HB 542

As Introduced
136th General Assembly
   Regular Session  H. B. No. 542
       2025-2026
  Representatives Upchurch, Williams
   Cosponsors: Representatives Newman, Lett, Brennan, Brewer, Mohamed
  To enact sections 341.28, 753.34, and 5120.6511 of  1
  the Revised Code to require all inmate pregnancy  2
  outcomes to be reported to the Department of  3
  Rehabilitation and Correction.  4
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
     Section 1. That sections 341.28, 753.34, and 5120.6511 of  5
the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:  6
     Sec. 341.28. (A) As used in this section, "county  7
correctional facility" means a county jail, county workhouse,  8
minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse,  9
municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal  10
correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or  11
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.  12
     (B) Not later than the thirty-first day of December of  13
each year, each county correctional facility shall report to the  14
department of rehabilitation and correction the pregnancy  15
outcome of each pregnant inmate who resided at the facility at  16
the conclusion of the pregnancy.  17
     Sec. 753.34. (A) "Municipal correctional facility" means a  18
municipal jail, municipal workhouse, minimum security jail,  19
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joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional  20
center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-  21
county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or  22
workhouse.  23
       (B) Not later than the thirty-first day of December of  24
each year, each municipal correctional facility shall report to  25
the department of rehabilitation and correction the pregnancy  26
outcome of each pregnant inmate who resided at the facility at  27
the conclusion of the pregnancy.  28
       Sec. 5120.6511. (A) As used in this section, "state  29
correctional institution" has the same meaning as in section  30
2967.01 of the Revised Code.  31
       (B) Not later than the thirty-first day of December of  32
each year, each state correctional institution shall report to  33
the department of rehabilitation and correction the pregnancy  34
outcome of each pregnant inmate in the custody of the department  35
who resided at the institution at the conclusion of the  36
pregnancy.  37