JOURNALS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OHIO SENATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 1788 SENATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHTH DAY Senate Chamber, Columbus, Ohio Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 1:30 p.m. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer was offered by Senator Matt Huffman, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The journal of the last legislative day was read and approved. REPORTS OF REFERENCE AND BILLS FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION Senator Obhof reports for the standing committee on Rules and Reference, recommending that the following bills and resolution, standing in order for second consideration, be referred to committee as recommended: Sub. H. B. No. 222 -Representatives Stoltzfus, Howse, et al. To amend sections 4506.09 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 122.91 and 5747.82 of the Revised Code to authorize a temporary income tax credit for an employer's expenses to train a commercial vehicle operator and increases the commercial driver's license skills test fee charged by the Department of Public Safety. To the Committee on Ways and Means. Sub. H. B. No. 277 -Representatives Plummer, West, et al. To amend section 2933.81 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the electronic recording of custodial interrogations. To the Committee on Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs. Sub. H. B. No. 421 -Representatives Smith, T., Blair, et al. To amend sections 2744.01, 2744.02, 2744.05, and 4973.17 of the Revised Code to provide a municipal corporation or county immunity from civil and criminal liability in any action that arises from a hospital police officer acting directly in the discharge of the person's duties as a police officer and that occurs on the premises of the hospital or its affiliates or subsidiaries or elsewhere in the municipal corporation or county and to modify the definition of "emergency call" and the defenses to a political subdivision's liability for a peace officer's negligent operation of a motor vehicle. To the Committee on Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans SENATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 1789 Affairs. Am. Sub. H. B. No. 606 -Representative Grendell, et al. To amend sections 9.87, 2743.02, 2744.01, and 4123.68 of the Revised Code to make temporary changes related to qualified civil immunity for health care and emergency services provided during a government-declared disaster or emergency and for exposure to or transmission or contraction of certain coronaviruses, to expand the definition of "governmental function" regarding political subdivision tort liability in relation to emergency declarations, to expand state immunity to include actions undertaken under a duty during the COVID-19 pandemic, to make COVID-19 contracted by certain employees an occupational disease under the Workers' Compensation Law under specific circumstances, and to declare an emergency. To the Committee on Judiciary. Am. Sub. H. B. No. 609 -Representative West, et al. To require the Tax Commissioner to administer a temporary amnesty program from January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2021, with respect to delinquent state-administered taxes and fees, to credit most collections to the Budget Stabilization Fund, and to repeal Section 1 of this act on May 16, 2021. To the Committee on Ways and Means. S. B. No. 318 -Senators Kunze, Williams To amend Section 1 of S.B. 30 of the 133rd General Assembly to extend the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission until December 31, 2021. To the Committee on General Government and Agency Review. S. B. No. 319 -Senator Huffman, M. To amend Section 265.210 of H.B. 166 of the 133rd General Assembly, Sections 16 and 17 of H.B. 197 of the 133rd General Assembly, and Section 7 of S.B. 216 of the 132nd General Assembly to make changes to education law for the 2020-2021 school year in response to implications of COVID-19, to require the Department of Education to make an additional payment in fiscal year 2020 or 2021 to certain school districts that experience a decrease in the taxable value of the district's utility tangible personal property, to permit furloughing of certain school employees through June 30, 2021, and to declare an emergency. To the Committee on Education. 