How HB 492 changes current law

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This bill expands the prohibition against interfering with arrests to all motor vehicle-related laws and mandates that drivers and passengers disclose their identity to police upon request.

• Section 4513.36

  No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any sheriff, constable, or other official peace officer while that official peace officer is attempting to arrest offenders under an offender for a violation of any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code. → No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any sheriff, constable, or other official peace officer while that official peace officer is attempting to arrest offenders under an offender for a violation of any provision of any section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code.

  This change broadens the scope of laws covered under the prohibition against interference with peace officers during arrests.

• Section 4513.36

  No operator of a motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, motorcycle, under-speed vehicle, motorized bicycle or moped, motor-driven cycle or motor scooter, all-purpose vehicle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, watercraft, or aircraft shall refuse to disclose the operator's name, address, or date of birth when requested by a peace officer who reasonably suspects that the operator has committed a violation of any section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code.

  This addition mandates that drivers must provide their identification information when requested by law enforcement under certain conditions.

• Section 4513.36

  No passenger of a motor vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, motorcycle, under-speed vehicle, motorized bicycle or moped, motor-driven cycle or motor scooter, all-purpose vehicle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, watercraft, or aircraft shall refuse to disclose the passenger's name, address, or date of birth when requested by a peace officer who reasonably suspects that the passenger has committed a violation of any section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any section contained in Title XLV of the Revised Code.

  This addition requires passengers to disclose their identification information to officers under similar circumstances as drivers.

• Section 4513.36

  Nothing in division (C)(1) of this section requires an operator or a passenger to answer any questions beyond that operator's or passenger's name, address, or date of birth.

  This provision clarifies that only basic identification details must be provided, protecting operators and passengers from further questioning.

• Section 4513.36

  It is not a violation of division (C)(1) of this section for an operator or passenger to refuse to answer a question that would reveal that operator's or passenger's age or date of birth if age is an element of the crime that the operator or passenger is suspected of committing.

  This change protects individuals from disclosing potentially self-incriminating information regarding their age.

• Section 4513.36

  Whoever violates division (C)(1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

  This establishes a penalty for failing to comply with the identification requirement for both drivers and passengers.