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| To enact section 181.27 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require the State Criminal Sentencing Commission | 2 |
| to study sentencing for drug-related offenses and | 3 |
| to report its findings and recommendations to the | 4 |
| General Assembly. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 181.27 of the Revised Code be enacted | 6 |
| to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 181.27. (A) As used in this section, "local detention | 8 |
| facility" has the same meaning as in section 2929.36 of the | 9 |
| Revised Code. | 10 |
| (B) The state criminal sentencing commission shall conduct a | 11 |
| study of sentencing for drug-related offenses in this state, | 12 |
| including offenses contained in Chapters 2925. and 3719. and | 13 |
| section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. In conducting the study, the | 14 |
| commission shall do all of the following: | 15 |
| (1) Gather information on the number of individuals | 16 |
| incarcerated for drug-related offenses in all local detention | 17 |
| facilities and state correctional facilities, the percentage of | 18 |
| the total incarcerated population that those individuals | 19 |
| constitute, and the terms of imprisonment to which offenders are | 20 |
| sentenced for drug-related offenses; | 21 |
| (2) Determine whether and to what extent racial disparities | 22 |
| and disparities among socioeconomic classes exist in sentencing | 23 |
| for drug-related offenses and in incarceration for violations of | 24 |
| the conditions of sentences or post-release control sanctions for | 25 |
| drug-related offenses; | 26 |
| (3) Study ways to reduce the number of individuals who are | 27 |
| incarcerated in local detention facilities and state correctional | 28 |
| facilities for drug-related offenses. | 29 |
| (C) The commission shall report its findings, together with | 30 |
| recommendations for reducing the number of individuals who are | 31 |
| incarcerated in local detention facilities and state correctional | 32 |
| facilities for drug-related offenses, to the speaker of the house | 33 |
| of representatives, the minority leader of the house of | 34 |
| representatives, the president of the senate, and the minority | 35 |
| leader of the senate within six months after the effective date | 36 |
| of this act. | 37 |