Ohio 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB168 Introduced / Bill

                    As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session	H. B. No. 168
2025-2026
Representatives Williams, Brennan
Cosponsors: Representatives Gross, Klopfenstein, Odioso, Miller, K., Dean, 
Schmidt, Deeter
A B I L L
To amend sections 2905.05 and 2950.01 of the 
Revised Code to require that a person act with a 
sexual motivation or an unlawful purpose to 
commit the offense of criminal child enticement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2905.05 and 2950.01 of the 
Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2905.05. (A) No person, by any means and without 
privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or 
lure any child under fourteen years of age to accompany the 
person in any manner, including entering into any vehicle or 
onto any vessel, whether or not the offender knows the age of 
the child, if both either of the following apply:
(1) The actor does not have the express or implied 
permission of the parent, guardian, or other legal custodian of 
the child in undertaking the activity person acts with a sexual 
motivation.
(2) The actor is not a law enforcement officer, medic, 
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firefighter, or other person who regularly provides emergency 
services, and is not an employee or agent of, or a volunteer 
acting under the direction of, any board of education, or the 
actor is any of such persons, but, at the time the actor 
undertakes the activity, the actor is not acting within the 
scope of the actor's lawful duties in that capacity acts with an 
unlawful purpose.
(B) No person, with a sexual motivation, shall violate 
division (A) of this section.
(C) No person, for any unlawful purpose other than, or in 
addition to, that proscribed by division (A) of this section, 
shall engage in any activity described in division (A) of this 
section.
(D) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under 
division (A) of this section that the actor undertook the 
activity in response to a bona fide emergency situation or that 
the actor undertook the activity in a reasonable belief that it 
was necessary to preserve the health, safety, or welfare of the 
child.
(E) Whoever violates division (A) , (B), or (C) of this 
section is guilty of criminal child enticement, a misdemeanor of 
the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted 
of a violation of this section, section 2907.02 or 2907.03 or 
former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, or section 2905.01 
or 2907.05 of the Revised Code when the victim of that prior 
offense was under seventeen years of age at the time of the 
offense, criminal child enticement is a felony of the fifth 
degree.
(F) (C) A prosecution for a violation of this section does 
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not preclude a prosecution of a violation of any other section 
of the Revised Code. One or more acts, a series of acts, or a 
course of behavior that can be prosecuted under this section or 
any other section of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under 
this section, the other section of the Revised Code, or both 
sections. However, if the offender is convicted of or pleads 
guilty to a violation of this section and is also convicted of 
or pleads guilty to a violation of another section in Chapter 
2905. of the Revised Code based on the same conduct and 
involving the same victim that was the basis of the violation of 
this section, the two offenses are allied offenses of similar 
import under section 2941.25 of the Revised Code.
(D) As used in this section:
(1) "Sexual motivation" has the same meaning as in section 
2971.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 
of the Revised Code.
(3) "Vessel" has the same meaning as in section 1546.01 of 
the Revised Code.
Sec. 2950.01. As used in this chapter, unless the context 
clearly requires otherwise:
(A) "Sexually oriented offense" means any of the following 
violations or offenses committed by a person, regardless of the 
person's age:
(1) A violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, 
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.32, 2907.321, 
2907.322, or 2907.323 of the Revised Code;
(2) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code 
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when the offender is less than four years older than the other 
person with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, the 
other person did not consent to the sexual conduct, and the 
offender previously has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty 
to a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the 
Revised Code or a violation of former section 2907.12 of the 
Revised Code;
(3) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code 
when the offender is at least four years older than the other 
person with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct or when 
the offender is less than four years older than the other person 
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct and the 
offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a 
violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised 
Code or a violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised 
Code;
(4) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.11 of 
the Revised Code when the violation was committed with a sexual 
motivation;
(5) A violation of division (A) of section 2903.04 of the 
Revised Code when the offender committed or attempted to commit 
the felony that is the basis of the violation with a sexual 
motivation;
(6) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2903.211 of 
the Revised Code;
(7) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the offense is 
committed with a sexual motivation;
(8) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of 
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the Revised Code;
(9) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.01 of the 
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen 
years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim of 
the offense;
(10) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03, of 
division (B) of section 2905.02, of division (B) of section 
2905.03, of division (B) (A)(1) of section 2905.05, or of 
division (B)(5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code;
(11) A violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code 
when either of the following applies:
(a) The violation is a violation of division (A)(1) of 
that section and the offender knowingly recruited, lured, 
enticed, isolated, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, or 
maintained, or knowingly attempted to recruit, lure, entice, 
isolate, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain, 
another person knowing that the person would be compelled to 
engage in sexual activity for hire, engage in a performance that 
was obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented, or be a 
model or participant in the production of material that was 
obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented.
