State And Local Government : Public Officials And Employees

State (Ohio)
Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Authorizes counties to obtain a county inspector general [HB-311] [Law Enforcement ] [Ethics ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 102.06, 121.41, and 121.42 and to enact sections 121.54, 305.20, 318.01, 318.02, 318.03, 318.04, 318.05, 318.06, 318.07, 318.08, 318.081, 318.09, and 318.10 of the Revised Code to authorize counties to request and obtain a county inspector general to investigate wrongful acts or omissions in county and other political subdivision government and to allow counties to contract with the State Inspector General on a limited basis.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Greenspan Reported - Substitute: State And Local Government on 11/12/2020

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Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Regards workers' comp experience in firefighter cancer claims [HB-330] [Workers' Compensation ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
To amend section 4123.68 of the Revised Code regarding charging workers' compensation experience in firefighter cancer claims.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton Refer To Committee: Insurance on 09/24/2019

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Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Require state retirement systems to broadcast board meetings [HB-514] [Retirement ] [Pensions ]
To amend sections 145.07, 742.07, 3307.09, 3309.09, and 5505.04 of the Revised Code to require the state retirement systems to publicly broadcast board meetings.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. West Refer To Committee: Financial Institutions on 03/10/2020

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Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Regards state retirement system doing business with prior officer [HB-516] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Ethics ]
To amend sections 145.112, 742.111, 3307.151, 3309.155, and 5505.08 of the Revised Code regarding the prohibition against the state retirement systems doing business with a former state retirement system employee, officer, or board member.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. West Refer To Committee: Financial Institutions on 03/10/2020

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Change Ohio Pooled Collateral Program [SB-277] [Pensions ] [Finance ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 122.58, 135.182, 169.05, 169.07, 169.08, and 742.38 of the Revised Code to revise the Ohio Pooled Collateral Program, the Unclaimed Funds Law, and the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund disability determination procedures.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin Amendments Laid Over Under The Rule on 12/23/2020

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Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Concerns workers' compensation and disability retirement for PTSD [HB-308] [Workers' Compensation ] [Mental Health ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Retirement ]
To enact section 126.65 of the Revised Code to establish a fund to provide compensation and benefits to first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder and to study the financial and administrative requirements for that fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze Effective 4/12/21 on 04/12/2021

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Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Establish Ohio Public Defender State Loan Repayment Program [HB-5] [Student Loans ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 5747.01 and to enact sections 120.61, 120.62, 120.63, 120.64, 120.65, 120.66, 120.67, and 120.68 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Public Defender State Loan Repayment Program and to make an appropriation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein Refer To Committee: Finance on 07/17/2019

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Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Require state/local authorities to cooperate on immigration [HB-169] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ]
To amend sections 9.63 and 5747.502 and to enact sections 9.631, 9.632, and 9.633 of the Revised Code to require state and local authorities to cooperate with the federal government in the enforcement of immigration laws, to sanction those that fail to do so, and to declare an emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Jordan Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 04/02/2019

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Enhance penalty for crimes against correction and parole officers [HB-299] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2903.01, 2903.11, and 2923.02 of the Revised Code to enhance penalties for certain crimes against corrections officers, parole officers, probation officers, and parole board members.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John M. Rogers Reported - Amended: Criminal Justice on 11/12/2020

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Regards health care for public safety/law enforce. PERS retirees [HB-462] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Retirement ] [Pensions ]
To enact section 145.585 of the Revised Code regarding health care coverage for law enforcement and public safety officers who have retired under the Public Employees Retirement System.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Haraz N. Ghanbari Refer To Committee: Insurance on 01/28/2020

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Revise whistleblower protection laws [HB-238] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Ethics ]
To amend section 124.341 of the Revised Code to extend whistleblower protection to certain reports made to the Inspector General under the Public Employee Whistleblower Law.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie D. Howse Reported - Substitute: Civil Justice on 02/26/2020

