer reasonably believes the immediate seizure of said firearm is necessary for the safety of the officer or another person, or to preserve said firearm as evidence.

"and to prohibit the establishment of a firearm registry, and law enforcement officers and/or international agents from enforcing a firearms registration requirement or firearm ban"


The second bill is SB 83, seeking to eliminate the statute of limitations on rape and sexual battery, where it is currently now twenty years.

Passage of this bill would result in there now being no statute of limitations in Ohio for murder, aggravated murder, rape, and sexual battery ( Statute of Limitations; Criminal Offenses ).