Bill Text: OH SB61 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To prohibit a law enforcement agency from making available to the general public on the internet a motor vehicle accident report that contains a minor's personal information without redacting or encrypting the personal information.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - To Public Safety, Local Government & Veteran Affairs [SB61 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-SB61-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. B. No. 61

Senator Beagle 

Cosponsors: Senators Lehner, Seitz, Smith 

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A BILL

To enact section 149.451 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit a law enforcement agency from making

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available to the general public on the internet a

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motor vehicle accident report that contains a

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minor's personal information without redacting or

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encrypting the personal information.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 149.451 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 149.451.  (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Law enforcement agency" means an organization or unit	10
made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01	11
of the Revised Code.	12

(2) "Minor" means a person who is less than eighteen years of	13
age.	14

(3) "Personal information" means any of the following	15
information with regard to a minor: the residential address	16
excluding the designation of the city, village, or township of	17
residence, electronic mail address, telephone number, and place of	18
employment.	19

(4) "Address" means the number of the house, apartment, or	20
other dwelling, the street name, and the postal zip code.	21

(B) If a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer	22
or other employee of the agency knows or should know that a motor	23
vehicle accident report contains personal information with regard	24
to a minor, the agency, officer, or employee shall not make the	25
report available to the general public on the internet without	26
redacting or encrypting the personal information pertaining to the	27
minor.	28

(C) A law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer or	29
other employee of the agency who fails to comply with division (B)	30
of this section is entitled to immunity from liability on the same	31
grounds as those defined in division (E)(2) of section 149.45 of	32
the Revised Code.	33

(D) This section does not require a law enforcement agency,	34
or a law enforcement officer or other employee of the agency, to	35
redact or encrypt personal information from a motor vehicle	36
accident report that was made available to the general public on	37
the internet before the effective date of this section.	38