Forbes: Ohio Now Requires Criminal Convictions For Many Civil Forfeiture Cases
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These common-sense reforms earned widespread support across the aisle, including from the ACLU, the U.S. Justice Action Network, the Buckeye Institute, FreedomWorks, the Institute for Justice, and other advocacy organizations. HB 347 passed the House by a margin of 81 to 10, while the Senate approved it unanimously.
With the governor’s signature, Ohio follows the lead of states like Minnesota, New Hampshire and Nevada, which all enacted criminal conviction requirements in the past two years. More ambitiously, both New Mexico and Nebraska have outlawed the practice entirely and closed the equitable-sharing loophole.