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SB220 - Designate Day of Tears
Stephen A. Huffman, Jerry C. Cirino, Sarah Fowler Arthur
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
To enact section 5.54 of the Revised Code to designate January 22 as the "Day of Tears."
STATUS
Introduced
HB68 - Enact Ohio Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act
Gary N. Click, Niraj J. Antani, Jerry C. Cirino
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
To enact sections 3109.054, 3129.01, 3129.02, 3129.03, 3129.04, 3129.05, 3129.06, 3313.5319, and 3345.562 of the Revised Code to enact the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act regarding gender transition services for minors, and to enact the Save Women's Sports Act to require schools, state institutions of higher education, and private colleges to designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.
STATUS
Passed
SR11 - Honoring the John F. Kennedy High School cheerleading squad as the 2022 Division VI State Spirit Champion.
Sandra O'Brien
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB21 - Regards venue for appeal from an agency order, court changes
Robert McColley, Michele Reynolds, Jerry C. Cirino
Last updated 12 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
To amend sections 109.02, 119.12, 124.34, 956.11, 956.15, 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 1901.041, 1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1907.11, 2301.03, 3794.09, 3901.321, 3913.13, 3913.23, 5101.35, and 5164.38 and to enact sections 101.55, 107.13, 303.65, 519.26, and 713.16 of the Revised Code to generally change the venue in which appeal from an agency order is proper to the local court of common pleas and provide special rules regarding consideration of such cases, to revise the law governing claim preclusion in zoning appeals, to revise the law governing the referral of cases to the Hamilton County Drug Court, to transfer Perry Township in Wood County and Washington Township in Hancock County from the territorial jurisdiction of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court to the territorial jurisdiction of, respectively, the Bowling Green Municipal Court and the Findlay Municipal Court on January 2, 2024, to allow the General Assembly to intervene in certain actions, to allow the General Assembly and the Governor to retain special counsel, and to replace two part-time judgeships in the Sandusky County County Court with one full-time judge.
STATUS
Passed
#courts-and-civil-law#state-and-local-government-public-officials-and-employees#state-and-local-government-state-government#senate-judiciary-committee#house-civil-justice-committeeSB1 - Revise Education Law and Department duties; rename the Department
William F. Reineke, Niraj J. Antani, Andrew O. Brenner
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
To amend sections 5.224, 5.281, 9.231, 9.55, 102.02, 109.57, 109.572, 109.64, 109.65, 109.71, 109.72, 109.746, 113.73, 117.46, 121.02, 121.03, 121.35, 121.37, 121.40, 121.95, 124.15, 124.382, 124.384, 125.05, 125.13, 133.06, 133.061, 135.142, 149.331, 175.30, 197.04, 319.301, 901.71, 921.06, 2151.011, 2151.353, 2151.357, 2151.362, 2305.111, 2901.01, 2903.13, 2907.03, 2917.31, 2917.46, 2923.122, 2925.01, 2950.11, 2953.34, 3301.01, 3301.07, 3301.071, 3301.072, 3301.075, 3301.076, 3301.078, 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0713, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.0716, 3301.0717, 3301.0718, 3301.0719, 3301.0720, 3301.0721, 3301.0723, 3301.0725, 3301.0726, 3301.0728, 