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Permit certain entities to apply Prevailing Wage Law to projects [HB-78] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ]
To amend sections 164.07, 307.022, 307.671, 307.673, 307.674, 307.696, 351.06, 353.03, 1506.44, 1710.02, 4115.03, 4115.04, 4115.06, 5540.03, 6117.012, and 6121.061 of the Revised Code to allow political subdivisions, special districts, and state institutions of higher education to elect to apply the Prevailing Wage Law to public improvement projects.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Jordan Refer To Committee: Commerce And Labor on 02/20/2019

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 133rd General Assembly

Provide immunity to hospital police officers [HB-421] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Education ]
To amend sections 109.78, 2744.01, 2744.05, and 4973.17 of the Revised Code to provide a municipal corporation or county immunity from civil and criminal liability in any action that arises from a hospital police officer acting directly in the discharge of the person's duties as a police officer and that occurs on the premises of the hospital or its affiliates or subsidiaries or elsewhere in the municipal corporation or county, to modify the definition of "emergency call," and to expressly exempt, from a requirement that peace officer basic training (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William P. Coley Informally Passed on 12/22/2020

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Revise public safety officer death benefits for survivors [HB-787] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Health ] [Insurance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ]
To amend section 742.63 and to enact section 124.824 of the Revised Code to revise the payments that surviving family members receive from the Ohio Public Safety Officers Death Benefit Fund and to permit surviving spouses and children to participate in the health, dental, and vision benefits offered to state employees as if the survivors were employees of this state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Doug Green Introduced on 12/20/2018

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Require convention and visitors' bureau transparency [HB-761] [Tourism ] [Public Safety ] [Consumer Protection ] [Economic Development ]
To amend section 3.111 of the Revised Code to require certain convention and visitors' bureaus to make available for inspection by the public all meeting minutes, vendor payment information, and financial information.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. Brinkman Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 11/13/2018

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Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Revise whistleblower protection laws [HB-741] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Ethics ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 124.341, 4113.51, 4113.52, and 4925.10 of the Revised Code to revise Ohio's whistleblower protection laws.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Clyde Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 11/13/2018

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Prohibit using state funds for agreement not to disparage [HB-722] [Budget and Spending ] [Ethics ] [Funding ]
To enact section 9.78 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person or public entity from using state funds in exchange for an individual to agree not to make any disparaging or negative statement about the person or public entity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 11/13/2018

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Require OPFPF trustees to elect retirant as chairperson [SB-317] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
To amend section 742.07 of the Revised Code to require the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund Board of Trustees to elect a retirant member as chairperson every third year.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Beagle Refer To Committee: Insurance And Financial Institutions on 09/25/2018

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Repeals prevailing wage law [HB-712] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ]
To amend sections 121.083, 123.281, 164.07, 176.011, 307.022, 307.671, 307.673, 307.674, 307.696, 351.06, 353.03, 1311.25, 1506.44, 1509.071, 1710.02, 5540.03, and 6117.012 and to repeal sections 176.05, 4115.03, 4115.031, 4115.033, 4115.034, 4115.04, 4115.05, 4115.06, 4115.07, 4115.071, 4115.08, 4115.09, 4115.10, 4115.101, 4115.11, 4115.12, 4115.13, 4115.131, 4115.132, 4115.133, 4115.14, 4115.15, 4115.16, 4115.21, 4115.99, and 6121.061 of the Revised Code to repeal the Prevailing Wage Law.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin Refer To Committee: Federalism And Interstate Relations on 11/13/2018

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State (Ohio)
Ohio 132nd General Assembly

Prohibit state public pension double dipping [HB-708] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend sections 145.01, 145.191, 145.38, 145.384, 145.471, 145.472, 145.58, 742.26, 3307.01, 3307.35, 3307.352, 3309.341, 3309.344, and 3501.13 and to repeal sections 145.381, 145.382, 3307.353, and 3309.345 of the Revised Code to enact the "Double Dippers Inappropriately Privileged (DDIP)" to provide that an individual retiring on or after the effective date of this act from one of the state's public retirement systems who is re-employed as a public employee will not receive the pension portion of the retirement allowance for the period of employment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. Brinkman Refer To Committee: Aging And Long Term Care on 11/13/2018

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