HB230 - Regards drug trafficking, organized trafficking of persons

70 Co-Sponsors

To amend sections 1547.11, 1547.111, 2317.02, 2317.022, 2925.01, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2929.14, 2941.1422, 3313.60, 3314.03, 3314.03f, 3326.11, 3328.24, 3701.143, 3705.08, 4506.17, 4511.19, 4511.191, and 4511.192 and to enact sections 5.56, 2905.321, 2941.1427, 3313.6030, 3313.6031, and 3345.371 of the Revised Code to increase penalties for drug trafficking above certain amounts, to prohibit organized trafficking of persons, to authorize collecting oral fluid as evidence in suspected OVI cases, to require schools and institutions of higher education to incorporate instruction and policies on fentanyl awareness and abuse prevention, to designate the month of August as "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month," and to amend the version of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after that effective date.