Posts Tagged ‘General Assembly’
IG Investigation into New State Superintendent by Lawmaker
COLUMBUS – State Rep. Debbie Phillips (D- Athens) sent a letter today to Inspector General Randy Meyer requesting an investigation of new State Superintendent of Education, Stan Heffner. The requests comes as questions arise over a possible conflict of interest between a company that he had been hired to work for and his continued advocacy of [...]
Late-Term abortion ban passes Ohio Senate
The Ohio Senate passed H.B. 78, the Late-Term Abortion Ban, which was described as similar to Senate Bill 72 which the Ohio Senate passed. Analyses of the bill. The vote in the Senate was 22 yeas - 7 nays.
Redfern Calls on Rep. Mecklenborg to Resign
COLUMBUS – Today, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern issued the following statement on recent developments involving State Representative Bob Mecklenborg (R-Cincinnati): "State Representative Robert Mecklenborg, of his own choosing, endangered the lives of his female passenger and that of the public when he chose to drive [...]
Lawmakers Criticize Republicans for Secrecy in Government
COLUMBUS – State Reps. Ted Celeste (D-Grandview Heights), Jay P. Goyal (D-Mansfield) and Matt Lundy (D – Elyria) today criticized the Republicans for moving Ohio away from open, accountable and transparent state government. The lawmakers pointed out a number of examples of Republicans attempting to hide their actions behind a vault of [...]
Szollosi Announces $4.5 Million State Grant for Toledo Job Creation
Assistant Ohio House Minority Leader Matthew A. Szollosi (D-Toledo) this afternoon announced that the state has committed $4.5 million to help clear the way for new uses and job creation for the Jeep Parkway property in Toledo. The money from the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund will be used to remove pollution from the soil and demolish [...]
Statements on House passing state budget
Statement by State Rep. Matthew A. Szollosi on Passage of House Bill 153 COLUMBUS – Despite strong objections from the Democratic members of the Ohio House of Representatives, the House concurred with the Conference Report this afternoon on the state budget which is going to have a devastating impact on local government and middle class [...]
Ohio House Approves Rep. Sears’ Pit Bull Legislation
COLUMBUS—State Representative Barbara Sears (R-Monclova) today announced that House Bill 14—which revises the stereotyping of pit bills and adds due process in the Ohio Revised Code—passed from the Ohio House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. House Bill 14 would remove the Ohio Revised Code specification of pit bull [...]
Brown Comments on Final Ohio Budget Passage
Columbus – State Senator Edna Brown (D-Toledo) issued the following statement today after voting “no” on the final version of the biennial state budget (HB 153) as reported by the Conference Committee: “Instead of focusing on jobs, we have nearly 5,000 pages of policy changes and drastic, unfair cuts in this budget. Local governments [...]
Garland’s Texting While Driving Bill Passes Ohio House
COLUMBUS – State Representative Nancy Garland (D-New Albany) today announced the passage of House Bill 99 out of the Ohio House of Representatives. The bi-partisan bill, which calls for a statewide texting while driving ban, is co-sponsored by Rep. Rex Damschroder (R-Fremont). The House overwhelmingly approved the measure by a vote of 88-10. [...]
Szollosi, Ohio House Remove “Pit Bull” from Vicious Dog Definition
COLUMBUS- Ohio House Assistant Minority Rep. Matthew A. Szollosi (D-Toledo) and the Ohio House has approved legislation that will remove pit bulls from the definition of “vicious dog” from a state law that has been in effect since 1987. In a speech to House colleagues during this afternoon’s legislative session, Rep. Szollosi cited a [...]