Criminal Justice Committee, Ohio State Senate (Decommissioned)

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The Criminal Justice Committee was a standing committee of the Ohio State Senate.

Function

The committee website described the function of this committee as outlined below.

“

The Criminal Justice Committee focuses on bills, policies and issues that directly impact criminal law.^[1]^[2]

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Criminal Justice Members, 2015
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (7)
• Cecil Thomas, Ranking Minority Member	• John Eklund, Chair
• Michael Skindell	• Larry Obhof, Vice Chair
• Sandra Williams	• Kevin Bacon
	• Jim Hughes, Ohio Senator
	• Peggy Lehner
	• Bill Seitz
	• Joe Uecker

Criminal Justice Members, 2013
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (7)
• Joe Schiavoni, Ranking Minority Member	• John Eklund, Chair
• Tom Sawyer	• Bill Seitz, Vice Chair
• Shirley A. Smith	• Jim Hughes
	• Frank LaRose
	• Peggy Lehner
	• Larry Obhof
	• Tim Schaffer

↑ Ohio State Senate, "About the Committee," accessed May 19, 2021
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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