(a) No person shall violate Ohio R.C. 2903.21, 2903.22, 2909.06, 2909.07 or 2917.21(A)(3) to (5) or Sections 503.06, 503.07, 503.13(a)(3) to (5), 509.02 or 509.03 of the General Offenses Code by reason of the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, familial status, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of another person or group of persons.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of ethnic intimidation. Ethnic intimidation is an offense of the next higher degree than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of ethnic intimidation.
(Ord. 2019-19. Passed 11-19-19.)