State And Local Government : Public Officials And Employees
Ohio 131st General Assembly
Prohibits employer access to employee private electronic accounts [SB-70]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend sections 4112.02, 4112.05, 4112.08, 4112.14, 4112.15, and 4112.99 of the Revised Code to prohibit employers, employment agencies, personnel placement services, and labor organizations from requiring an applicant or employee to provide access to private electronic accounts of the applicant or employee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Transportation, Commerce And Labor on 03/04/2015
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Addresses reproductive health coverage and discrimination [SB-68]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
To amend section 4112.02 and to enact sections 1751.68 and 3923.84 of the Revised Code to require health insurers to provide coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and to prohibit employment discrimination under the Ohio Civil Rights Law on the basis of reproductive health decisions made by a person or a person's dependent or on the basis of the employer's personal beliefs about drugs, devices, and services related to reproductive health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Insurance on 03/04/2015
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Makes employment discrimination based on credit history unlawful [SB-65]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To amend sections 4112.02, 4112.05, 4112.08, and 4112.14 of the Revised Code to specify that discrimination by an employer against any person because of the person's credit history is an unlawful discriminatory practice under the Ohio Civil Rights Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Civil Justice on 03/04/2015
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Improves transparency in contracts with attorneys [SB-38]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
To enact sections 9.49, 9.491, 9.492, 9.493, 9.494, 9.495, 9.496, 9.497, and 9.498 of the Revised Code to provide transparency in contracts between the state and private attorneys.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Effective 8/12/15 on 08/12/2015
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Permits prosecutors in larger counties to practice law [SB-371]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 11/29/2016
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Requires chiefs of police to complete training [SB-322]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 505.49, 737.052, and 737.15 and to enact section 109.804 of the Revised Code to require the Ohio peace officer training commission to develop and conduct a chief of police training course for newly appointed chiefs of police appointed on or after January 1, 2017, and to require newly appointed chiefs of police of villages, cities, and townships to attend the training course within six months of appointment as a chief of police.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cliff Hite
Introduced on 12/01/2016
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Creates alternative remedy for public records denials [SB-321]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 149.43, 149.433, 2323.52, 2743.03, 2746.04, and 3333.0412 and to enact section 2743.75 of the Revised Code to create a procedure within the Court of Claims to hear complaints alleging a denial of access to public records, to modify the circumstances under which a person who files a mandamus action seeking the release of public records may be awarded court costs and attorney's fees, to expand the infrastructure record exemption under Public Records Law, and to generally protect a private, nonprofit institution of higher education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Keith L. Faber
Effective 9/28/16 on 09/28/2016
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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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Changes duties and functions of Attorney General [SB-227]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 9.02, 109.08, 109.081, 109.43, 109.521, 109.57, 109.572, 109.578, 109.60, 1331.01, 1331.04, 1331.99, 1345.02, 1345.03, 1345.031, 1345.07, 1345.21, 1345.23, 1345.24, 1345.43, 1345.44, 1349.43, 1716.02, 1716.05, 1716.07, 2329.07, 2743.191, 2743.56, 2743.68, 2743.71, 2746.02, 2901.01, 2953.32, 2981.13, and 5302.221, to enact sections 9.28, 177.05, 1331.17, and 2945.63, and to repeal section 1331.05 of the Revised Code to make various changes to the laws governing the duties and functions of the Attorney General and to modify the judgment
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Bacon
Concurred In House Amendments on 12/08/2016
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Authorizes offering of Roth-type deferred compensation plans [SB-220]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Taxes ]
To amend sections 148.04 and 148.06 of the Revised Code to authorize the Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation Board and local governments to establish designated Roth account features and other tax-deferred or nontax-deferred features permitted for government deferred compensation plans.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Hottinger
Passed on 12/08/2016
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Grants exemptions from continuing education [SB-217]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Disabilities ]
To enact section 3.35 of the Revised Code to permit exemptions for local officials from continuing education requirements of the office for an illness or disability or for out-of-state military service.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 09/30/2015
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Addresses the use of state funds for the Governor's security [SB-197]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
To amend sections 102.04, 149.433, and 2921.43 and to enact sections 5502.021 and 5502.022 of the Revised Code to prohibit state funds from being used to fund the provision of security by the State Highway Patrol for the Governor when the Governor travels outside the state not for official state business except personal travel, to allow a person to fund the Governor's travels outside the state not for official state business, and to specify that cost and payment information regarding the provision of such security is a public record.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 09/17/2015
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Permits employees to exercise private rights [SB-180]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
To amend sections 4112.01, 4112.02, 4112.05, 4112.08, and 4112.14 of the Revised Code to prohibit an employer from discharging or otherwise discriminating against a person who exercises a constitutional or statutory right within the person's private real property or motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Uecker
Refer To Committee: Civil Justice on 06/16/2015
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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 Volunteer Peace Officers' Dependents Fund [SB-11]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Pensions ]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
To amend sections 742.63 and 2329.66 and to enact sections 143.01 to 143.11 of the Revised Code to enact the "Jason Gresko Act" to create the Volunteer Peace Officers' Dependents Fund to provide death benefits to survivors of volunteer peace officers killed in the line of duty and disability benefits to disabled volunteer peace officers and to make survivors of gaming agents and Department of Taxation investigators eligible for benefits from the Ohio Public Safety Officers Death Benefit Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Eklund
Effective 3/23/16 on 03/23/2016
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Authorizes township to require registration info from landlords [SB-108]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
To amend section 5323.04 and to enact sections 525.01, 525.02, 525.03, 525.04, 525.99, and 5715.111 of the Revised Code to permit townships to require owners of residential rental property located within the township to register certain information with the board of township trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/04/2015
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Provides building owners with hearing before township action [SB-104]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 505.86 and 3929.86 of the Revised Code to provide owners and lienholders of insecure, unsafe, or structurally defective or unfit buildings with a right to a hearing before the board of township trustees proceeds to remove, repair, or secure the buildings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta B. Tavares
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 03/04/2015
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Concerns benefits for first responders diagnosed with PTSD [SB-384]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 5502.01 and to enact sections 145.364, 742.391, 3309.402, 4168.01, 4168.02, 4168.09, 4168.10, 4168.11, 4168.12, 4168.20, 4168.21, 4168.45, 4168.46, 4168.47, 4168.48, 4168.60, 4168.75, 4168.76, 4168.77, 4168.78, 4168.80, and 5505.182 of the Revised Code concerning compensation, medical benefits, and disability retirement for peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder arising from employment without an accompanying physical injury.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert D. Hackett
Refer To Committee: General Government And Agency Review on 12/02/2020
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Protect public war relics [HB-624]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Timothy O. Schaffer
Introduced on 12/05/2016
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Conduct meetings electronically if airport or port authority [HB-614]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
To amend sections 4582.03 and 4582.27 and to enact sections 308.051 and 4582.60 of the Revised Code to allow airport and port authorities to conduct meetings by video conference and teleconference.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Perales
Refer To Committee: Transportation And Infrastructure on 11/16/2016