Tracking Status Report
Erin Ryan
Tracking group: WPPN 134 GA
Domestic Violence (Boyd, J., Carruthers, S.)
To make changes to civil and criminal law regarding domestic violence, to address State Highway Patrol arrest authority, to name the act Aisha's Law, and to make an appropriation.
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Committee Hearing in House Criminal Justice (2/25/2021; CONTINUED)
Housing (Leland, D., Crossman, J.)
To prohibit foreclosure activity and the eviction of residential and commercial tenants during the state of emergency declared regarding COVID-19, to refer such proceedings caused by the state of emergency to mediation, and to declare an emergency.
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Committee Hearing in House Civil Justice (3/23/2021; CONTINUED (See separate story))
Birth Equity (Crawley, E.)
To enact the "Save Our Mothers Act" for the purpose of establishing continuing education requirements for birthing facility personnel and an initiative to improve birth equity, reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, and address implicit bias in the healthcare system.
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Introduced and Referred in House (2/4/2021; Health)
Minimum Wage (Kelly, B.)
To allow municipalities, townships, and counties to establish minimum wage requirements higher than the state minimum wage.
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Withdrawn in House (2/5/2021)
Legislative Meetings (Kelly, B.)
To allow committee meetings and general sessions of the House of Representatives to be conducted virtually and to declare an emergency.
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Committee Hearing in House Government Oversight (3/25/2021; CONTINUED (See separate story))
Tax Credit (Skindell, M., Crawley, E.)
To make the earned income tax credit partially refundable.
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Introduced and Referred in House (2/4/2021; Ways & Means)
Minimum Wage (Kelly, B., Jarrells, D.)
To increase the state minimum wage.
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Referred in House (2/10/2021; Commerce & Labor)
Caregiver Tax Credit (Russo, A., Boyd, J.)
To authorize a refundable tax credit for certain expenses incurred by caregivers.
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Referred in House (2/10/2021; Ways & Means)
Address Confidentiality (Abrams, C., LaRe, J.)
To make changes to the Address Confidentiality Program administered by the Secretary of State and to make changes to county recorder fees.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Local Government & Elections (3/31/2021; CONTINUED (See separate story))
State Budget (Oelslager, S.)
To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
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Committee Hearing in House Finance (4/15/2021)
Committee Hearing in Senate Finance (4/15/2021)
Spousal Exceptions (Lanese, L., Boggs, K.)
To eliminate the spousal exceptions for the offenses of rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, and importuning and to permit a person to testify against the person's spouse in a prosecution for any of those offenses.
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Committee Hearing in House Criminal Justice (3/17/2021; CONTINUED)
Telehealth (Fraizer, M., Holmes, A.)
To establish and modify requirements regarding the provision of telehealth services.
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Calendar for Coming Session in House (4/14/2021)
Health Insurance (Crossman, J., Lightbody, M.)
Regarding health insurance premiums and benefits.
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Committee Hearing in House Insurance (2/24/2021; CONTINUED)
Doula Services (Crawley, E., Brinkman, T.)
Regarding doula services.
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Referred in House (2/24/2021; Health)
Child Care (Lightbody, M., White, A.)
Regarding eligibility for publicly funded child care.
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Committee Hearing in House Families, Aging & Human Services (4/15/2021)
Prevailing Wage (Riedel, C., Manchester, S.)
To allow political subdivisions, special districts, and state institutions of higher education to elect to apply the Prevailing Wage Law to public improvement projects.
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Committee Hearing in House Commerce & Labor (3/3/2021; CONTINUED)
Food Workers (Skindell, M., Kelly, B.)
To regulate employment practices of formula retail and food services establishment employers and contractors and to require the purchaser of a formula retail or food services establishment to retain certain employees.
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Referred in House (3/3/2021; Commerce & Labor)
Housing Support (Oelslager, S.)
To provide rent and utility assistance and to make an appropriation.
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Committee Hearing in House Finance (4/15/2021)
Rental Housing (Upchurch, T., Miller, A.)
To prohibit discrimination in rental housing based on lawful source of income.
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Committee Hearing in House Civil Justice (4/13/2021; SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD)
Earning Statements (Kelly, B., Lipps, S.)
To require an employer to provide earnings and deductions statements to each of the employer's employees.
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Referred in House (3/10/2021; Commerce & Labor)
Sexual Assault (Boggs, K., Russo, A.)
To remove the cap on damages for noneconomic loss when a victim of rape or assault brings a tort action.
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Referred in House (3/16/2021; Civil Justice)
Discrimination (Hillyer, B., Skindell, M.)
To enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.
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Referred in House (3/17/2021; Commerce & Labor)
AAPI Affairs (Howse, S., Galonski, T.)
To create the Ohio Asian-American and Pacific Islander Affairs Commission and the Office of Asian- American and Pacific Islander Affairs and to make an appropriation.
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Referred in House (3/24/2021; State & Local Government)
Wage Disparities (Howse, S., Miranda, J.)
