State And Local Government : Public Officials And Employees
Ohio 131st General Assembly
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Revises the law regulating coroners [HB-240]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 9.15, 313.01, 313.02, 313.04, 313.05, 313.14, 313.161, and 325.15 and to repeal section 313.141 of the Revised Code to define the legal residence of a dead person for purposes of the body's disposal; to recognize that coroners include medical examiners; to change the qualifications for holding office as a coroner of a charter county; to require, under certain conditions, and to authorize, under other conditions, supplemental compensation for coroners who are forensic pathologists; to revise how the office of coroner is filled when
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Revises procedures for county custodial accounts [HB-210]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
To amend sections 325.071, 325.12, and 2981.13 and to enact sections 319.70, 319.71, 319.72, and 319.73 of the Revised Code regarding certain accounts of county agencies and county elected officials.
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Prohibits bad faith patent infringement claims [HB-194]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
To enact sections 2307.66 and 2307.67 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person from engaging in the widespread sending of bad faith, objectively baseless communications of patent infringement and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and institute a civil action if the Attorney General believes a person has made such assertions of patent infringement.
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Prohibits residence requirements in public improvement contracts [HB-180]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
To enact section 9.49 and to repeal sections 153.013 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.
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Creates registry of Animal Cruelty Law violators [HB-177]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 959.99 and to enact sections 959.30, 959.31, 959.32, 959.33, and 959.34 of the Revised Code to require violators of specified statutes in the Animal Cruelty Law to register with the Attorney General, to require the Attorney General to establish a registry of those violators, and to prohibit an animal shelter from placing for adoption a companion animal in the shelter's care with such a violator.
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Permits issuance of Ohio veterans identification cards [HB-173]
[Veterans ]
To enact sections 317.241 and 317.242 of the Revised Code to authorize a county recorder or county veterans service office, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, to issue Ohio veterans identification cards.
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Designates an appreciation day [HB-163]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact section 5.256 of the Revised Code to designate May 24 as First Responders' Appreciation Day.
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Specifies transparency requirements for public offices [HB-130]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
To amend section 149.43 and to enact sections 117.432, 149.60, 149.62, and 149.65 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 an appropriation.
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Creates the Veterans Fee Waiver Program [HB-125]
[Veterans ]
To amend sections 111.16, 111.17, 1703.31, 1729.12, 1746.06, 1782.63, 2305.10, and 4743.04 and to enact sections 5903.21, 5903.22, 5903.23, 5903.24, and 5903.25 of the Revised Code to establish the Veterans Fee Waiver Program.
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Adjusts the composition of the Public Utilities Commission [HB-122]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 4901.02 and 4901.021 of the Revised Code to require that each major political party be represented on the Public Utilities Commission, to specify that not more than three commissioners may belong to or be affiliated with the same major political party, and to require that Public Utilities Commission Nominating Council lists of nominees include individuals who, if selected, ensure that each major political party is represented on the Commission.
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Improves transparency of contracts with attorneys [HB-10]
[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.
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Ohio 133rd General Assembly
Extend authority-public bodies meet via electronic technology [HB-789]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Elections ]
To amend Section 12 of H.B. 197 of the 133rd General Assembly to extend the temporary authority for public bodies to meet via electronic technology and to declare an emergency.
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Privilege communications-first responder peer recovery supporters [HB-291]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 2317.02 of the Revised Code to provide privileged testimonial communications between a peer recovery supporter and a fellow first responder exhibiting signs of distress.
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Study benefits paid to volunteer/part-time safety officers [HB-759]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
To create the Volunteer Peace Officer and Firefighter Benefit Study Committee to examine disability and survivor benefits paid to volunteer and part-time peace officers and firefighters and their dependents.
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Declare county office vacant if fail to perform duties [HB-153]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 305.03 of the Revised Code to modify the law regarding declaring a county office vacant for failure to perform duties, including failure to appear at the officer's principle office location, and to designate this act the "Working Officials Requirements Key Act" or "WORK Act."
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Make public certain convention and visitors' bureaus records [HB-176]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
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Modify subdivision liability for negligent operation of vehicle [HB-27]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2744.02 and 2744.05 of the Revised Code to modify political subdivision liability for an employee's negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
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Enact Equal Pay Act [HB-304]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
To amend sections 4112.04 and 4117.08 and to enact sections 9.79, 9.791, 9.792, 9.793, 9.794, 9.795, 9.796, 9.797, 9.798, 142.01, 142.02, 142.03, 142.04, 142.05, 142.06, 142.07, 142.08, 142.09, 142.10, 4113.12, 4113.42, and 4117.141 of the Revised Code to enact the Ohio Equal Pay Act to require state contractors and economic incentive recipients to obtain an equal pay certificate, to require public employers to establish a job evaluation system to identify and eliminate sex-based wage disparities, to prohibit employers from seeking a prospective
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Bar prohibiting commercial sale of firearms and ammunition [SB-360]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 5502.63 and to enact section 9.71 of the Revised Code to generally bar public officials from prohibiting federally licensed firearms dealers in the state or a specified geographic area from the commercial sale or transfer of firearms or their components or ammunition and to modify the definition of federally licensed firearms dealer.
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Regards GA member charged with public corruption offense [HB-750]
[Ethics ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To enact section 2961.04 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person who is currently charged with a public corruption offense from taking office as a member of the General Assembly, to require a current member who is charged with a public corruption offense to repay certain amounts to the state, and to declare an emergency.