ohio laws

With DeWine’s signature, more than 20 bills are now law, some with pages and pages of provisions. Most of the laws take effect later this year, in October.

The 1953 law makes it a fourth-degree felony for two or more people to commit a misdemeanor “while wearing white caps, masks, or other disguise.”

More than 5,000 human trafficking cases -- most involving sex trafficked female victims -- were reported in the U.S. last year.Ohio ranked fourth in human…