(b) The violation is a violation of division (A)(2) of 
that section and the offender knowingly recruited, lured, 
enticed, isolated, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, or 
maintained, or knowingly attempted to recruit, lure, entice, 
isolate, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain a 
person who is less than eighteen years of age or is a person 
with a developmental disability whom the offender knows or has 
reasonable cause to believe is a person with a developmental 
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disability for any purpose listed in divisions (A)(2)(a) to (c) 
of that section.
(12) A violation of division (B)(4) of section 2907.09 of 
the Revised Code if the sentencing court classifies the offender 
as a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender relative to that 
offense pursuant to division (D) of that section;
(13) A violation of any former law of this state, any 
existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state 
or the United States, any existing or former law applicable in a 
military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or 
former law of any nation other than the United States that is or 
was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 
(A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), or 
(12) of this section;
(14) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (A)(1), 
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), or 
(13) of this section.
(B)(1) "Sex offender" means, subject to division (B)(2) of 
this section, a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 
has been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing, or has been adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense.
(2) "Sex offender" does not include a person who is 
convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has 
pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing, or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing a sexually oriented offense if the offense involves 
consensual sexual conduct or consensual sexual contact and 
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either of the following applies:
(a) The victim of the sexually oriented offense was 
eighteen years of age or older and at the time of the sexually 
oriented offense was not under the custodial authority of the 
person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted 
of, has pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing, or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing the sexually oriented offense.
(b) The victim of the offense was thirteen years of age or 
older, and the person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has 
been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing, or has been adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing the sexually oriented offense is 
not more than four years older than the victim.
(C) "Child-victim oriented offense" means any of the 
following violations or offenses committed by a person, 
regardless of the person's age, when the victim is under 
eighteen years of age and is not a child of the person who 
commits the violation:
(1) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the violation is not 
included in division (A)(7) of this section;
(2) A violation of division (A) of section 2905.02 , or 
division (A) of section 2905.03 , or division (A) of section 
2905.05 of the Revised Code;
(3) A violation of any former law of this state, any 
existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state 
or the United States, any existing or former law applicable in a 
military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or 
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former law of any nation other than the United States that is or 
was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 
(C)(1) or (2) of this section;
(4) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (C)(1), 
(2), or (3) of this section.
(D) "Child-victim offender" means a person who is 
convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has 
pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing, or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing any child-victim oriented offense.
(E) "Tier I sex offender/child-victim offender" means any 
of the following:
(1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 
has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the 
following sexually oriented offenses:
(a) A violation of section 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 
2907.22, or 2907.32 of the Revised Code;
(b) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code 
when the offender is less than four years older than the other 
person with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, the 
other person did not consent to the sexual conduct, and the 
offender previously has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty 
to a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the 
Revised Code or a violation of former section 2907.12 of the 
Revised Code;
(c) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 
section 2907.05 of the Revised Code;
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(d) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2907.323 of 
the Revised Code;
(e) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2903.211, of 
division (B) of section 2905.03, or of division (B) (A)(1) of 
section 2905.05 of the Revised Code;
(f) A violation of division (B)(4) of section 2907.09 of 
the Revised Code if the sentencing court classifies the offender 
as a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender relative to that 
offense pursuant to division (D) of that section;
(g) A violation of any former law of this state, any 
existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state 
or the United States, any existing or former law applicable in a 
military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or 
former law of any nation other than the United States, that is 
or was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in 
division (E)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section;
(h) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (E)(1)
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section.
(2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads 
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a 
child-victim oriented offense and who is not within either 
category of child-victim offender described in division (F)(2) 
or (G)(2) of this section.
