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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. B. No. 110
2025-2026
Representatives Thomas, C., Williams
Cosponsors: Representatives Gross,
Brennan, Klopfenstein, Miller, K., Rogers, Hiner
A
BILL
To
amend section 2907.08 of the Revised Code
to
increase the penalty for repeat voyeurism.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
That
section 2907.08 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec.
2907.08.
(A)
No person, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying the
person's self, shall commit trespass or otherwise surreptitiously
invade the privacy of another, to spy or eavesdrop upon another.
(B)
No person shall knowingly commit trespass or otherwise secretly or
surreptitiously videotape, film, photograph, broadcast, stream, or
otherwise record another person, in a place where a person has a
reasonable expectation of privacy, for the purpose of viewing the
private areas of that person.
(C)
No person shall knowingly commit trespass or otherwise secretly or
surreptitiously videotape, film, photograph, broadcast, stream, or
otherwise record a minor, in a place where a person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy, for the purpose of viewing the private areas
of the minor.
(D)
No person shall secretly or surreptitiously videotape, film,
photograph, or otherwise record another person above, under, or
through the clothing being worn by that other person for the purpose
of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, that other
person.
(E)(1)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of voyeurism.
(2)
A
Except
as otherwise provided in this division, a
violation of division (A) of this section is a misdemeanor of the
third degree.
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
two or more violations of division (A) of this section, a violation
of division (A) of this section is a felony of the third degree.
(3)
A
Except
as otherwise provided in this division, a
violation of division (B) of this section is a misdemeanor of the
second degree.
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
two or more violations of division (B) of this section, a violation
of division (B) of this section is a felony of the third degree.
(4)
A
Except
as otherwise provided in this division, a
violation of division (D) of this section is a misdemeanor of the
first degree.
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
two or more violations of division (D) of this section, a violation
of division (D) of this section is a felony of the third degree.
(5)
A
Except
as otherwise provided in this division, a
violation of division (C) of this section is a felony of the fifth
degree.
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
two or more violations of division (C) of this section, a violation
of division (C) of this section is a felony of the third degree.
Section
2.
That
existing section 2907.08 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.