State And Local Government : Public Officials And Employees
Ohio 132nd General Assembly
Allow subdivisions elect to apply Prevailing Wage Law [HB-163]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
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.
HB-163: Allow subdivisions elect to apply Prevailing Wage Law
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Economic Development, Commerce, And Labor on 05/01/2017
Make safety service workers with PTSD eligible for workers' comp [HB-161]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend sections 4123.01, 4123.026, and 4123.46 and to enact sections 145.364, 742.391, 3309.402, 4123.87, and 5505.182 of the Revised Code to make peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder arising from employment without an accompanying physical injury eligible for compensation and benefits under Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law for up to one year and to prohibit such a person from receiving a disability benefit from a state retirement system for post-traumatic stress disorder arising
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HB-161: Make safety service workers with PTSD eligible for workers' comp
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey S. Rezabek
Refer To Committee: Insurance on 05/01/2017
Make safety service workers with PTSD eligible for workers' comp [SB-118]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend sections 4123.01, 4123.026, and 4123.46 and to enact sections 145.364, 742.391, 3309.402, 4123.87, and 5505.182 of the Revised Code to make peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder arising from employment without an accompanying physical injury eligible for compensation and benefits under Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law for up to one year and to prohibit such a person from receiving a disability benefit from a state retirement system for post-traumatic stress disorder arising
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SB-118: Make safety service workers with PTSD eligible for workers' comp
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Bacon
Refer To Committee: Insurance And Financial Institutions on 04/26/2017
Coroner change cause of death only after court hearing [HB-146]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 313.19 and 3705.22 of the Revised Code to allow a coroner to change the cause, manner, and mode of death in a filed death certificate only after a hearing in the court of common pleas.
HB-146: Coroner change cause of death only after court hearing
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/29/2017
Establish duties for Attorney General if person killed by police [SB-83]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To enact section 109.021 of the Revised Code to establish the duties and authority of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute cases relating to the death of a person caused by a peace officer.
SB-83: Establish duties for Attorney General if person killed by police
Sponsored by: Sen. Sandra R. Williams
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 03/07/2017
Allow political subdivisions and higher ed apply prevailing wage [SB-72]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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.
SB-72: Allow political subdivisions and higher ed apply prevailing wage
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Jordan
Refer To Committee: Finance on 03/07/2017
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Provide for firearms training for tactical medical professionals [HB-79]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 109.71, 109.73, 109.75, 109.79, 109.801, and 2923.126 and to enact sections 109.748 and 109.771 of the Revised Code to provide for firearms training for tactical medical professionals; to permit such a professional who has received that training and has been specifically authorized by the law enforcement agency to carry firearms while on duty; and to grant such a professional the same right to carry a concealed handgun in this state as a concealed handgun licensee.
HB-79: Provide for firearms training for tactical medical professionals
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Bacon
Effective 6/1/18 on 06/01/2018
Remove requirements to join public employee union [HB-53]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend sections 9.81, 121.40, 124.14, 124.15, 3345.31, 4117.03, 4117.04, 4117.05, 4117.09, 4117.10, 4117.11, 4121.03, 4121.121, 4121.69, and 5501.20 of the Revised Code to remove any requirement under the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Law that public employees join or pay dues to any employee organization, to prohibit public employers from requiring public employees to join or pay dues to any employee organization, to prohibit an employee organization from being required to represent public employees who are not members of the employee
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HB-53: Remove requirements to join public employee union
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Finance on 02/14/2017
Protect public and cemetery war relics [HB-48]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
To amend section 149.30 and to enact section 155.28 of the Revised Code to prohibit a war relic that is located on public property or on the property of a cemetery association from being sold or otherwise disposed of, or destroyed, relocated, removed, altered, or otherwise disturbed, except under certain circumstances.
HB-48: Protect public and cemetery war relics
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Perales
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 02/14/2017
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Develop and conduct training for new police chiefs [SB-37]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
To enact section 109.804 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 243.20 of Am. Sub. H.B. 49 of the 132nd General Assembly to require the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission to develop and conduct a chief of police training course for certain newly appointed chiefs of police.
