State And Local Government : Public Officials And Employees
Ohio 131st General Assembly
Limits scope of public employee collective bargaining [HB-583]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend sections 9.81, 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 organization,
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Sponsored by: Rep. John E. Becker
Re-referred: Finance on 11/16/2016
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Housing Court Efficiency and Expansion Act [HB-578]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
To amend sections 1901.011, 1901.051, 1901.32, and 1901.331 of the Revised Code to abolish the housing division of the Cleveland Municipal Court, transfer housing proceedings to the civil division of the Cleveland Municipal Court, and to name this act the "Housing Court Efficiency and Expansion Act."
Sponsored by: Rep. John E. Barnes
Introduced on 05/25/2016
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Limits criminal records use in public employment hiring [HB-56]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 124.11, 124.34, 329.021, 2953.36, 4121.121, 5120.38, 5120.381, 5120.382, 5123.08, and 5139.02 and to enact sections 9.73 and 5164.44 of the Revised Code to prohibit public employers from including on an employment application any question concerning the criminal background of the applicant, to prohibit a felony conviction from being used against an officer or employee when a public employer is undertaking certain employment practices, unless the conviction occurs while the officer or employee is employed in the civil service, to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Effective 3/23/16 on 03/23/2016
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Requires mileage reimbursement for certain township officers [HB-531]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
To enact sections 505.242 and 507.091 of the Revised Code to require townships to provide mileage reimbursement to a member of a board of township trustees and to a township fiscal officer for travel within the township that is necessary in the performance of the member's or fiscal officer's duties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian D. Hill
Refer To Committee: Local Government on 05/05/2016
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Revises the law governing state public retirement systems [HB-520]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
To amend sections 145.01, 145.2911, 145.2912, 145.362, 145.384, 145.40, 145.43, 145.45, 742.105, 742.37, 742.3711, 742.47, 742.50, 742.63, 3305.052, 3305.06, 3307.01, 3307.15, 3307.35, 3307.42, 3307.48, 3307.501, 3307.53, 3307.562, 3307.58, 3307.63, 3307.66, 3307.67, 3307.71, 3307.763, 3307.764, 3307.77, 3307.78, 3309.01, 3309.013, 3309.30, 3309.392, 3309.42, 3309.474, 3309.75, 3309.76, 5505.01, 5505.04, 5505.16, 5505.17, 5505.18, 5505.19, 5505.21, 5505.29, 5505.30, 5505.51, 5505.52, and 5505.59; to enact sections 145.222, 145.334, 742.091, 742.17,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Passed - Amended on 12/08/2016
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Allows concealed weapons in public offices with certain licensees [HB-518]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2923.126 of the Revised Code to permit an elected officeholder of this state or a political subdivision of this state who holds a valid concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun in a government facility of this state or a political subdivision of this state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Vitale
Refer To Committee: State Government on 04/26/2016
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Prohibits enforcing federal firearms law [HB-460]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit the state, a political subdivision, and any official, agent, or employee of any state or local government agency from knowingly enforcing or attempting to enforce any federal statute or regulation regarding a firearm, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Vitale
Refer To Committee: State Government on 02/16/2016
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Specifies investigation requirements for police-caused deaths [HB-437]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To enact section 2901.51 of the Revised Code to require every law enforcement agency to adopt a written policy that requires an investigation into a death resulting from the actions of a law enforcement officer employed by the law enforcement agency and to require the investigation to be conducted by at least two law enforcement officers who are not employed by a law enforcement agency that employs any law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death.