3301.0730, 3301.10, 3301.11, 3301.12, 3301.121, 3301.131, 3301.133, 3301.134, 3301.135, 3301.136, 3301.14, 3301.15, 3301.16, 3301.162, 3301.163, 3301.18, 3301.19, 3301.22, 3301.221, 3301.23, 3301.27, 3301.28, 3301.30, 3301.311, 3301.40, 3301.45, 3301.49, 3301.52, 3301.521, 3301.53, 3301.54, 3301.541, 3301.55, 3301.56, 3301.57, 3301.58, 3301.59, 3301.61, 3301.62, 3301.63, 3301.64, 3301.68, 3301.70, 3301.80, 3301.81, 3301.923, 3301.94, 3301.941, 3301.948, 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.031, 3302.032, 3302.033, 3302.034, 3302.035, 3302.036, 3302.037, 3302.038, 3302.039, 3302.04, 3302.041, 3302.042, 3302.043, 3302.05, 3302.06, 3302.062, 3302.063, 3302.066, 3302.068, 3302.07, 3302.09, 3302.10, 3302.103, 3302.11, 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.14, 3302.15, 3302.151, 3302.17, 3302.20, 3302.21, 3302.22, 3302.25, 3302.26, 3302.41, 3302.42, 3303.02, 3303.04, 3303.05, 3303.06, 3303.20, 3304.12, 3307.01, 3307.05, 3307.31, 3309.011, 3309.48, 3309.491, 3309.51, 3310.01, 3310.02, 3310.03, 3310.031, 3310.032, 3310.033, 3310.036, 3310.07, 3310.11, 3310.13, 3310.14, 3310.15, 3310.16, 3310.17, 3310.41, 3310.411, 3310.42, 3310.51, 3310.52, 3310.521, 3310.522, 3310.53, 3310.58, 3310.59, 3310.62, 3310.63, 3310.64, 3310.70, 3311.056, 3311.08, 3311.16, 3311.17, 3311.19, 3311.191, 3311.213, 3311.214, 3311.217, 3311.218, 3311.521, 3311.53, 3311.60, 3311.71, 3311.74, 3311.741, 3311.76, 3311.86, 3311.87, 3312.01, 3312.02, 3312.04, 3312.07, 3312.08, 3312.09, 3312.13, 3313.03, 3313.25, 3313.30, 3313.413, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.483, 3313.484, 3313.487, 3313.488, 3313.489, 3313.4810, 3313.531, 3313.532, 3313.533, 3313.534, 3313.5310, 3313.5312, 3313.5314, 3313.56, 3313.57, 3313.60, 3313.603, 3313.605, 3313.608, 3313.6011, 3313.6013, 3313.6015, 3313.6016, 3313.6019, 3313.6020, 3313.6024, 3313.6027, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, 3313.614, 3313.615, 3313.618, 3313.619, 3313.6110, 3313.6111, 3313.6112, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 3313.64, 3313.642, 3313.643, 3313.644, 3313.645, 3313.646, 3313.647, 3313.6410, 3313.65, 3313.66, 3313.662, 3313.671, 3313.674, 3313.71, 3313.7110, 3313.7111, 3313.7112, 3313.7113, 3313.7114, 3313.7115, 3313.7116, 3313.81, 3313.811, 3313.813, 3313.814, 3313.815, 3313.817, 3313.818, 3313.821, 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, 3313.846, 3313.90, 3313.902, 3313.903, 3313.904, 3313.905, 3313.906, 3313.91, 3313.911, 3313.92, 3313.941, 3313.97, 3313.974, 3313.975, 3313.976, 3313.978, 3313.979, 3313.98, 3313.981, 3313.982, 3314.011, 3314.012, 3314.013, 3314.015, 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 3314.021, 3314.023, 3314.025, 3314.027, 3314.029, 3314.0211, 3314.03, 3314.032, 3314.034, 3314.035, 3314.038, 3314.039, 3314.041, 3314.05, 3314.06, 3314.072, 3314.074, 3314.08, 3314.081, 3314.083, 3314.087, 3314.091, 3314.10, 3314.101, 3314.11, 3314.12, 3314.143, 3314.144, 3314.147, 3314.17, 3314.18, 3314.19, 3314.191, 3314.20, 3314.21, 3314.22, 3314.232, 3314.24, 3314.26, 3314.27, 3314.271, 3314.28, 3314.29, 3314.35, 3314.351, 3314.353, 3314.354, 3314.36, 3314.38, 3314.50, 3314.51, 3315.18, 3315.181, 3315.33, 3315.34, 3315.35, 3316.03, 3316.031, 3316.04, 3316.041, 3316.042, 3316.05, 3316.06, 3316.08, 3316.20, 3317.01, 3317.011, 3317.012, 3317.014, 3317.015, 3317.017, 3317.019, 3317.02, 3317.021, 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.024, 3317.025, 3317.026, 3317.028, 3317.0211, 3317.0212, 3317.0213, 3317.0214, 3317.0215, 3317.0217, 3317.0218, 3317.03, 3317.031, 3317.032, 