1790 SENATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 S. C. R. No. 14 -Senators Craig, Williams, et al. To declare racism a public health crisis and to ask the Governor to establish a working group to promote racial equity in Ohio. To the Committee on Health, Human Services and Medicaid. YES - 13: DAVE BURKE, WILLIAM P. COLEY, II, MATT DOLAN, JOHN EKLUND, JAY HOTTINGER, MATT HUFFMAN, STEPHANIE KUNZE, SEAN J. O'BRIEN, LARRY OBHOF, BOB PETERSON, CECIL THOMAS, STEVE WILSON, KENNY YUKO NO - 0. The question being, "Shall the report of the committee be accepted?" The report of the committee was accepted. Said bills and resolution were considered a second time and referred to committee as recommended. REPORTS OF STANDING AND SELECT COMMITTEES Senator Eklund submitted the following report: The standing committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Am. Sub. H. B. No. 136-Representative Hillyer, et. al., having had the same under consideration, reports back a substitute bill and recommends its passage. Co-Sponsors: Eklund, Manning. YES - 7: JOHN EKLUND, NATHAN H. MANNING, ROB MCCOLLEY, PEGGY LEHNER, THERESA GAVARONE, TERESA FEDOR, CECIL THOMAS NO - 3: WILLIAM P. COLEY, II, MATT HUFFMAN, SEAN J. O'BRIEN Senator Eklund submitted the following report: The standing committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S. B. No. 308- Senator Huffman, M., et. al., having had the same under consideration, reports back a substitute bill and recommends its passage. Co-Sponsors: Eklund, Coley, McColley. YES - 7: JOHN EKLUND, WILLIAM P. COLEY, II, MATT HUFFMAN, ROB MCCOLLEY, PEGGY LEHNER, SENATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 1791 THERESA GAVARONE, NATHAN H. MANNING NO - 3: SEAN J. O'BRIEN, CECIL THOMAS, TERESA FEDOR Senator Dolan submitted the following report: The standing committee on Finance, to which was referred S. B. No. 204- Senators Schuring, Sykes having had the same under consideration, reports back a substitute bill and recommends its passage. YES - 13: PEGGY LEHNER, JOHN EKLUND, DAVE BURKE, MATT DOLAN, VERNON SYKES, KIRK SCHURING, STEPHANIE KUNZE, SEAN J. O'BRIEN, NICKIE J. ANTONIO, BOB PETERSON, STEVE WILSON, ROB MCCOLLEY, JAY HOTTINGER NO - 0. Senator Dolan submitted the following report: The standing committee on Finance, to which was referred S. B. No. 316- Senator Dolan having had the same under consideration, reports it back and recommends its passage. Co-Sponsors: Hottinger, Schuring, Kunze. YES - 13: PEGGY LEHNER, JOHN EKLUND, DAVE BURKE, MATT DOLAN, VERNON SYKES, KIRK SCHURING, STEPHANIE KUNZE, SEAN J. O'BRIEN, NICKIE J. ANTONIO, BOB PETERSON, STEVE WILSON, ROB MCCOLLEY, JAY HOTTINGER NO - 0. Senator Hackett submitted the following report: The standing committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions, to which was referred S. B. No. 277-Senator Schuring, et. al., having had the same under consideration, reports it back and recommends its passage. Co-Sponsor: Hackett. YES - 12: DAVE BURKE, JAY HOTTINGER, BOB D. HACKETT, HEARCEL F. CRAIG, ANDREW O. BRENNER, LOUIS W. BLESSING, III, CECIL THOMAS, STEVE WILSON, MATT DOLAN, STEPHEN A. HUFFMAN, BOB 1792 SENATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 PETERSON, STEPHANIE KUNZE NO - 0. Senator Schuring submitted the following report: The standing committee on General Government and Agency Review, to which was referred S. C. R. No. 13-Senator Johnson having had the same under consideration, reports it back and recommends its adoption. Co-Sponsors: Hoagland, Schaffer. YES - 6: MICHAEL A. RULLI, FRANK HOAGLAND, TIM SCHAFFER, JOHN EKLUND, KIRK SCHURING, LOUIS W. BLESSING, III NO - 3: SEAN J. O'BRIEN, HEARCEL F. CRAIG, VERNON SYKES The question being, "Shall the reports of the committee be accepted?" The reports of the committee were accepted. Senator Obhof submitted the following report: The standing committee on Rules and Reference to which were referred the appointments by the Governor of: Friedeman, Lawrence, Democrat, from Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio, as a Member of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a term beginning April 11, 2020, ending at the close of business April 10, 2025, replacing Lawrence K. Friedeman, whose term expired. Klein, George, Republican, from Akron, Summit County, Ohio, as a Member of the Wildlife Council for a term beginning February 6, 2020, ending at the close of business January 31, 2024, replacing George R. Klein, whose term expired. Rex, Michael, Republican, from Athens, Athens County, Ohio, as a Member of the Wildlife Council for a term beginning February 6, 2020, ending at the close of business January 31, 2024, replacing Michael A. Rex, whose term expired. Schnaidt, Deborah, Independent, from Granville, Licking County, Ohio, as a Member of the State Auctioneers Commission for a term beginning December 6, 2019, ending at the close of business October 9, 2022, replacing Deborah Allen Schnaidt, whose term expired. Having had the same under consideration, reports back the recommendation that the Senate advise and consent to said appointments. SENATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 1793 YES – 13: DAVE BURKE, WILLIAM P. COLEY, II, MATT DOLAN, JOHN EKLUND, JAY HOTTINGER, MATT HUFFMAN, STEPHANIE KUNZE, SEAN J. O'BRIEN, LARRY OBHOF, BOB PETERSON, CECIL THOMAS, STEVE WILSON, KENNY YUKO NO – 0. The question being, "Shall the Senate advise and consent to the appointments by the Governor?" The yeas and nays were taken and resulted – yeas 33, nays 0, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were: Senators Antonio Blessing Brenner Burke Coley Craig Dolan Eklund Fedor Gavarone Hackett Hoagland Hottinger Huffman, M. Huffman, S. Johnson Kunze Lehner Maharath Manning McColley O'Brien Peterson Roegner Rulli Schaffer Schuring Sykes Thomas Williams Wilson Yuko Obhof-33 So the Senate advised and consented to said appointments.