OHIO — Wednesday morning, Sen. Stephanie Kunze (R-Hilliard) plans to give details about proposed hazing legislation that attempts to prevent Ohio college students from being injured or even killed.

The legislation follows the death of Stone Foltz, 20, of Delaware, Ohio, after an alleged hazing incident involving alcohol at Bowling Green State University March 4, according to the family's attorney.

The university placed the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on interim suspension and was working with law enforcement to investigate the case. The university said it also plans to check in on other student organizations to ensure hazing isn't occurring across the board. 

“As more details are confirmed, we will also pursue permanent suspension of Delta Beta Chapter as well as expulsion of all chapter members from the International Fraternity," stated the national Pi Kappa Alpha organization in a press release. 

Kent State President Todd Diacon on Tuesday said he and other university officials are hoping to pass legislation that would instill stricter penalties and expand the definition of hazing. 

“Stronger legislation counteracting hazing is one more exceptionally important tool in our toolbelt for addressing this issue, but it’s not the panacea. It is a behavior. It’s a behavior that’s reflected in a history and a culture," Diacon said. 

Gov. Mike DeWine also addressed hazing in his Monday press conference, saying Ohio needs to be "hazing-free."

“This tragic and senseless death should remind us all the moral imperative for us to drive hazing out of the state of Ohio,” DeWine said. “It is a moral imperative that we do this, that we not tolerate it.”

Kunze plans to announce the legislation alongside State Sen. Theresa Gavarone, Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn, and Kathleen, the mother of Collin Wiant, a freshman who died during a hazing at Ohio University in November 2018 by ingesting nitrous oxide, according to the autopsy. Lawmakers attempted to pass "Collin's Law" last December, which would have strengthened penalties for hazing and acts of bullying. The bill stalled in the Ohio Senate's Education Committee.