Sponsored by: Rep. Janine R. Boyd
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 02/02/2016
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Revises township laws [HB-413]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
To amend sections 121.22, 164.02, 504.01, 505.261, 505.27, 505.29, 505.31, 505.37, 505.39, 505.40, 505.602, 505.86, 511.23, 517.03, 517.07, 517.073, 517.08, 517.11, 755.13, 5571.16, 5705.19, 5709.10, and 5709.40, to enact section 504.24, and to repeal section 5571.11 of the Revised Code to add to the purposes for which a board of township trustees may go into executive session, to permit a township to charge for recycling services, to reduce the population threshold for a township to adopt a limited home rule form of government, to authorize a township
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas E. Brinkman
Effective 9/28/16 on 09/28/2016
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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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Repeals law prohibiting health insurance coverage of abortion [HB-360]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
To amend sections 3727.60 and 5101.57 and to repeal sections 9.04 and 3901.87 of the Revised Code to repeal the prohibitions against including abortion coverage in insurance plans purchased through the federal health insurance exchange and in health insurance policies, contracts, or plans offered to public officers and employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nickie J. Antonio
Refer To Committee: Community And Family Advancement on 10/26/2015
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Amends the law governing sex-based wage disparities [HB-330]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend section 4117.08 and to enact sections 9.71, 9.72, 9.73, 9.74, 9.75, 9.76, 9.77, 9.78, 9.79, 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 eliminate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Clyde
Refer To Committee: State Government on 10/01/2015
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Creates a commemorative holiday [HB-329]
[Arts and Culture ]
To enact section 5.28 of the Revised Code to designate February 23 as Louis Stokes Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie D. Howse
Refer To Committee: State Government on 10/01/2015
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Offers a high deductible health care plan to state employees [HB-301]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
To enact section 124.824 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Administrative Services to make a high deductible health care plan available to state employees and state elected officials.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Henne
Refer To Committee: Insurance on 10/01/2015
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Presumes that certain cancers in firefighters are duty related [HB-292]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Pensions ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 124.42, 505.374, 505.375, 505.38, 709.012, 737.08, 737.22, 742.38, 4123.57, 4123.68, and 4766.09 of the Revised Code to provide that a firefighter who is disabled as a result of specified types of cancer is presumed for purposes of the laws governing workers' compensation and the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund to have incurred the cancer while performing official duties as a firefighter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christina M. Hagan
Refer To Committee: Insurance on 10/01/2015
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Adds to offenses resulting in forfeiture of public retirement [HB-284]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 145.27, 145.572, 145.573, 742.41, 742.463, 742.464, 2329.66, 2901.43, 2929.192, 2929.193, 3305.08, 3305.11, 3305.12, 3305.20, 3307.20, 3307.372, 3307.373, 3309.22, 3309.672, 3309.673, 5505.04, 5505.262, and 5505.263 and to enact sections 2901.432, 2901.433, 2901.434, and 2927.28 of the Revised Code to add extortion and perjury and certain federal offenses to the offenses that may result in forfeiture or termination of public retirement system benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlene Anielski
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/28/2016
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Repeals the Prevailing Wage Law [HB-282]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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; 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; and to repeal Section 509.70 of Am. H.B. 497 of the 130th General Assembly to repeal the Prevailing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Hood
Refer To Committee: Commerce And Labor on 09/16/2015
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Addresses county humane societies [HB-278]
[Animals ]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 1717.04, 1717.05, 1717.06, and 1717.07 of the Revised Code to require approval by the board of county commissioners, instead of the probate judge, of appointments of agents by county humane societies outside a municipal corporation, to specify that a county humane society is a political subdivision, to make its directors, agents, officers, and employees subject to the Ethics Law, and to increase the salaries paid to the agents.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen D. Hambley
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 09/16/2015
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Addresses deer conservation [HB-267]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 109.73, 109.74, 1533.08, and 1533.121 and to enact sections 901.80 and 901.801 of the Revised Code to establish a deer sanctuary license to allow a licensee to raise deer, to establish requirements governing such a license, to require the Chief of the Division of Wildlife to issue a wild animal permit to allow a permit holder to rehabilitate deer, to establish procedures that certain law enforcement officers must follow when responding to accidents involving injured or deceased deer, and to require training for those officers regarding
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Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Ann Ruhl
Refer To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 10/01/2015
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Designates a recognition day [HB-244]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
To enact section 5.28 of the Revised Code to designate the tenth day of November as Armed Services, Peace Officer, First Responder, and Dual Service Recognition Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cliffford A. Rosenberger
Effective 2/15/16 on 02/15/2016