If a victim under the age of 18 dies, social media companies must now provide parents or guardians of those victims with ...

The law signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine makes makes sexual extortion a third-degree felony, with harsher penalties ...

Braden’s Law, authored by state Rep. Brian Lorenz (R-Powell), was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine Wednesday.

Governor Mike DeWine is set to sign Braden's Law on Wednesday, a significant piece of legislation that will make sextortion a ...

House Bill 531 was named ‘Braden’s Law’ after Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who took his own life after ...

Governor Mike DeWine has signed a new bill into law aimed at protecting individuals from the harmful crime of sextortion. The ...

Ohio's ban on sexual extortion is named for Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who died by suicide in 2021.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed a stack of bills Wednesday from the lame duck legislative session, including House Bill 8, the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers passed a bill Thursday night that will make sextortion a felony in the state. House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers passed a bill Thursday night that will make sextortion a felony in the state. House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to ...

A student wears a “22” pin to honor Braden Markus during a high school football game in Lewis Center in 2021. Ohio will criminalize sexual extortion and the grooming of children under ...

The Ohio Senate voted to pass a bill named for Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who died by suicide after falling victim to sextortion. House Bill 531 would make sexual extortion a ...