(3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child 
for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile 
court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 
of the Revised Code, classifies a tier I sex offender/child-
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victim offender relative to the offense.
(4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing or has been adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing any child-victim oriented 
offense and who a juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 
2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a 
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender relative to the 
offense.
(F) "Tier II sex offender/child-victim offender" means any 
of the following:
(1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 
has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the 
following sexually oriented offenses:
(a) A violation of section 2907.21, 2907.321, or 2907.322 
of the Revised Code;
(b) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code 
when the offender is at least four years older than the other 
person with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, or when 
the offender is less than four years older than the other person 
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct and the 
offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a 
violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised 
Code or former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;
(c) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2907.05 or 
of division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2907.323 of the Revised 
Code;
(d) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the offense is 
committed with a sexual motivation;
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(e) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of 
the Revised Code when the victim of the offense is eighteen 
years of age or older;
(f) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.02 or of 
division (B)(5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code;
(g) A violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code 
that is described in division (A)(11)(a) or (b) of this section;
(h) A violation of any former law of this state, any 
existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state 
or the United States, any existing or former law applicable in a 
military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or 
former law of any nation other than the United States that is or 
was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 
(F)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section;
(i) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (F)(1)
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of this section;
(j) Any sexually oriented offense that is committed after 
the sex offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded 
guilty to, or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing any sexually oriented offense or child-victim 
oriented offense for which the offender was classified a tier I 
sex offender/child-victim offender.
(2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads 
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any 
child-victim oriented offense when the child-victim oriented 
offense is committed after the child-victim offender previously 
has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense or 
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child-victim oriented offense for which the offender was 
classified a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender.
(3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child 
for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile 
court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 
of the Revised Code, classifies a tier II sex offender/child-
victim offender relative to the offense.
(4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing or has been adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing any child-victim oriented 
offense and whom a juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 
2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a 
tier II sex offender/child-victim offender relative to the 
current offense.
(5) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is not in 
any category of tier II sex offender/child-victim offender set 
forth in division (F)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, who 
prior to January 1, 2008, was adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing a sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented 
offense, and who prior to that date was determined to be a 
habitual sex offender or determined to be a habitual child-
victim offender, unless either of the following applies:
(a) The sex offender or child-victim offender is 
reclassified pursuant to section 2950.031 or 2950.032 of the 
Revised Code as a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a 
tier III sex offender/child-victim offender relative to the 
offense.
(b) A juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 
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2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies the 
child a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier III 
sex offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.
(G) "Tier III sex offender/child-victim offender" means 
any of the following:
(1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 
has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the 
following sexually oriented offenses:
(a) A violation of section 2907.02 or 2907.03 of the 
Revised Code;
(b) A violation of division (B) of section 2907.05 of the 
Revised Code;
(c) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.11 of 
the Revised Code when the violation was committed with a sexual 
motivation;
(d) A violation of division (A) of section 2903.04 of the 
Revised Code when the offender committed or attempted to commit 
the felony that is the basis of the violation with a sexual 
motivation;
(e) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of 
the Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under 
eighteen years of age;
(f) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.01 of the 
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen 
years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim of 
the offense;
(g) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03 of the 
Revised Code;
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(h) A violation of any former law of this state, any 
existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state 
or the United States, any existing or former law applicable in a 
military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or 
former law of any nation other than the United States that is or 
was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 
(G)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section;
(i) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (G)(1)
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of this section;
(j) Any sexually oriented offense that is committed after 
the sex offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded 
guilty to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing 
any sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense 
for which the offender was classified a tier II sex 
offender/child-victim offender or a tier III sex offender/child-
victim offender.
(2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads 
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any 
child-victim oriented offense when the child-victim oriented 
offense is committed after the child-victim offender previously 
has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense or 
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender was 
classified a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender or a 
tier III sex offender/child-victim offender.
(3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child 
for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile 
court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 
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of the Revised Code, classifies a tier III sex offender/child-
victim offender relative to the offense.
(4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing or has been adjudicated a 
delinquent child for committing any child-victim oriented 
offense and whom a juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 
2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a 
tier III sex offender/child-victim offender relative to the 
current offense.
