SENATE Committee on Finance Minutes May 19, 2021 134th General Assembly

The Senate Committee on Finance was called to order pursuant to the meeting notice at approximately 9:00 a.m. in the Finance Hearing Room of the Statehouse.

Attendance was taken. A quorum was present.

The minutes of the May 18, 2021 committee meeting were approved.

The Chair called up Am. H. B. 110 for its fifth hearing:

The following testimony was provided:

Jenna Reese, Ohio Farm Bureau - Interested Party (Written testimony) Kathryn M. Dugan, Ohio resident - Interested Party (Written testimony) Jill Zimon, Ohio Debate Commission - Proponent (Written testimony) Jerry Miller, Ohio Debate Commission - Proponent (Written testimony) Dan Moulthrop, The City Club of - Proponent (Written testimony) Tania Menesse, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress - Opponent (Written testimony) Jeff Verespej, CDC - Opponent (Written testimony) Sonja Rajki, The MetroHealth System - Interested Party (Written testimony) William Tarter Jr., Ohio resident - Proponent (Written testimony) Monica Nieporte, Ohio News Media Association - Interested Party (Written testimony) Jack Greiner, Ohio News Media Association - Interested Party (Written testimony) Cheryl Day, Ohio Pork Council, Ohio Cattlemen's Association, Ohio Dairy Producers Association, Ohio Poultry Association, Ohio Sheep Improvement Association, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation - Interested Party (Written testimony) Dr. Bethany Heitkamp, Cooper Farms - Interested Party (Written testimony) Roger High, Ohio Sheep Improvement Association - Interested Party (Written testimony) Dr. Mark Hardesty, Ohio Dairy Veterinarians Association - Interested Party (Written testimony) Michelle Francis, Ohio Library Council - Interested Party (Written testimony) Jay Smith, Ohio Library Council - Interested Party (Written testimony) Tracy Strobel, Cuyahoga County Public Library - Interested Party (Written testimony) Dean Ringle, County Engineers Association of Ohio - Proponent (Written testimony) Jade Davis, Port of Cleveland - Interested Party (Written testimony) Arthur Arnold, The Ohio Railroad Association - Interested Party (Written testimony) David Mahan, Center for Christian Virtue - Proponent (Written testimony) Trent Dougherty, Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund - Interested Party (Written testimony) John Carmichael, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Elinore Evans, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Susan Upton, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Alice Jackson, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Brian J. Blair, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Rick Hamilton, Ohio resident - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Jennifer Shonle, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Eric Miller, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Danielle Johnson, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Chuck Lohre, Ohio resident - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Marty Mason, Ohio resident - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Benjamin Kile, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Katharine Scheer, Ohio resident - Opponent (Written testimony only) Heidi Fought, Ohio Township Association - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Sara Rothkegel, Westlake High School - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Nancy Vondrak, Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Nailah Byrd, Ohio Clerk of Courts Association - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Jamie Belcher, Tobacco Free Ohio Alliance - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Joe Mazzola, Franklin County Public Health - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Pam Hickson-Stevenson, Akron Summit County Public Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Mary Ellen Icaza, Stark County District Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Cheryl Kuonen, Mentor Public Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Gary Fraser, Lima Public Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Molly Carver, Sandusky Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Jennifer Fording, Harris-Elmore Public Library & Genoa Branch Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Jennifer Meek Eells, The Ohio Workforce Association - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Nazek Hapasha, League of Women Voters of Ohio - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Beth Canfield-Simbro, Alliance City Health Department - Opponent (Written testimony only) Jonathan Harris, Portage County District Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Chris May, Mansfield / Richland County Public Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Jeffrey Trzeciak, Dayton Metro Library - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Kevan Wain, Ohio State Association of County Veterans Service Officers - Interested Party (Written testimony only) Kimberly I. Laudick, YWCA Van Wert Ohio Council of YWCA - Proponent (Written testimony only)

The committee adjourned at approximately 12:09 p.m.

Matt Dolan, Chair