3317.033, 3317.036, 3317.037, 3317.05, 3317.051, 3317.06, 3317.061, 3317.062, 3317.063, 3317.064, 3317.07, 3317.071, 3317.072, 3317.08, 3317.081, 3317.082, 3317.09, 3317.10, 3317.11, 3317.12, 3317.13, 3317.14, 3317.141, 3317.15, 3317.16, 3317.161, 3317.162, 3317.164, 3317.18, 3317.19, 3317.201, 3317.23, 3317.231, 3317.24, 3317.25, 3317.40, 3317.50, 3317.51, 3318.011, 3318.033, 3318.051, 3318.08, 3318.084, 3318.18, 3318.363, 3318.42, 3319.02, 3319.073, 3319.074, 3319.077, 3319.111, 3319.112, 3319.113, 3319.143, 3319.151, 3319.16, 3319.161, 3319.22, 3319.221, 3319.224, 3319.228, 3319.229, 3319.231, 3319.234, 3319.235, 3319.236, 3319.25, 3319.262, 3319.263, 3319.28, 3319.291, 3319.292, 3319.316, 3319.319, 3319.33, 3319.35, 3319.361, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.393, 3319.40, 3319.44, 3319.46, 3319.55, 3319.56, 3319.57, 3319.60, 3319.61, 3319.611, 3319.612, 3321.01, 3321.03, 3321.04, 3321.07, 3321.09, 3321.12, 3321.13, 3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3323.01, 3323.011, 3323.02, 3323.021, 3323.022, 3323.03, 3323.04, 3323.041, 3323.05, 3323.051, 3323.052, 3323.06, 3323.07, 3323.08, 3323.09, 3323.091, 3323.13, 3323.14, 3323.141, 3323.142, 3323.15, 3323.17, 3323.19, 3323.20, 3323.25, 3323.251, 3323.32, 3323.33, 3324.01, 3324.02, 3324.03, 3324.04, 3324.05, 3324.06, 3324.07, 3324.08, 3324.09, 3324.10, 3324.11, 3325.01, 3325.011, 3325.02, 3325.03, 3325.04, 3325.05, 3325.06, 3325.07, 3325.071, 3325.08, 3325.09, 3325.11, 3325.12, 3325.13, 3325.14, 3325.16, 3325.17, 3326.02, 3326.03, 3326.032, 3326.04, 3326.08, 3326.081, 3326.15, 3326.17, 3326.211, 3326.23, 3326.28, 3326.30, 3326.32, 3326.34, 3326.35, 3326.36, 3326.37, 3326.45, 3326.51, 3326.60, 3327.01, 3327.011, 3327.012, 3327.018, 3327.02, 3327.021, 3327.05, 3327.08, 3327.10, 3327.101, 3327.13, 3327.14, 3327.16, 3328.01, 3328.02, 3328.04, 3328.11, 3328.12, 3328.13, 3328.15, 3328.18, 3328.23, 3328.26, 3328.29, 3328.30, 3328.31, 3328.34, 3328.35, 3328.37, 3328.38, 3328.45, 3328.50, 3329.01, 3329.03, 3329.10, 3331.01, 3331.02, 3331.04, 3331.08, 3332.02, 3332.03, 3332.04, 3333.04, 3333.041, 3333.048, 3333.0411, 3333.0415, 3333.07, 3333.162, 3333.167, 3333.21, 3333.31, 3333.34, 3333.35, 3333.37, 3333.39, 3333.391, 3333.43, 3333.66, 3333.70, 3333.82, 3333.86, 3333.87, 3333.91, 3335.36, 3335.61, 3343.05, 3345.06, 3345.061, 3345.062, 3345.86, 3353.02, 3365.01, 3365.02, 3365.03, 3365.032, 3365.033, 3365.034, 3365.035, 3365.04, 3365.05, 3365.06, 3365.07, 3365.071, 3365.08, 3365.09, 3365.091, 3365.10, 3365.12, 3365.15, 3375.01, 3701.507, 3701.78, 3705.36, 3707.58, 3707.59, 3734.62, 3737.22, 3742.32, 3745.21, 3781.106, 3781.11, 3798.01, 4109.01, 4109.06, 4109.07, 4109.22, 4112.04, 4112.12, 4117.10, 4117.102, 4141.01, 4141.47, 4506.09, 4506.10, 4507.21, 4508.01, 4511.21, 4511.75, 4511.76, 4709.07, 4709.10, 4713.02, 4732.10, 4735.09, 4742.02, 4742.03, 4742.05, 4742.06, 4742.07, 4743.03, 4747.10, 4757.41, 4758.61, 4779.13, 5101.061, 5101.34, 5103.02, 5103.08, 5103.13, 5103.55, 5104.01, 5104.015, 5104.02, 5104.053, 5104.08, 5104.29, 5104.30, 5107.281, 5107.287, 5107.40, 5107.62, 5120.031, 5120.07, 5120.091, 5123.022, 5123.023, 5123.025, 5123.026, 5123.0423, 5126.04, 5126.05, 5126.23, 5126.24, 5139.34, 5145.06, 5162.363, 5162.365, 5502.262, 5502.263, 5513.04, 5703.21, 5705.216, 5705.391, 5705.412, 5709.07, 5709.92, 5715.26, 5715.34, 5747.057, 5747.72, 5753.11, 6109.21, 6301.04, 6301.11, 6301.111, 6301.112, 6301.15, 6301.21, 6301.22, and 6301.23; to enact new section 3301.13 and sections 3301.0731, 3301.111, 3301.132, 3301.137, 3301.138, and 3321.042; and