The bill was named after a central Ohio teen who took his own life after being extorted for money to prevent pictures he sent to who he thought was a teenage girl. Following his death, it took his family 10 months to get information off his phone to see what led up to his suicide. The new law gives law enforcement more teeth to go after the people who try to extort the money and requires parents to get access to their deceased child's phone and social accounts within 30 days.

Ohio will be making sextortion a felony offense, and state officials want to use this new law as an opening for parents to talk to their kids about online predators. It's called "Braden's Law," and it's named after 15-year-old Braden Markus from central Ohio. In 2023, Braden Markus was talking online with someone he thought was a teenage girl; that person convinced Braden to send a sexually explicit picture to them and then demanded $1,800 not to publish the photo. Braden ended up taking his own life. His family has been working with lawmakers to get a law passed to make sextortion a felony.