Creates Loving State Index and Commission re:student success [HB-644]
To enact section 182.01 of the Revised Code to create the Loving State Index and the Loving State Index Commission to evaluate and rank municipal corporations in Ohio regarding critical supports that are vital to student academic success in order to identify gaps in opportunity for low-income individuals and minority individuals.
HB-644: Creates Loving State Index and Commission re:student success
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Howse
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 05/27/2020
Make COVID-19 an occupational disease under workers' comp [HB-633]
To amend section 4123.68 of the Revised Code to make COVID-19 contracted by specified types of employees an occupational disease under the Workers' Compensation Law under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency.
HB-633: Make COVID-19 an occupational disease under workers' comp
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs
Refer To Committee: Insurance on 05/19/2020
Enact Business Fairness Act [HB-621]
To amend sections 3701.352, 3707.48, and 3709.211 and to enact sections 3701.353, 3707.481, and 3709.212 of the Revised Code to enact The Business Fairness Act and to declare an emergency.
HB-621: Enact Business Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Transportation, Commerce And Workforce on 12/02/2020
Prepare health impact statements for bills [HB-620]
To amend section 103.13 and to enact sections 103.132 and 3701.35 of the Revised Code to require the Legislative Service Commission to create health impact statements for introduced bills and to create the Health and Equity Interagency Team.
HB-620: Prepare health impact statements for bills
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas West
Refer To Committee: Health on 05/12/2020
Regards child born alive after attempted abortion [SB-208]
To amend sections 149.43, 2919.13, 3701.79, 3701.99, and 4731.22 and to enact sections 3701.792 and 4731.92 of the Revised Code to require reports to be made after a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion and to establish certain civil or criminal penalties for failing to preserve the health or life of such a child.
SB-208: Regards child born alive after attempted abortion
Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 05/05/2020
Regards civil liability of service providers in emergency [SB-308]
To amend section 2305.2311 and to enact section 2305.2312 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing immunity from civil liability for health care providers during disasters, to provide qualified civil immunity to service providers providing services during and after a government-declared disaster or emergency due to COVID-19, and to declare an emergency.
SB-308: Regards civil liability of service providers in emergency
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Refer To Committee: Civil Justice on 06/10/2020
Permit swimming classes at private pool without pool license [SB-309]
To amend section 3749.01 of the Revised Code to allow certified swimming classes to take place at a private residential swimming pool without requiring the pool's operator to obtain a public swimming pool license and to declare an emergency.
SB-309: Permit swimming classes at private pool without pool license
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 06/03/2020
Grant immunity to essential workers who transmit COVID-19 [HB-606]
To make temporary changes related to qualified civil immunity for health care and emergency services provided during a government-declared disaster or emergency and for exposure to or transmission or contraction of certain coronaviruses.
HB-606: Grant immunity to essential workers who transmit COVID-19
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Effective 12/16/20 on 12/16/2020
Notify medical/funeral workers if handle COVID-19 patient [HB-599]
To require, during the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D issued on March 9, 2020, and for six months thereafter, prompt notification of an emergency medical services worker or funeral services worker who has treated, handled, or transported a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 and to declare an emergency.
HB-599: Notify medical/funeral workers if handle COVID-19 patient
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan
Refer To Committee: Health on 05/05/2020
Change laws relating to euthanasia of animals [HB-551]
To amend sections 959.06, 4729.01, 4729.531, 4729.532, and 4729.54 of the Revised Code to prohibit an animal shelter from using a gas chamber to euthanize an animal and to make changes to the law governing euthanasia of an animal by lethal injection.
HB-551: Change laws relating to euthanasia of animals
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 05/05/2020
Enacts the Vulnerable Child Protection Act [HB-513]
To enact sections 2151.63, 5128.01, 5128.02, 5128.03, 5128.04, 5128.05, 5128.06, and 5128.99 of the Revised Code to enact the "Vulnerable Child Protection Act" regarding sexuality and identity counseling and prohibiting certain procedures and activities intended to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's perception of his or her own sexual attraction, sexual behaviors, or identity.
HB-513: Enacts the Vulnerable Child Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Jordan
Refer To Committee: Health on 03/10/2020
Enact Advanced Nuclear Technology Helping Energize Mankind Act [HB-104]
To amend section 3748.03 and to enact sections 3748.23, 4164.01, 4164.04, 4164.05, 4164.07, 4164.08, 4164.10, 4164.11, 4164.12, 4164.13, 4164.15, 4164.16, 4164.18, 4164.19, and 4164.20 of the Revised Code to enact the Advanced Nuclear Technology Helping Energize Mankind (ANTHEM) Act by establishing the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority.
Eliminate authority of residential facilities in R-zones [HB-505]
To amend sections 5119.34, 5123.19, and 5123.196 and to repeal section 5119.341 of the Revised Code to eliminate the specific authority of residential facilities to operate within residential zoning districts.
HB-505: Eliminate authority of residential facilities in R-zones
Sponsored by: Rep. John Becker
Refer To Committee: Health on 02/19/2020