Putting Ohio back on track means listening to the needs of the people I represent. Listed below is legislation I have written and sponsored in the 129th General Assembly.
Bills:
HB20 - to specify that the offense of intimidation of an attorney, victim, or witness in a criminal case also applies to delinquency cases and to any attempt to influence, intimidate, or hinder a witness to a criminal or delinquent act and to create an affirmative defense to a charge of intimidation of an attorney, victim, or witness in a criminal case.
HB64 - to add synthetic cannabinoids commonly known as K2 or Spice to the list of Schedule I controlled substances. (now law)
HB68 - To create the Ohio Council to Reform Behavioral Health Care.
HB93 - to establish and modify laws regarding the prevention of prescription drug abuse. Known as the "Pill Mill Bill". (now law)
HB135 - to require direct certification of students for free school meal benefits at least five times each school year.
HB264 - to implement the recommendations of the Sunset Review Committee by abolishing, terminating, transferring, or renewing various agencies.
SB207 - to authorize a joint board of county commissioners to conduct proceedings regarding existing joint county ditches via teleconference or video conference.
SB210 - to exempt an applicant for a hunting license who is an active, reserve, or honorably discharged member of the armed forces or an active duty or retired law enforcement officer from completing a hunter education and conservation course in order to obtain the license.
SB214 - to modify when a public retirement system, alternative retirement plan, or deferred compensation program must comply with a withholding order for restitution issued on conviction of a public employee for certain offenses committed in the course of public employment.
SB215 - to require public improvement or service contracts between a state agency and a contractor to contain a provision requiring the contractor to use an electronic employment verification system.
SB222 - to require certain flags (POW/MIA) to be displayed at rest areas along the state's interstates and the Ohio Turnpike.
SB228 - to authorize certified registered nurse anesthetists to issue medication orders for the administration of drugs to patients during certain phases of patient care and to specify the circumstances in which such nurses may perform clinical support functions.
SB235 - to establish a waiver for the commercial driver's license skills test for drivers with military commercial motor vehicle experience.
SB237 - to create the Taxpayer Voluntary Contribution Fund for the purpose of receiving contributions to be used for transportation purposes or other general purposes of the state.
SB240 - to establish certain requirements to be followed by a county in adopting or amending a charter that provides under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, for the succession by the county to the rights, properties, and obligations of any municipal corporations or townships wholly located in the county.
Resolutions:
SCR16 - To urge Congress to support the provision of efficient and comprehensive mental health treatment to combat military personnel and combat veterans who are suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other combat-related stress disorders.
SCR26 - To urge the President of the United States to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to rescind the rule requiring religious employers to include contraceptive services in their health insurance plans in violation of their religious beliefs and to urge members of the United States Congress to enact the "Respect for Rights of Conscience Act."
