If approved, the bipartisan legislation would place Ohio among a handful of states that recently have changed their constitutions to bar slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime.
Rep. Donativius Jarrells, a Columbus Democrat, is leading the charge on an effort to purge language from Ohio's Constitution that allows for slavery as a punishment for a crime. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio House lawmakers have launched a bipartisan effort to nix a piece of the state Constitution that allows for slavery as a punishment for a crime.
Dayton Republican Phil Plummer and Columbus Democrat Dontavius Jarrells, plus a long list of bipartisan cosponsors, introduced what they described as a symbolic fix to Ohio’s founding document. If approved, it would place Ohio among a handful of states that recently have changed their constitutions to bar slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime.
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