To enact the Ohio Equal Pay Act to address wage disparities in public and private employment.
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Referred in House (4/14/2021; Commerce & Labor)
Civil Rights Commission (Boyd, J., Crawley, E.)
To require the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to establish a system for individuals to anonymously report wage discrimination.
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Referred in House (4/14/2021; Commerce & Labor)
Sexual Education (Stoltzfus, R., Fowler Arthur, S.)
To enact the Parents Right to Know Act to enforce school district compliance with venereal disease or teen pregnancy prevention instruction requirements.
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Referred in House (4/14/2021; Primary & Secondary Education)
Benefit Eligibility (Schaffer, T.)
Regarding eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid, work and education requirements for certain Medicaid recipients, requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program electronic benefit transfer cards, and eligibility for and overpayments of unemployment compensation.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Government Oversight & Reform (2/24/2021; CONTINUED (See separate story))
Overtime Pay (Brenner, A., Peterson, B.)
To except traveling to and from a worksite and performing certain routine tasks from the overtime pay requirement.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Ways & Means (3/31/2021; CONTINUED)
Cultural Competency (Maharath, T., Antonio, N.)
To require certain health care professionals to complete instruction in cultural competency.
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Referred in Senate (2/10/2021; Health)
Conversion Therapy (Maharath, T., Antonio, N.)
To protect minors by prohibiting certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy when treating minor patients.
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Referred in Senate (2/10/2021; Health)
Minimum Wage (Thomas, C., Craig, H.)
To increase the state minimum wage and to allow municipalities, townships, and counties to establish higher minimum wage requirements.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Workforce & Higher Education (3/10/2021; CONTINUED)
African Americans (Williams, S.)
To establish a committee to study the progress and challenges of African Americans in Ohio and to make an appropriation.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Finance (3/16/2021; CONTINUED)
Employment Applications (Williams, S.)
To prohibit private employers from including on an employment application any question concerning whether an applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Workforce & Higher Education (3/10/2021; CONTINUED)
Salary History (Maharath, T.)
To prohibit employers from seeking a prospective employee's wage or salary history.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Small Business & Economic Opportunity (3/17/2021; CONTINUED)
Asian-American Commission (Antani, N., Maharath, T.)
To create the Ohio Asian-American and Pacific Islander Affairs Commission and the Office of Asian- American and Pacific Islander Affairs and to make an appropriation.
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Referred in Senate (2/24/2021; Government Oversight & Reform)
Domestic Violence (Kunze, S., Antonio, N.)
To expand the offense of domestic violence to also prohibit a person from knowingly impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of a family or household member by applying pressure to the family or household member's throat or neck or blocking the family or household member's nose or mouth.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Judiciary (3/31/2021; CONTINUED (See separate story))
Week Designation (Maharath, T.)
To designate the first week of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week."
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Referred in Senate (3/3/2021; Health)
Month Designation (Maharath, T.)
To designate the month of May as "Maternal Mortality Awareness Month."
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Referred in Senate (3/3/2021; Health)
Housing Support (O'Brien, S., Williams, S.)
To provide rent and utility assistance and to make an appropriation.
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Referred in House (3/24/2021; Finance)
Discrimination (Antonio, N., Rulli, M.)
To enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.
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Referred in Senate (3/10/2021; Government Oversight & Reform)
Abortion (Roegner, K., O'Brien, S.)
To enact the Human Life Protection Act to prohibit abortions based upon a condition precedent.
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Referred in Senate (3/10/2021; Health)
Month Designation (Kunze, S., Maharath, T.)
To enact the Save Our Mothers Act regarding birth equity, peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, and implicit bias in the health care system and to designate May as "Maternal Mortality Awareness Month."
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Referred in Senate (3/10/2021; Health)
Nurse Overtime (Schaffer, T., Antonio, N.)
To prohibit a hospital from requiring a nurse to work overtime as a condition of continued employment.
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Referred in Senate (3/17/2021; Health)
Women's Sports (Roegner, K.)
To enact the"Save Women's Sports Act" to require schools, state institutions of higher education, and private colleges to designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.
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Referred in Senate (3/17/2021; Workforce & Higher Education)
Maternal Morbidity (Kunze, S., Antonio, N.)
To modify the laws governing the Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board and to require birthing facilities to report data on severe maternal morbidity.
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Referred in Senate (3/24/2021; Health)
Protection Orders (Williams, S.)
To enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.
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Referred in Senate (3/24/2021; Judiciary)
Racism (Howse, S., Crawley, E.)
To declare racism a public health crisis and to ask the Governor to establish a working group to promote racial equity in Ohio.
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Introduced and Referred in House (3/17/2021; State & Local Government)
Pandemic Discrimination (Maharath, T., Thomas, C.)
To denounce all forms of stigmatization, racism, and discrimination occurring as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Referred in Senate (3/24/2021; Health)