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Monday, March 28, 2022

Senate Chamber, Columbus, Ohio

Monday, March 28, 2022, 9:30 a.m.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Pursuant to Senate Rule No. 3, the Clerk called the Senate to order.

Senator Sykes was selected to preside according to the rule.

The journal of the last legislative day was read and approved.

OFFERING OF RESOLUTIONS

Pursuant to Senate Rule No. 55, the following resolutions were offered:

S. R. No. 299 - Senator Dolan.

Honoring Annmarie Canzoni on winning a 2022 State Gymnastics Championship.

S. R. No. 300 - Senators Dolan, Cirino.

Honoring Jessica Eden on winning two 2022 Division II State Swimming Championship titles.

S. R. No. 301 - Senators Dolan, Cirino.

Honoring Tori Culotta as a 2022 Division II State Swimming Champion.

S. R. No. 302 - Senator Dolan.

Honoring Erin Delahunty as a 2022 State Gymnastics Champion.

S. R. No. 303 - Senator Huffman, S.

Honoring Peyton Queen as a 2022 State Powerlifting Champion.

S. R. No. 304 - Senator Huffman, S.

Honoring Camilla Nicholas as a 2022 State Powerlifting Champion.

S. R. No. 305 - Senator Dolan.

Honoring the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School gymnastics team as the 2022 OHSAA State Champion.

S. R. No. 306 - Senator Schaffer.

Honoring Reese Sommer as a 2022 Special Olympics Ohio State Swimming Champion.

S. R. No. 307 - Senator Hackett.

Honoring Antwaun Burns on winning a 2022 Division II State Wrestling Championship.

S. R. No. 308 - Senator Peterson.

Honoring the Fayette Christian School girls volleyball team on winning the 2022 Buckeye Christian School Organization Championship.

S. R. No. 309 - Senator Huffman, S.

Honoring Noah Shaffer as a 2022 State Powerlifting Champion.

S. R. No. 310 - Senators Dolan, Cirino.

Honoring the Hawken School girls 200-yard freestyle relay team on winning the 2022 Division II State Championship.

S. R. No. 311 - Senator Dolan.

Honoring the Rocky River High School boys 200-yard freestyle relay team as a 2022 Division II State Champion.

S. R. No. 312 - Senator Brenner.

Honoring the Kenyon College women’s swimming and diving team as the 2022 NCAA Division III Champion.

The question being, "Shall the resolutions listed under the President's prerogative be adopted?"
So the resolutions were adopted.

Message from the House of Representatives

Mr. President:

I am directed to inform you that the House of Representatives has passed the following bills in which the concurrence of the Senate is requested:

Am. H. B. No. 434 -Representative Stein

Cosponsors: Representatives Callender, Carfagna, Carruthers, Click, Dean, Fowler Arthur, Fraizer, Grendell, Gross, Hillyer, Holmes, Johnson, Koehler, Lipps, McClain, Riedel, Seitz, Sheehy, Stephens, Swearingen, Wiggam, Wilkin, Abrams, Baldridge, Ginter, John, Kick, LaRe, Miller, J., Patton, Plummer, Troy, Speaker Cupp

To amend section 3748.03 and to enact sections 3748.23, 4164.01, 4164.02, 4164.04, 4164.05, 4164.051, 4164.052, 4164.053, 4164.06, 4164.07, 4164.08, 4164.09, 4164.091, 4164.092, 4164.093, 4164.094, 4164.096, 4164.097, 4164.098, 4164.099, 4164.0911, 4164.0912, 4164.0913, 4164.0914, 4164.0916, 4164.0917, 4164.0918, 4164.10, 4164.11, 4164.12, 4164.13, 4164.15, 4164.16, 4164.18, 4164.19, and 4164.20 of the Revised Code to enact the Advanced Nuclear Technology Helping Energize Mankind (ANTHEM) Act by establishing the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority.

Am. H. B. No. 487 -Representative Young, T.

Cosponsors: Representatives Ray, Seitz, White, Abrams, Carruthers, Click, Fraizer, Lampton, Riedel

To amend sections 3505.13 and 3505.14 of the Revised Code to change the bidding process for contracts for ballot printing, to eliminate the requirement that all contracts for ballots for Ohio elections are rewarded to vendors within the state and printed within the state.

Sub. H. B. No. 509 -Representatives John, Fowler Arthur

Cosponsors: Representatives Wiggam, Click, Gross, Hall, Holmes, Jones, Kick, McClain, Merrin

To amend sections 1716.05, 1716.08, 1716.99, 4717.05, 4723.01, 4723.08, 4723.091, 4723.092, 4723.72, 4723.73, 4723.75, 4723.79, 4723.88, 4725.16, 4725.17, 4725.171, 4725.19, 4725.34, 4725.48, 4725.51, 4725.52, 4725.53, 4729.12, 4732.14, 4732.141, 4732.142, 4757.02, 4757.22, 4757.27, 4757.301, 4765.55, 4779.03, 5126.22, and 5126.25; to enact sections 4725.231, 4725.541, and 4798.05; and to repeal sections 4723.76 and 4779.18 of the Revised Code to revise and streamline the state's occupational regulations.

H. B. No. 537 -Representative Abrams

Cosponsors: Representatives Liston, Blackshear, Brent, Brown, Carruthers, Crossman, Galonski, Ginter, Hoops, Humphrey, Jarrells, John, Jones, Leland, Lepore-Hagan, Manning, Miller, J., Miranda, O'Brien, Patton, Pavliga, Schmidt, Skindell, Sobecki, Swearingen, Sweeney, White, Speaker Cupp

To enact section 5.2529 of the Revised Code to designate February 12 as "Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Day."

Am. H. B. No. 597 -Representative Oelslager

Cosponsors: Representatives Roemer, Abrams, Baldridge, Blackshear, Boggs, Brent, Brown, Carruthers, Click, Cross, Crossman, Davis, Denson, Edwards, Fraizer, Galonski, Ghanbari, Ginter, Grendell, Hicks-Hudson, Hoops, Humphrey, Ingram, John, Jones, Lanese, LaRe, Lepore-Hagan, Lightbody, Loychik, Manning, Miller, J., Miranda, O'Brien, Patton, Pavliga, Richardson, Russo, Sheehy, Skindell, Smith, K., Smith, M., Sobecki, Stein, Stephens, Swearingen, Sweeney, Troy, Upchurch, Weinstein, West, White, Wilkin, Young, T.

To repurpose moneys received by Southern State Community College and to make capital reappropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2024.

Attest: Bradley J. Young,

Clerk.

Said bills were considered the first time.

Message from the House of Representatives

Mr. President:

I am directed to inform you that the House of Representatives has concurred in the Senate amendments to:

Sub. H. B. No. 138-Representative Baldridge – et al.

Attest: Bradley J. Young,

Clerk.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNOR

The President handed down the following messages from the Governor which were read by the Clerk:

STATE OF OHIO

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

COLUMBUS

I, Mike DeWine, Governor of the State of Ohio, do hereby appoint Amy Lynn Ast from Franklin County, Ohio, as the Director of the Department of Youth Services for a term beginning December 20, 2021 and continuing at the pleasure of the Governor.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the State of Ohio to be affixed, at Columbus, this 20th day of December in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-One.

[Seal] Mike DeWine,

Governor.

Said appointment was referred to the committee on Rules and Reference.

On the motion of Senator Craig, the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 10:45 a.m.

Attest: Vincent L. Keeran,

Clerk.