Oppose Ohio House Bill 102 Restricting Ohio registrants from residing or loitering near a survivor’s home House Bill 102 (2025-2026) may sound like it protects survivors — but it’s a legally risky, harmful bill that doesn’t address the real challenges…
A sign-on letter was drafted and distributed by a member of the Ohio RSOL Legislative Advocacy Team. The letter advocated for eliminating the 30-day registration requirement. In addition to signatures from Ohio RSOL members, the letter also received signatures from…
Ohio for Rational Sex Offense Laws opposes all aspects of Ohio House Bill 289. Ohio H.B. 289 includes the following attacks on Ohio citizens who are forced to register.If a Tier I or Tier II sex offender/child-victim offender fails to…
by Barbara Wright, Legal & Legislative Liaison, OHRSOL Ms. Trau: As the legal and legislative liaison for Ohio Rational Sexual Offense Laws, or OHRSOL, I urge you to get your facts straight. SB 16, as enrolled, does NOT prohibit "child…
by Barbara Wright, Legal & Legislative Liaison, OHRSOL Some good legislative news in 2022: the 134th General Assembly seemed to recognize OHRSOL’s stance that a person who commit a sexual offense is not a continuing threat to commit sexual violence.…
by Barb Wright, Legal & Legislative Liaison, Ohio RSOL The 134th General Assembly, being the period between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022, was marked by lack of consensus and dissidence over COVID, voter election laws, and gun violence.…
by Barb Wright July 2021 It has been said that we need three things to effect change: legislation, litigation, and education (not necessarily in that order). These two articles describe developments in the first two areas and present important educational…
by Barb Wright April 2021 Depending on the date of your offense and the tier level classification, you may be eligible to petition the court for termination of your duty to register. Ohio’s current Sex Offender Registration and Notification (SORN)…
by Barb Wright February 2021 After five years of hard work and cajoling, Families and Individuals for Reform (FAIR) convinced the Ohio General Assembly to pass a bill that allows certain “eligible offenders” to petition for modification or termination of…