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May 11, 2021 House Journal, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 687 JOURNALS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OHIO House of Representatives JOURNAL TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 HOUSE JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 687 FORTY-SIXTH DAY Hall of the House of Representatives, Columbus, Ohio Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 9:00 o'clock a.m. The House met pursuant to adjournment. Pursuant to House Rule No. 23, the Clerk called the House to order. Representative Oelslager was selected to preside under the Rule. The journal of the previous legislative day was read and approved. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS The following bills were introduced: H. B. No. 296 - Representatives Lepore-Hagan, Liston. Cosponsors: Representatives Galonski, Smith, K., Robinson, Brown, Lightbody, Boyd, Skindell, Smith, M., Miller, J., Weinstein, Sobecki, Jarrells, Crossman, Boggs, Leland, Miranda, O'Brien, Kelly, Brent, Sheehy, Russo, West, Crawley. To amend sections 111.26, 111.44, 124.57, 149.43, 302.041, 303.12, 307.96, 519.12, 718.01, 3313.77, 3501.01, 3501.05, 3501.051, 3501.11, 3501.13, 3501.15, 3501.17, 3501.18, 3501.21, 3501.22, 3501.221, 3501.27, 3501.28, 3501.29, 3501.30, 3501.31, 3501.32, 3501.33, 3501.34, 3501.35, 3501.36, 3501.37, 3501.38, 3501.382, 3501.90, 3503.01, 3503.02, 3503.09, 3503.10, 3503.11, 3503.12, 3503.13, 3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.16, 3503.19, 3503.20, 3503.21, 3503.23, 3503.24, 3503.26, 3503.28, 3503.30, 3503.33, 3504.01, 3504.02, 3504.04, 3504.05, 3505.01, 3505.03, 3505.06, 3505.08, 3505.10, 3505.11, 3505.12, 3505.16, 3505.17, 3505.18, 3505.181, 3505.182, 3505.183, 3505.20, 3505.21, 3505.22, 3505.23, 3505.24, 3505.26, 3505.27, 3505.28, 3505.30, 3505.31, 3505.32, 3505.331, 3506.01, 3506.02, 3506.021, 3506.03, 3506.04, 3506.05, 3506.06, 3506.07, 3506.12, 3506.14, 3506.15, 3506.19, 3506.21, 3506.23, 3509.01, 3509.021, 3509.03, 3509.04, 3509.05, 3509.06, 3509.07, 3509.08, 3511.01, 3511.011, 3511.02, 3511.021, 3511.03, 3511.04, 3511.05, 3511.051, 3511.08, 3511.09, 3511.11, 3511.12, 3511.14, 3511.15, 3511.16, 3513.05, 3513.052, 3513.07, 3513.13, 3513.15, 3513.17, 3513.18, 3513.191, 3513.192, 3513.22, 3513.261, 3513.30, 3513.31, 3513.311, 3513.32, 3515.01, 3517.01, 3517.012, 3517.013, 3517.08, 3519.05, 3599.02, 3599.06, 3599.07, 3599.11, 3599.12, 3599.17, 3599.18, 3599.19, 3599.20, 3599.21, 3599.24, 3599.25, 3599.26, 3599.27, 3599.28, 3599.29, 3599.31, 3599.33, 3599.34, 3599.36, 3599.39, 4109.06, 4301.353, 4301.354, and 4507.06; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 3501.012 (3511.06); to enact new sections 3503.111 and 3509.051 and sections 3501.291, 3505.261, and 3505.262; and to repeal sections 111.31, 3501.23, 3501.26, 3503.111, 3503.29, 3505.29, 688 HOUSE JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 3506.08, 3506.09, 3506.10, 3506.11, 3506.13, 3506.18, 3506.22, 3509.02, 3509.051, 3509.09, 3509.10, 3511.06, 3511.07, 3511.10, 3511.13, 3513.19, 3513.20, 3513.21, 3517.014, and 3517.016 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing voter registration and the method of conducting elections. H. B. No. 297 - Representative Wiggam. Cosponsors: Representatives Click, Koehler, Gross, Cutrona, Stoltzfus, Riedel, Loychik, Jordan, Grendell, Cross, Dean, McClain, Stephens, Schmidt, Merrin, Johnson, Lipps. To enact section 9.681 of the Revised Code to establish the Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act. H. B. No. 298 - Representatives Bird, Miller, J. Cosponsors: Representatives Fowler Arthur, Miller, A., Gross, Riedel, Seitz, Miranda, Stoltzfus, Brown, Young, T., Creech, Roemer, Jordan, Hoops, Cutrona, Ray, O'Brien, Wiggam, Pavliga, Hall, Click, McClain, Johnson, Plummer, Stephens, John, Baldridge, Jones, Dean, Ferguson, Holmes, Lightbody, Merrin, Grendell, Abrams, Cross, Koehler, Stewart, Young, B., Loychik, Sobecki, Crossman. To amend sections 3301.01, 3301.02, 3301.03, and 3301.06 of the Revised Code to change the voting membership of the State Board of Education to consist of only elected members. H. B. No. 299 - Representative Skindell. Cosponsors: Representatives Lanese, Smith, M., Kelly, Boggs, Troy, Galonski, Russo, Lepore-Hagan, Howse, Crossman, O'Brien, Miller, J. To enact sections 4933.29 and 4933.30 of the Revised Code to enact "The Consumer Utility Billing Transparency Act" requiring the itemization of all riders, charges, taxes, and other costs on certain utility bills. H. B. No. 300 - Representative Skindell. Cosponsors: Representatives Kelly, Smith, M., Troy, Leland, Smith, K., Lepore-Hagan, Weinstein. To amend section 1505.07 of the Revised Code to ban the taking or removal of oil or natural gas from and under the bed of Lake Erie. H. B. No. 301 - Representatives Skindell, Ingram. Cosponsors: Representatives Smith, M., Leland, Troy, Crossman, Smith, K., Ray, Russo, Sheehy, Lepore-Hagan, Weinstein, Howse, Miller, J. To enact section 5.2527 of the Revised Code to designate the last Saturday of September