Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB1031: Regards jurisdiction over delinquent children from ages 21 to 25
Status: Introduced, October 19, 2026
To amend sections 2152.02, 2152.16, 2152.17, 2152.203, 2152.22, 2152.26, 2152.82, 2152.84, 2152.86, 2949.12, 5139.01, 5139.05, 5139.10, 5139.101, 5139.50, and 5139.51 and to enact section 2152.161 of the Revised Code to extend the juvenile court's and department of youth services' jurisdiction over delinquent children from twenty-one years of age to twenty-five years of age and to require the department of youth services to commit felons under twenty-five years of age to institutions within the department.
What the bill says
To amend sections 2152.02, 2152.16, 2152.17, 2152.203, 2152.22, 2152.26, 2152.82, 2152.84, 2152.86, 2949.12, 5139.01, 5139.05, 5139.10, 5139.101, 5139.50, and 5139.51 and to enact section 2152.161 of the Revised Code to extend the juvenile court's and department of youth services' jurisdiction over delinquent children from twenty-one years of age to twenty-five years of age and to require the department of youth services to commit felons under twenty-five years of age to institutions within the department.
From the introduced text, October 19, 2026:
To amend sections 2152.02, 2152.16, 2152.17, 2152.203, 2152.22, 2152.26, 2152.82, 2152.84, 2152.86, 2949.12, 5139.01, 5139.05, 5139.10, 5139.101, 5139.50, and 5139.51 and to enact section 2152.161 of the Revised Code to extend the juvenile court's and department of youth services' jurisdiction over delinquent children from twenty-one years of age to twenty-five years of age and to require the department of youth services to commit felons under twenty-five years of age to institutions within the department. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 2152.02, 2152.16, 2152.17, 2152.203, 2152.22, 2152.26, 2152.82, 2152.84, 2152.86, 2949.12, 5139.01, 5139.05, 5139.10, 5139.101, 5139.50, and 5139.51 be amended and section 2152.161 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 2152.02. As used in this chapter: (A) "Act charged" means the act that is identified in a complaint, indictment, or information alleging that a child is a delinquent child. (B) "Admitted to a department of youth services facility" includes admission to a facility operated, or contracted for, by the department and admission to a comparable facility outside this state by another state or the United States. (C)(1) "Child" means a person who is under eighteen years of age, except as otherwise provided in divisions (C)(2) to (8) of this section. (2) Subject to division (C)(3) of this …