In re Bruce S.

{¶ 1} In this appeal, we answer a question certified, sua sponte, by the First District Court of Appeals: “May Senate Bill 10’s classification, registration, and community-notification provisions be constitutionally applied to a sex offender who had committed his sex offense between the July 1, 2007, repeal of Megan’s Law and the January 1, 2008, effective date of Senate Bill 10’s classification, registration, and community-notification provisions?” For the reasons that follow, we answer the question in the negative, as did the First District.

RELEVANT BACKGROUND

{¶ 2} Appellee, Bruce S.,…