(5) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is not in 
any category of tier III sex offender/child-victim offender set 
forth in division (G)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, who 
prior to January 1, 2008, was convicted of or pleaded guilty to 
a sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense or 
was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually 
oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense and classified 
a juvenile offender registrant, and who prior to that date was 
adjudicated a sexual predator or adjudicated a child-victim 
predator, unless either of the following applies:
(a) The sex offender or child-victim offender is 
reclassified pursuant to section 2950.031 or 2950.032 of the 
Revised Code as a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a 
tier II sex offender/child-victim offender relative to the 
offense.
(b) The sex offender or child-victim offender is a 
delinquent child, and a juvenile court, pursuant to section 
2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, 
classifies the child a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender 
or a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender relative to the 
offense.
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(6) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 
was convicted of, or pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented 
offense, if the sexually oriented offense and the circumstances 
in which it was committed are such that division (F) of section 
2971.03 of the Revised Code automatically classifies the 
offender as a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender;
(7) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is 
convicted of, pleads guilty to, was convicted of, pleaded guilty 
to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or was 
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually 
oriented offense or child-victim offense in another state, in a 
federal court, military court, or Indian tribal court, or in a 
court in any nation other than the United States if both of the 
following apply:
(a) Under the law of the jurisdiction in which the 
offender was convicted or pleaded guilty or the delinquent child 
was adjudicated, the offender or delinquent child is in a 
category substantially equivalent to a category of tier III sex 
offender/child-victim offender described in division (G)(1), 
(2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section.
(b) Subsequent to the conviction, plea of guilty, or 
adjudication in the other jurisdiction, the offender or 
delinquent child resides, has temporary domicile, attends school 
or an institution of higher education, is employed, or intends 
to reside in this state in any manner and for any period of time 
that subjects the offender or delinquent child to a duty to 
register or provide notice of intent to reside under section 
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Confinement" includes, but is not limited to, a 
community residential sanction imposed pursuant to section 
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2929.16 or 2929.26 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 
2935.01 of the Revised Code.
(J) "Supervised release" means a release of an offender 
from a prison term, a term of imprisonment, or another type of 
confinement that satisfies either of the following conditions:
(1) The release is on parole, a conditional pardon, under 
a community control sanction, under transitional control, or 
under a post-release control sanction, and it requires the 
person to report to or be supervised by a parole officer, 
probation officer, field officer, or another type of supervising 
officer.
(2) The release is any type of release that is not 
described in division (J)(1) of this section and that requires 
the person to report to or be supervised by a probation officer, 
a parole officer, a field officer, or another type of 
supervising officer.
(K) "Sexually violent predator specification," "sexually 
violent predator," "sexually violent offense," "sexual 
motivation specification," "designated homicide, assault, or 
kidnapping offense," and "violent sex offense" have the same 
meanings as in section 2971.01 of the Revised Code.
(L) "Post-release control sanction" and "transitional 
control" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the 
Revised Code.
(M) "Juvenile offender registrant" means a person who is 
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing on or after 
January 1, 2002, a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim 
oriented offense, who is fourteen years of age or older at the 
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time of committing the offense, and who a juvenile court judge, 
pursuant to an order issued under section 2152.82, 2152.83, 
2152.84, 2152.85, or 2152.86 of the Revised Code, classifies a 
juvenile offender registrant and specifies has a duty to comply 
with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the 
Revised Code. "Juvenile offender registrant" includes a person 
who prior to January 1, 2008, was a "juvenile offender 
registrant" under the definition of the term in existence prior 
to January 1, 2008, and a person who prior to July 31, 2003, was 
a "juvenile sex offender registrant" under the former definition 
of that former term.
(N) "Public registry-qualified juvenile offender 
registrant" means a person who is adjudicated a delinquent child 
and on whom a juvenile court has imposed a serious youthful 
offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the 
Revised Code before, on, or after January 1, 2008, and to whom 
all of the following apply:
(1) The person is adjudicated a delinquent child for 
committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or 
complicity in committing one of the following acts:
(a) A violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code, 
division (B) of section 2907.05 of the Revised Code, or section 
2907.03 of the Revised Code if the victim of the violation was 
less than twelve years of age;
(b) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2905.01 of 
the Revised Code that was committed with a purpose to gratify 
the sexual needs or desires of the child;
(c) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03 of the 
Revised Code.
