Employment : Workforce Development
Ohio 131st General Assembly
Reduces certain business filing fees [SB-26]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend sections 111.16, 1329.01, and 1703.04 and to enact section 6301.16 of the Revised Code to reduce certain business filing fees charged and collected by the Secretary of State, to specify that Ohio-based companies are to have access to appropriate features of the OhioMeansJobs web site, and to remove the requirement for a date of incorporation on a foreign corporation's application for a license to do business in Ohio.
Sponsored by: Sen. Larry Obhof
Refer To Committee: Economic And Workforce Development on 03/24/2015
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Prohibits local hiring restrictions in public contracts [SB-152]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend sections 4116.01, 4116.02, 4116.03, and 4116.04; to enact sections 9.75 and 4116.031; and to repeal sections 153.013, 153.83, and 5525.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit a public authority from requiring a contractor to employ a certain percentage of individuals from the geographic area of the public authority for the construction or professional design of a public improvement and to prohibit a state agency or state institution of higher education from requiring a contractor to or prohibiting a contractor from entering into certain labor
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Uecker
Passed on 05/04/2016
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Creates the Veteran and Disabled Ohioan Technology Council [HB-66]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
To enact section 3304.55 of the Revised Code to create the Veteran and Disabled Ohioan Technology Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. John E. Barnes
To Committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, And Public Safety on 02/18/2015
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Revises the Case Management and Employment Program [HB-500]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
To amend Sections 257.10, 257.30, and 305.190 of Am. Sub. H.B. 64 of the 131st General Assembly to revise the Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program, to establish a case management pilot program, to transfer cash from the Economic Development Program Fund (Fund 5JC0) to the Case Management Pilot Program Fund (Fund 5SK0), and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven M. Arndt
Refer To Committee: Finance on 04/13/2016
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Expands Workforce Training Vouchers to include automotive technicians [HB-429]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Small Business ]
[Environmental ]
To amend sections 3734.01, 4501.01, 4503.04, 4503.21, 4503.22, 4503.535, 4503.544, 4507.03, 4511.01, and 4511.53 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 257.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 64 of the 131st General Assembly to allow employers of automotive technicians and motor vehicle technicians to participate in the Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program, to revise what constitutes treatment of hazardous waste, to define and regulate autocycles for purposes of the Motor Vehicles Law, and to amend the versions of sections 4501.01, 4503.04, 4503.21, 4503.22,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj J. Antani
Effective 9/14/16 on 09/14/2016
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Creates Gender Pay Disparity Task Force [HB-385]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
To create the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie D. Howse
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 11/16/2015
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Makes state universities subject to performance audits [HB-384]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
To amend sections 117.46, 117.461, 117.462, 117.463, 117.47, 117.471, 117.472, 122.076, 149.431, 3333.93, 3345.202, 5709.084, 5717.04, 5726.01, 5727.111, and 5739.02; to enact sections 117.464, 117.465, 3333.172, and 3345.203 of the Revised Code; to amend Section 369.453 of Am. Sub. H.B. 64 of the 131st General Assembly; to amend Section 369.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 64 of the 131st General Assembly, as subsequently amended; to amend Sections 273.10, 273.30, and 287.10 of Am. Sub. S.B. 260 of the 131st General Assembly, as subsequently amended; to amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Duffey
Concurred In Senate Amendments on 12/08/2016
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Addresses filing fees and website access [HB-3]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend sections 111.16, 1329.01, and 1703.04 and to enact sections 6301.16 and 6301.17 of the Revised Code to reduce certain business filing fees charged and collected by the Secretary of State, to modify the required contents of foreign corporation filings, to specify that all Ohio-based companies are to have the same access to employer application services available through the OhioMeansJobs web site, and to require the Governor's Executive Workforce Board to prepare an annual report on the performance of the web site.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark J. Romanchuk
Effective 9/24/15 on 09/24/2015
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Creates a program to increase access to youth summer jobs [HB-287]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
To enact section 122.043 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Development Services to establish a youth summer jobs pledging initiative to increase access to summer employment opportunities for high school and college youth.
