Recommend school counselor job description/designate liaisons [HB-367]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
To enact section 3319.091 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Education to make recommendations for a job description for school counselors and to designate at least one staff member as a school counselor liaison.
HB-367: Recommend school counselor job description/designate liaisons
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Carfagna
Refer To Committee: Education on 12/02/2020
Regards rail yard safety, train operations, and road obstruction [HB-186]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 4907.01, 4907.99, 5589.21, 5589.24, and 5589.99 and to enact sections 4907.70, 4907.71, 4907.72, and 4999.09 of the Revised Code regarding rail yard walkway safety and illumination, two-person freight train crews, and public roadway obstruction that delays emergency vehicles.
HB-186: Regards rail yard safety, train operations, and road obstruction
Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Strahorn
Refer To Committee: Transportation And Public Safety on 04/10/2019
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.
Celebrate importance of public transit-declare Loves Transit Day [HCR-21]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To declare February 14, 2020, as "Ohio Loves Transit Day" and encourage all Ohioans to participate in the events taking place across Ohio during the week of and on February 14, 2020, to celebrate the importance of public transit in Ohio.
HCR-21: Celebrate importance of public transit-declare Loves Transit Day
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs
Introduced And Referred To Committee: Transportation And Public Safety on 12/10/2019
Prohibit overtime work for nurses as a condition of employment [HB-144]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
To amend section 3727.53 and to enact section 3727.58 of the Revised Code to prohibit a hospital from requiring a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse to work overtime as a condition of continued employment.
HB-144: Prohibit overtime work for nurses as a condition of employment
Sponsored by: Rep. Kristin Boggs
Refer To Committee: Transportation, Commerce And Workforce on 02/12/2020
Permit income tax deduction for certain teacher expenses [SB-26]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
To amend sections 5739.01, 5739.012, 5739.02, 5739.03, 5747.01, and 5747.08 and to repeal section 101.61 of the Revised Code and to amend Sections 333.83 and 757.150 of H.B. 166 of the 133rd General Assembly to authorize a state income tax deduction for teachers' out-of-pocket expenses for professional development and classroom supplies, to modify the business income deduction and delay some tax credit repeals, to exempt feminine hygiene products and some incontinence products from sales and use tax, to abolish the Public Office Compensation Advisory
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SB-26: Permit income tax deduction for certain teacher expenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 2/5/20 on 02/05/2020
Require health plan issuers to cover endometriosis [HB-451]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
To enact sections 3701.1310, 3902.50, and 3902.51 of the Revised Code to require health plan issuers to cover endometriosis and to require the creation of information materials on endometriosis.
HB-451: Require health plan issuers to cover endometriosis
Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Strahorn
Refer To Committee: Insurance on 01/28/2020