Prohibit public sector union shops [HJR-7]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
Proposing to enact Section 22 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to prohibit laws, rules, and agreements that require employees of public sector employers to join or pay dues to an employee organization and to prohibit employee organizations from representing nonmember public sector employees in employment-related matters.
HJR-7: Prohibit public sector union shops
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Brinkman
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 01/16/2018
Impose review on existing and new health insurance mandates [HB-450]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
To amend section 3901.88 and to enact sections 3901.881, 3901.882, 3901.883, 3901.884, 3901.886, 3901.887, and 3901.888 of the Revised Code to impose review and other requirements on existing health insurance mandated benefits and to establish requirements for the creation of new mandated benefits.
HB-450: Impose review on existing and new health insurance mandates
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Thompson
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 01/16/2018
Allow student holding F-1 visa to be in interschool athletics [HB-442]
[Education ]
[Immigration ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend section 3313.5315 of the Revised Code to authorize any student from a country or province outside the United States who attends an elementary or secondary school in Ohio and holds an F-1 visa to participate in interscholastic athletics at that school on the same basis as Ohio residents.
HB-442: Allow student holding F-1 visa to be in interschool athletics
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas West
Refer To Committee: Education And Career Readiness on 01/16/2018
Enact Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2018 [HB-428]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 3313.601, 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact sections 3320.01, 3320.02, and 3320.03 of the Revised Code regarding student religious expression and to entitle the act the "Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2018."
HB-428: Enact Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Reported: Education on 12/06/2018
Permit concealed carry in courthouses and govt buildings [HB-373]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 105.41, 123.011, 2923.122, 2923.123, and 2923.126 of the Revised Code to permit any person who holds a valid concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun in a courthouse, a courtroom, or a government facility of this state or in a government facility of a political subdivision of this state if the political subdivision has not enacted an ordinance or policy that prohibits a licensee from carrying a concealed handgun into the building or the court has not enacted a rule that prohibits a licensee from carrying a deadly
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HB-373: Permit concealed carry in courthouses and govt buildings
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Federalism And Interstate Relations on 10/17/2017
Add depiction of Wright flyer to state seal and coat of arms [HB-370]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
To amend sections 5.04 and 5.10 of the Revised Code to add a representation of the Wright Brothers' first piloted airplane to the Coat of Arms and Great Seal of the State of Ohio.
HB-370: Add depiction of Wright flyer to state seal and coat of arms
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 03/21/2018
Prohibit unauthorized aliens from receiving Workers' Compensation [HB-380]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
To amend sections 2743.02, 2744.02, 4123.01, 4123.51, and 4123.59 and to enact sections 2307.82 and 4123.513 of the Revised Code to prohibit illegal and unauthorized aliens from receiving compensation and certain benefits under Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law.
HB-380: Prohibit unauthorized aliens from receiving Workers' Compensation
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Insurance And Financial Institutions on 02/20/2018
Make sales tax holiday for clothes and school supplies permanent [SB-226]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 3311.50, 5705.215, 5739.02, 5739.03, and 5739.05 of the Revised Code to provide for a permanent three-day sales tax "holiday" each August during which sales of clothing and school supplies are exempt from sales and use tax, to authorize a county school financing district property tax for school safety, security, and mental health services, and to declare an emergency.
SB-226: Make sales tax holiday for clothes and school supplies permanent
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 3/30/18 - Emergency: Effective March 30, 2018 on 03/30/2018