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Section 101.68(B) of the Revised Code requires that when reports must be submitted to the General Assembly, copies of the reports must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Service Commission (LSC). Section 101.68(C) requires LSC to monthly inform each member of the General Assembly of the reports received. Below is the annotated bibliography of reports recently submitted to LSC. The bibliography, compiled by the LSC Library staff, also includes other documents that may be of interest to legislators. The links to electronic copies of the documents are included; click "View Report" to open a document. Please call the LSC Library at (614) 466-5312 if you would like to receive more information about this document.
MISSING CHILDREN CLEARINGHOUSE ANNUAL REPORT, 2024, May 16, 2025, 20 pages
Report required by R.C. 109.65(F); summarizes the activities of the clearinghouse over last year; provides statistics on missing children by county and by month; describes its use of AMBER alerts and endangered missing child alerts; highlights the virtual activities in Ohio to commemorate National Missing Children's Day; describes its collaboration with other agencies, such as Ohio human trafficking task forces and U.S. Marshals, to locate missing or abducted children and prevent future incidents; identifies its services to the public and law enforcement agencies, its national resources and partners, and its publications.
REPORT, May 2025, 11 pages
Created in January, 2025, the working group was tasked to determine how Ohio could better support families with missing loved ones and law enforcement investigating missing persons cases; report describes the current activities of state and federal entities directly and indirectly investigating missing persons cases; outlines 18 recommendations, including increased training, legislation requiring digitization of case records, and increased notification to agencies and support for at-risk youth and unaccompanied minors.