SB-37: Develop and conduct training for new police chiefs
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective 12/27/17 - Section 2 Contains An Appropriation, Effective 9/26/17 on 12/27/2017
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Designate an appreciation day [HB-44]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact section 5.261 of the Revised Code to designate May 24 as First Responders' Appreciation Day.
HB-44: Designate an appreciation day
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective 5/3/18 on 05/03/2018
Establish State Government Expenditure Database [HB-40]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
To enact sections 113.60, 113.61, 113.62, 113.63, 113.64, 113.65, 113.66, 113.67, 113.68, and 113.69 of the Revised Code to require the Treasurer of State to establish the Ohio State Government Expenditure Database.
HB-40: Establish State Government Expenditure Database
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Introduced on 11/19/2018
Improve transparency of public data [HB-3]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact sections 117.432, 117.58, 149.60, 149.61, and 3375.03 of the Revised Code to create the DataOhio Board, to specify requirements for posting public records online, to require the Auditor of State to adopt rules regarding a uniform accounting system for public offices, to establish an online catalog of public data at data.Ohio.gov, to establish the Local Government Information Exchange Grant Program, and to make appropriations.
HB-3: Improve transparency of public data
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Introduced on 12/03/2018
Expand prosecutors prohibited from private practice [SB-19]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 309.02 and 325.11 of the Revised Code to prohibit prosecuting attorneys of counties with a population of 400,001 or more from engaging in the private practice of law.
SB-19: Expand prosecutors prohibited from private practice
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 02/01/2017
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Adopt Legislative Code of Ethics. [SCR-1]
[Ethics ]
To adopt the Legislative Code of Ethics for the members and employees of both chambers of the 132nd General Assembly, employees of any legislative agency, and candidates for the 133rd General Assembly.
SCR-1: Adopt Legislative Code of Ethics.
Sponsored by: Sen. William P. Coley
Offered on 01/25/2017
Address domestic worker pay [SB-14]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend sections 4111.02, 4111.08, 4111.10, 4111.13, 4111.14, 4111.99, 4112.01, and 4112.05 and to enact sections 4111.021, 4111.031, and 4112.025 of the Revised Code to require that domestic workers be paid the higher of the minimum wage provided in Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, or the minimum wage provided in the Fair Labor Standards Act, to require that domestic workers be paid overtime wages, to make certain conduct directed toward a domestic worker an unlawful discriminatory practice, and to require a weekly day of rest for
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SB-14: Address domestic worker pay
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Transportation, Commerce And Workforce on 02/01/2017
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Adopt Legislative Code of Ethics. [HCR-3]
[Ethics ]
To adopt the Legislative Code of Ethics for the members and employees of both chambers of the 132nd General Assembly, employees of any legislative agency, and candidates for the 133rd General Assembly.
HCR-3: Adopt Legislative Code of Ethics.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Manually Generate Message Element on 01/25/2017
Permit SERS to grant reduced cost-of-living adjustments [SB-151]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend section 3309.374 of the Revised Code to permit, rather than require, the School Employees Retirement System to grant annual cost-of-living adjustments to retirement, disability, and survivor benefit recipients and to reduce the maximum amount of the adjustment.
SB-151: Permit SERS to grant reduced cost-of-living adjustments
Sponsored by: Sen. Cliff Hite
Refer To Committee: Insurance And Financial Institutions on 05/24/2017
Cooperate in enforcing federal immigration laws [HB-179]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[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 prohibit a local government that fails to do so from receiving certain state funds, to provide for the removal of officers of a local government that fails to do so, and to declare an emergency.
HB-179: Cooperate in enforcing federal immigration laws
Sponsored by: Rep. Candice R. Keller
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 05/01/2017
Eliminate sex-based disparities in pay [HB-180]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To amend section 4117.08 and to enact sections 9.78, 9.781, 9.782, 9.783, 9.784, 9.785, 9.786, 9.787, 9.788, 142.01, 142.02, 142.03, 142.04, 142.05, 142.06, 142.07, 142.08, 142.09, 142.10, 4113.42, and 4117.141 of the Revised Code to require a contractor or person submitting a bid or other proposal for a state contract or a business entity applying for a grant or other economic incentive from a state agency to obtain an equal pay certificate, to require state agencies and political subdivisions to establish a job evaluation system to identify and
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HB-180: Eliminate sex-based disparities in pay
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 05/01/2017