HB514 • 2026

Regards public records of minors, sex offender library boxes

Children

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Sponsor: Mark Hiner
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Regards public records of minors, sex offender library boxes

To enact sections 149.437 and 2950.036 of the Revised Code to specify that a video, taken by a public office depicting a minor at a public recreational facility with water activities, is not a public record, and is subject to restricted release, and to prohibit a sexually oriented offender or child-victim oriented offender from establishing or maintaining a library box.

What This Bill Does

To enact sections 149.437 and 2950.036 of the Revised Code to specify that a video, taken by a public office depicting a minor at a public recreational facility with water activities, is not a public record, and is subject to restricted release, and to prohibit a sexually oriented offender or child-victim oriented offender from establishing or maintaining a library box.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact sections 149.437 and 2950.036 of the Revised Code to specify that a video, taken by a public office depicting a minor at a public recreational facility with water activities, is not a public record, and is subject to restricted release, and to prohibit a sexually oriented offender or child-victim oriented offender from establishing or maintaining a library box.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 514

2025-2026

Representatives Hiner, Brennan

Cosponsors: Representatives Robb
Blasdel, Click, Daniels, Lear, John

To
enact
sections

149.437

and 2950.036

of the Revised Code
to
specify that a video, taken by a public office depicting a minor at a
public recreational facility with water activities, is not a public
record, and is subject to restricted release, and to prohibit a
sexually oriented offender or child-victim oriented offender from
establishing or maintaining a library box.

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

Section
1.
That

sections

149.437

and 2950.036

of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
149.437.
(A)
As used in this section:

"Minor"
has the same meaning as in section 2108.01 of the Revised Code.

"Restricted
video" means video taken by a public office depicting a minor at
a public recreational facility with water activities.

"Sex
offender" has the same meaning as in section 2950.01 of the
Revised Code.

(B)
A video record kept by a public office that is a restricted video
record is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised
Code and is not subject to inspection or copying under that section.

(C)
An individual who seeks to obtain a copy of a restricted video shall
submit a written request to the public office. The request shall
describe the purpose of the request and the intended use of the
record. Upon receipt of a request for a restricted video, made and
signed by an individual, the public office shall determine if the
requester is a sex offender, and shall ascertain, from the local law
enforcement agency, if the requester is under investigation for the
commission of a criminal offense involving minors, or involving
stalking or harassment of an individual depicted in the restricted
video.

(D)
Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, a public office or
person responsible for public records, having custody of a restricted
video, may transmit a copy of the restricted video, in the same
manner as a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code,
to a requester determined, by the public office, not to be a sex
offender, and not under investigation for the commission of a
criminal offense involving minors, or involving stalking or
harassment of an individual depicted in the restricted video.

Sec.
2950.036.
(A)
As used in this section, "library box" includes a structure
or container of any shape, size, or design that serves as a
repository for a community lending library.

(B)
No person who has been convicted of, is convicted of, has pleaded
guilty to, or pleads guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a
child-victim oriented offense shall recklessly establish or maintain
a library box.

(C)
Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of unlawfully
establishing or maintaining a library box, a misdemeanor of the first
degree.