to repeal sections 3301.13, 3302.101, and 3302.102 of the Revised Code; and to amend the versions of sections 921.06, 3301.071, 3309.011, 3319.22, 3319.229, 3319.262, 3319.28, 3319.361, 3327.10, 4709.07, 4709.10, 4732.10, 4735.09, and 4747.10 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect December 29, 2023, to continue the changes on and after that date to rename the Department of Education as the Department of Education and Workforce; to create the position of Director of Education and Workforce; and to reform the functions and responsibilities of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB14 - Expand veteran eligibility to teach without license
Frank Hoagland, Jerry C. Cirino, George F. Lang
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
To amend sections 3319.074 and 3319.283 of the Revised Code to expand eligibility for veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces to be employed as teachers without licenses.
STATUS
Introduced
SB6 - Regards certain public entities' governance policies
Kirk Schuring, Niraj J. Antani, Andrew O. Brenner
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
To amend sections 145.11, 742.11, 3307.15, 3309.15, 3345.16, 4123.44, 4123.442, and 5505.06 and to enact section 3345.161 of the Revised Code regarding environmental, social, and corporate governance policies with respect to the state retirement systems, Bureau of Workers' Compensation, and state institutions of higher education.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB56 - Enter the Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact)
Kristina D. Roegner, Nickie J. Antonio, Jerry C. Cirino
Last updated 2 days ago
21 Co-Sponsors
To enact sections 4731.156 and 4731.157 of the Revised Code to enter into the Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact).
STATUS
Passed
SB29 - Regards education records and student data privacy
Stephen A. Huffman, Nickie J. Antonio, Louis W. Blessing
Last updated about 1 month ago
17 Co-Sponsors
To amend sections 149.43 and 3319.31 and to enact sections 3319.325, 3319.326, and 3319.327 of the Revised Code regarding educational records and student data privacy.
STATUS
Passed
SB53 - Lower minimum age for original appointment as a police officer
Michele Reynolds, Kristina D. Roegner, Niraj J. Antani
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
To amend section 124.41 of the Revised Code to lower the minimum age for an original appointment as a police officer from twenty-one to eighteen years of age.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Ohio district SD-032
COMMITTEES
Education
Transportation
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Local Government
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sandra O. O'Brien raised in New York, New York where she attended St. Brendan's School. She became a public servant and Catholic school educator in Massachusetts. She was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010 and was re-elected subsequently in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Ms O'Brien volunteers with the Alzheimer’s Association of Massachusetts as a member of the Government Affairs Committee and has brought attention to legislation and funding around dementia research. She helped establish a Holocaust Memorial Committee in Massachusetts that honors survivors and liberators while also educating the public about this dark period in human history.read less
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Ohio Senate from Ohio
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