as "Ohio Public Lands Day." H. B. No. 302 - Representatives Skindell, Smith, K. Cosponsors: Representatives Lightbody, Leland, Boggs, Crossman, Russo, Sheehy, Lepore-Hagan, Weinstein, Miller, J. HOUSE JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 689 To amend sections 4906.20 and 4906.201 of the Revised Code to alter the minimum setback requirement for wind farms of five or more megawatts. H. B. No. 303 - Representative Swearingen. Cosponsors: Representatives Carfagna, White, Cross, Jones, Seitz. To amend sections 3301.17, 3313.6113, 3735.671, 5709.82, 5709.83, and 5747.07 and to enact sections 3303.07, 3313.905, 3317.162, and 5747.073 of the Revised Code with regard to career-technical education and the compensation of joint vocational school districts located in community reinvestment areas. H. B. No. 304 - Representative Baldridge. Cosponsors: Representatives Young, T., Seitz, Bird, Sheehy, Jones, Stephens. To amend section 3737.82 and to enact section 3781.21 of the Revised Code to amend the law regarding smoke alarms in residential premises. H. B. No. 305 - Representatives Liston, Manning. Cosponsors: Representatives Lightbody, Galonski, Miranda, Lanese, Boggs, Denson, Russo, O'Brien, Weinstein, Boyd, Miller, A., Ginter, Sobecki, Miller, J., Crossman, Robinson, Brown, Sheehy, Smith, K., Crawley, Hall. To amend sections 3902.50, 3902.60, and 3902.70 and to enact section 3902.62 of the Revised Code to cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs. H. B. No. 306 - Representatives Sweeney, Russo. Cosponsors: Representatives Boggs, Boyd, Brent, Brown, Crawley, Crossman, Galonski, Hicks-Hudson, Jarrells, Kelly, Lepore-Hagan, Lightbody, Liston, Miller, J., Miranda, Robinson, Sheehy, Skindell, Smith, K., Smith, M., Sobecki, Sykes, Weinstein, Miller, A. To amend sections 3517.01, 3517.08, 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.105, 3517.106, 3517.107, 3517.13, 3599.03, 3921.22, and 4503.03 of the Revised Code to modify the campaign finance law, and to name this act the Ohio Anti- Corruption Act. Said bills were considered the first time. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SELECT COMMITTEES AND BILLS FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION Representative Miranda submitted the following report: The standing committee on Insurance to which was referred H. B. No. 75- Representative Oelslager, having had the same under consideration, reports it back as a substitute bill and recommends its re-referral to the committee on Rules and Reference. 690 HOUSE JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 RE: ENACT FY 2022-2023 WORKERS' COMPENSATION BUDGET THOMAS E. BRINKMAN JR. BRIAN E. LAMPTON JESSICA E. MIRANDA KRISTIN BOGGS RICK CARFAGNA BILL DEAN MARK FRAIZER DONTAVIUS L. JARRELLS KRIS JORDAN JEFF LARE THOMAS F. PATTON JASON STEPHENS BRIDE ROSE SWEENEY TERRENCE UPCHURCH The report was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and re-referred to the committee on Rules and Reference. MESSAGE FROM THE SPEAKER Pursuant to Section 3353.02 of the Ohio Revised Code, the Speaker of the House hereby re-appoints the following individual to the Broadcast Educational Media Commission: Appoint Stephen V. Freeze (public member). MESSAGE FROM THE SPEAKER Pursuant to House Rules 13, 28, and 30, the Speaker hereby makes the following changes to the House standing committee on Rules and Reference: Remove Representatives Sykes and Hicks-Hudson; appoint Representatives Crawley (Ranking Member) and Russo. On motion of Representative Plummer, the House recessed. The House met pursuant to recess. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SELECT COMMITTEES AND BILLS FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION Representative Boggs submitted the following report: The standing committee on Rules and Reference to which was referred Sub. H. B. No. 75-Representative Oelslager, having had the same under consideration, reports it back and recommends its re-referral to the committee on Finance. RE: ENACT FY 2022-2023 WORKERS' COMPENSATION BUDGET ROBERT R. CUPP TIMOTHY E. GINTER ERICA C. CRAWLEY CINDY ABRAMS HOUSE JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 691 KRISTIN BOGGS RICHARD D. BROWN RICK CARFAGNA DON JONES SCOTT OELSLAGER PHIL PLUMMER C. ALLISON RUSSO BILL SEITZ The report was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and re-referred to the committee on Finance. Representative Boggs reported for the Rules and Reference committee recommending that the following House Bills and Senate Bills be considered for the second time and referred to the following committees for consideration: H. B. No. 287 - Representatives Lepore-Hagan and Galonski TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF STRANGULATION BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. To the committee on Criminal Justice H. B. No. 289 - Representatives McClain and Pavliga TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUATION OF A CHILD'S PLACEMENT AND LIMIT KINSHIP PREFERENCE IN FOSTER CARE. To the committee on Civil Justice H.
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