OHIO SENATE Committee on Finance Minutes March 20, 2018 132nd General Assembly The Finance Committee was called to order pursuant to the meeting notice at 2:34 p.m. in the Senate Finance Hearing Room of the Statehouse. Attendance was taken. A quorum was present. The minutes of the March 13, 2018 committee meeting were approved. The Chair called up H.B. 353 for its first hearing. The following testimony was provided: Representative Bill Reineke, Ohio House of Representatives - Sponsor (written Testimony) The Chair called up H.B. 158 for its second hearing. The following testimony was provided: Hannah Halbert, Policy Matters Ohio - Proponent (Written Testimony) John McCoy, Military Officers Association of America - Proponent (Written Only Testimony) The Chair called up S.B. 135 for its third hearing. The following testimony was provided: Stephanie Krider, Ohio Secretary of State - Proponent (Written Testimony) Kurt Kauffman, Office of Budget and Management - Interested Party (Written Testimony) Edward Leonard, Ohio Association of Election Officials - Proponent (Written Testimony) Timothy Ward, Ohio Association of Election Officials - Proponent (Written Testimony) Gary Lee, Union County Commissioner - Proponent (Written Testimony) Dan Troy, Lake County Commissioner - Proponent (Written Testimony) Greg Lawson, The Buckeye Institute - Interested Party (Written Testimony) The Chair called up S.B. 246 for its third hearing. The following testimony was provided: Lyanne Gutierrez, Groundwork Ohio - Interested Party (Written Testimony) Ashley Richardson Butler, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati - Proponent (Written Testimony) Ashon McKenzie, Children's Defense Fund Ohio - Proponent (Written Testimony) Kristopher West, Nationwide Children's Hospital - Proponent (Written Testimony) Danielle Littleton, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland - Proponent (Written Testimony) Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of Teachers - Proponent (Written Testimony) Michael Hartley, Ohio Conservative Juvenile Justice Network - Proponent (Written Testimony) Shawn Henry, OCALI - Proponent (Written Testimony) Robert Cole, Center for Equal Justice Proponent (Written Only Testimony) Eric Seeds, Voices for Ohio's Children - Proponent (Written Only Testimony) The committee adjourned at 4:46 p.m. Scott Oelslager, Chair.