Sponsored by: Rep. John E. Barnes
Refer To Committee: Economic And Workforce Development on 09/16/2015
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Permits students to participate in apprenticeship programs [HB-274]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact section 3365.16 of the Revised Code to create a subprogram of the College Credit Plus Program that permits students to participate in certified apprenticeship programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christina M. Hagan
Refer To Committee: Education on 09/16/2015
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Prohibits residence requirements in public improvement contracts [HB-180]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
To enact section 9.49 and to repeal sections 153.013 and 5525.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit a public authority from requiring a contractor to employ a certain percentage of individuals from the geographic area of the public authority for the construction or professional design of a public improvement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Maag
Effective 8/31/16 on 08/31/2016
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Creates the Veterans Fee Waiver Program [HB-125]
[Veterans ]
To amend sections 111.16, 111.17, 1703.31, 1729.12, 1746.06, 1782.63, 2305.10, and 4743.04 and to enact sections 5903.21, 5903.22, 5903.23, 5903.24, and 5903.25 of the Revised Code to establish the Veterans Fee Waiver Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wes Retherford
Refer To Committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, And Public Safety on 03/25/2015
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Creates Workforce Grant Program [HB-1]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
To amend section 5747.98 and to enact sections 3333.92 and 5747.78 of the Revised Code to establish the Workforce Grant Program, to authorize an income tax credit equal to 25% of the student loan payments a grant recipient makes per year, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Re-referred: Finance on 04/14/2015
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Ohio 133rd General Assembly
Address Somali and East African affairs in Ohio [HB-269]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To amend section 121.30 and to enact sections 121.34, 121.341, and 121.342 of the Revised Code to establish the Commission on Somali and East African Affairs and the Office of Somali and East African Affairs, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam C. Miller
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 06/04/2019
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Regards addiction treatment and drug possession and trafficking [HB-698]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 127.19, 2152.021, 2743.60, 2901.01, 2921.01, 2923.01, 2925.01, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2929.01, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2941.1410, 2951.02, 2951.08, 2967.131, 2967.28, 3719.21, 4141.01, 5747.01, and 5751.01 and to enact sections 121.53, 341.231, 341.232, 2925.111, 2925.112, 2925.113, 2935.34, 2951.023, 2967.49, 2967.50, 2967.51, 2967.52, 2967.53, 2967.54, 2967.55, 2967.56, 2967.57, 2967.58, 2967.59, 2967.60, 4123.392, 5120.67, 5120.85, 5139.60, 5139.61, 5139.62, and 5139.63 of the Revised Code regarding a proposal to establish addiction treatment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Holmes
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 08/31/2020
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Grant occupational license to those completing apprenticeship [HB-258]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
To amend sections 4104.19, 4104.35, 4733.11, 4740.06, and 4765.30 and to enact section 4743.09 of the Revised Code to require a licensing authority to issue an occupational license to an applicant who completes a registered apprenticeship program and meets other requirements for licensure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Economic And Workforce Development on 05/28/2019
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Establish Workforce Scholarship Program and tax credits [SB-109]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend sections 5725.98, 5726.98, 5729.98, 5747.02, 5747.08, 5747.98, 5751.98, and 6301.11 and to enact sections 3333.93, 3333.931, 3333.932, and 5747.77 of the Revised Code to establish the Workforce Scholarship Program, to terminate the provisions of the Scholarship Program on December 31, 2023, by repealing sections 3333.93 and 3333.931 of the Revised Code on that date, to authorize tax credits for graduates of the Scholarship Program and their employers, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Refer To Committee: Finance on 03/21/2019
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Create template for workforce-education partnership programs [SB-181]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
To enact section 3333.93 of the Revised Code to require the Chancellor of Higher Education to create a template for workforce-education partnership programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Refer To Committee: Higher Education on 05/05/2020
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Establish STEM degree loan repayment program/tax credit [HB-523]
[Student Loans ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To amend sections 5725.98, 5726.98, 5729.98, 5747.98, and 5751.98 and to enact sections 3333.27 and 3333.271 of the Revised Code to establish the STEM Degree Loan Repayment Program, to authorize a refundable tax credit for employers who make payments on student loans obtained by a graduate to earn a STEM degree, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Refer To Committee: Finance on 03/10/2020
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Establish career pathways apprentice program [SB-219]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
To enact section 3303.08 of the Revised Code to establish a career pathways apprentice program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sandra R. Williams
Refer To Committee: Education on 10/23/2019