A bill named after murdered Ohio State student Reagan Tokes cleared a major legislative hurdle.
The Ohio House version of the Reagan Tokes Act was passed 83-3 during a floor vote Wednesday afternoon.
“This is huge day, certainly thrilled that this received such bi-partisan support,” Rep. Kristin Boggs, D – District 18 one of the primary sponsors of the bill.
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House Bill 365 would dramatically change how violent felons are sentenced to prison and how they are watched once they are released.
The legislation followed a series of 10 Investigates reports that exposed failures of the state’s parole system to closely track Golsby and others.
Typical TV news; they conviently leave out that the Ohio session ends next week leaving no time for their House to deal with it. In addition, there was all kinds of opposition from many parties. One troubling thing in this mess was the Ohio ACLU had stated that they were not against indeterminate sentencing.