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(2) The person was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or 
seventeen years of age at the time of committing the act.
(3) A juvenile court judge, pursuant to an order issued 
under section 2152.86 of the Revised Code, classifies the person 
a juvenile offender registrant, specifies the person has a duty 
to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the 
Revised Code, and classifies the person a public registry-
qualified juvenile offender registrant, and the classification 
of the person as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender 
registrant has not been terminated pursuant to division (D) of 
section 2152.86 of the Revised Code.
(O) "Secure facility" means any facility that is designed 
and operated to ensure that all of its entrances and exits are 
locked and under the exclusive control of its staff and to 
ensure that, because of that exclusive control, no person who is 
institutionalized or confined in the facility may leave the 
facility without permission or supervision.
(P) "Out-of-state juvenile offender registrant" means a 
person who is adjudicated a delinquent child in a court in 
another state, in a federal court, military court, or Indian 
tribal court, or in a court in any nation other than the United 
States for committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-
victim oriented offense, who on or after January 1, 2002, moves 
to and resides in this state or temporarily is domiciled in this 
state for more than five days, and who has a duty under section 
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code to register in this 
state and the duty to otherwise comply with that applicable 
section and sections 2950.05 and 2950.06 of the Revised Code. 
"Out-of-state juvenile offender registrant" includes a person 
who prior to January 1, 2008, was an "out-of-state juvenile 
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offender registrant" under the definition of the term in 
existence prior to January 1, 2008, and a person who prior to 
July 31, 2003, was an "out-of-state juvenile sex offender 
registrant" under the former definition of that former term.
(Q) "Juvenile court judge" includes a magistrate to whom 
the juvenile court judge confers duties pursuant to division (A)
(15) of section 2151.23 of the Revised Code.
(R) "Adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a 
sexually oriented offense" includes a child who receives a 
serious youthful offender dispositional sentence under section 
2152.13 of the Revised Code for committing a sexually oriented 
offense.
(S) "School" and "school premises" have the same meanings 
as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(T) "Residential premises" means the building in which a 
residential unit is located and the grounds upon which that 
building stands, extending to the perimeter of the property. 
"Residential premises" includes any type of structure in which a 
residential unit is located, including, but not limited to, 
multi-unit buildings and mobile and manufactured homes.
(U) "Residential unit" means a dwelling unit for 
residential use and occupancy, and includes the structure or 
part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or 
sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or two or 
more persons who maintain a common household. "Residential unit" 
does not include a halfway house or a community-based 
correctional facility.
(V) "Multi-unit building" means a building in which is 
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that open directly into the unit from a hallway that is shared 
with one or more other units. A residential unit is not 
considered located in a multi-unit building if the unit does not 
have an entry door that opens directly into the unit from a 
hallway that is shared with one or more other units or if the 
unit is in a building that is not a multi-unit building as 
described in this division.
(W) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as 
in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(X) "Halfway house" and "community-based correctional 
facility" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the 
Revised Code.
(Y) A person is in a "restricted offender category" if 
both of the following apply with respect to the person:
(1) The person has been convicted of, is convicted of, has 
pleaded guilty to, or pleads guilty to a sexually oriented 
offense where the victim was under the age of eighteen or a 
child-victim oriented offense.
(2) With respect to the offense described in division (Y)
(1) of this section, one of the following applies:
(a) With respect to that offense, the person is a tier II 
sex offender/child-victim offender or is a tier III sex 
offender/child-victim offender who is subject to the duties 
imposed by sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of 
the Revised Code.
(b) With respect to that offense if it was committed prior 
to January 1, 2008, under the version of Chapter 2950. of the 
Revised Code in effect prior to January 1, 2008, the person was 
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predator, was classified a habitual sex offender, or was 
classified a habitual child-victim sex offender.
(Z) "Adjudicated a sexual predator," "adjudicated a child-
victim predator," "habitual sex offender," and "habitual child-
victim offender" have the meanings of those terms that applied 
to them under Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code prior to January 
1, 2008.
Section 2. That existing sections 2905.05 and 2950.01 of 
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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