Designate Charles Follis Day [HB-229]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To enact section 5.261 of the Revised Code to designate February 3 as "Charles Follis Day."
HB-229: Designate Charles Follis Day
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 9/28/18 on 09/28/2018
Modify law regarding transport of people requiring mobility aid [HB-195]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 4766.01, 4766.04, and 4766.09 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing the transport of persons who require the use of a wheelchair or other mobility aid in nonemergency circumstances.
HB-195: Modify law regarding transport of people requiring mobility aid
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 8/1/18 on 08/01/2018
Designate Veterans Suicide Awareness Day [HB-202]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
To enact section 5.481 of the Revised Code to designate the first Saturday of May as "Veterans Suicide Awareness Day."
HB-202: Designate Veterans Suicide Awareness Day
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 3/8/19 on 03/08/2019
Receive unemployment comp if quit to accompany military spouse [HB-158]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Unemployment ]
[Veterans ]
To amend section 4141.29 of the Revised Code to permit persons who quit work to accompany the person's spouse on a military transfer to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits.
HB-158: Receive unemployment comp if quit to accompany military spouse
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Concurred In Senate Amendments on 12/06/2018
Make municipal and county peace officers child abuse reporters [HB-137]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
To amend section 2151.421 of the Revised Code to make peace officers mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect and to expand the types of peace officers authorized to receive reports of child abuse and neglect.
HB-137: Make municipal and county peace officers child abuse reporters
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 3/20/19 on 03/20/2019
Create register of persons having a communication disability [HB-115]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
To enact sections 3304.23 and 5502.08 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Public Safety to establish a database of persons who are diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication and to require the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Agency to establish a verification form for persons to voluntarily register for inclusion in the database.
HB-115: Create register of persons having a communication disability
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 8/1/18 on 08/01/2018
Authorize nurses to compel mental health evaluations [HB-111]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend sections 140.01, 339.01, 2925.03, 3715.08, 3719.13, 3719.27, 3719.61, 3721.01, 4723.41, 4723.431, 4723.44, 4723.482, 4723.75, 4729.291, 4729.292, 4730.19, 4731.09, 4731.19, 4731.22, 4731.222, 4731.27, 4731.291, 4731.295, 4731.297, 4731.52, 4759.05, 4761.03, 4761.05, 4761.06, 4779.08, 4779.19, 4779.20, 5119.01, 5119.21, 5119.34, 5119.36, 5119.361, 5119.37, 5119.39, 5119.391, 5119.392, 5119.99, 5122.01, and 5122.10; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 5119.37 (5119.431) and 5119.39
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HB-111: Authorize nurses to compel mental health evaluations
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Effective 9/28/18 - Emergency: Certain Sections Effective June 29, 2018; Other Sections Effective June 29, 2019 Or September 29, 2019 on 09/28/2018
Exempt optical aids from sales tax [HB-116]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend sections 5739.01 and 5739.02 of the Revised Code to exempt prescription eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other optical aids sold by licensed dispensers from sales and use tax beginning July 2019.
HB-116: Exempt optical aids from sales tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Refer To Committee: Ways And Means on 10/25/2017
Improve access to epinephrine [HB-101]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend sections 3728.03, 4729.16, 4729.23, 4729.28, 4729.41, 4729.43, 4729.45, 4729.553, 4729.99, and 4731.96 and to enact sections 3707.60, 4729.382, 4729.47, and 4731.961 of the Revised Code to establish provisions to be known as the "Epinephrine Accessibility Act" and to make other changes to the laws governing the State Board of Pharmacy.
HB-101: Improve access to epinephrine
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Passed on 12/27/2018