OH: An Act Adding Child-Victim Offenses to DNA Collection Triggers (SB 5, 2003)

July 31, 2003

Added child-victim-oriented offenses to Ohio's DNA collection triggers as part of a broader Megan's Law sex-offender registration overhaul: amended R.C. 2901.07(D)(6) so a DNA specimen is collected from offenders adjudicated child-victim predators for child-victim-oriented offenses (as newly defined in R.C. 2950.01), alongside sexual predators. SB 5; effective July 31, 2003.