HB 167 - This legislation would provide protection for domestic violence and stalking victims in the rental and/or workplace context. Currently there is no legislation that obliges landlords/employers to agree to requests in order to protect the victim's safety - such as changing phone extensions, removing offenders from rental leases, changing locks - and this legislation would demand reasonable compliance with these requests.
HB 10 has passed!
HB 10 will allow a court to issue a civil protection order to a child who has had or has a dating relationship with the respondent if certain offenses are alleged and to include foster parents under the scope of the domestic violence laws. Click here to learn more!
HB 19 has passed!
This legislation requires school districts to adopt a dating violence policy and to include dating violence within the health education curriculum for grades 7 through 12. The legislation requires the Ohio Board of Education to develop a model dating violence policy and standards for dating violence education to assist school districts in developing their own policy. The education must include a definition of dating violence, warning signs of dating violence and characteristics of healthy relationships. School districts shall provide training to administrators, teachers, school nurses and mental health professionals on the basic principles of dating violence, warning signs of dating violence and the school districts dating violence policy. (From www.ODVN.org)
Thank you to everyone who helped get these bills passed!
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