July 31, 2008 (for 127th General Assembly 2007- 2008) Reverse chronological order

SB 335 ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE - To amend sections 149.311, 166.01, 166.02, 166.08, 166.11, 184.02, 1555.03, 3333.38, 3333.68, 3333.69, 3333.70, 3345.32, 5725.151, 5733.47, 5747.76, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 164.28, 166.25, 166.26, 166.30, 184.23 to 184.26, 3333.71 to 3333.80, 3706.25 to 3706.29, and 5537.141 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Bioproducts Development Program and Ohio Biomedical Development Program to be administered by the Third Frontier Commission, to establish the Third Frontier Economic Stimulus Advisory Board, to expand the economic development programs administered by the Department of Development to include transportation logistics and distribution infrastructure projects, to provide additional money for capital improvement projects of local subdivisions and for highway capital improvement projects, to modify the authority of the Ohio Coal Development Office, to administer coal research and development projects, to provide for advanced energy projects administered by the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, to establish the Ohio Innovation Partnership Co-op/Internship Program, to extend the historical building rehabilitation tax credit, limit credit amounts, require regional distributive balance and economic effects to be considered, and to make an appropriation. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Finance Committee. Hearings May 20, 2008.

SJR 7CLEAN OHIO FUND - Proposing to enact Section 2q of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to authorize the issuance of general and other obligations of the state to pay the costs relating to environmental and related conservation, preservation, and revitalization purposes. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Finance Committee. Hearings May 20, 2008.

SB 334 WORKERS COMPENSATION -To amend sections 4123.01, 4123.26, 4123.29, 4123.34, 4123.51, 4123.54, 4123.82, and 4123.88 and to enact sections 4123.292 and 4123.542 to prohibit an employee from filing a claim for workers' compensation benefits in this state if the employee has received a decision on the merits of a claim filed in another state for the same injury or occupational disease, to allow an Ohio employer to obtain workers' compensation insurance for claims arising in other states through the Administrator of Workers' Compensation, if the Administrator elects to provide such insurance, or an insurance company, to make other changes to the Workers' Compensation Law regarding interstate workers' compensation claims and the surplus of the State Insurance Fund, and to allow an individual whose primary occupation is as a journalist to access specified worker's compensation records. Signed by the Governor on June 11, 2008 - Effective in 90 days. TEXT

SB 323 COAL MINES/MINING SAFETY - To amend sections 1561.011, 1561.16, 1561.17, 1561.23, 1561.25, 1561.26, 1565.15, and 4131.03, and to enact sections 1561.24, 1561.261, 1567.64, and 1567.681 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 512.70 of Am. Sub. H.B. 100 of the 127th General Assembly to revise certain coal mine safety requirements, to create the Mine Safety Fund to be used for specified mine safety purposes, to allow the Administrator of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation to transfer a portion of the investment earnings of the Coal-Workers Pneumoconiosis Fund to the Mine Safety Fund, to delay the date by which the Administrator of Workers' Compensation must transition from the Micro Insurance Reserve Analysis System by one day, and to declare an emergency. Passed the Senate May 7, 2008. Passed the House May 29, 2008. Signed by the Governor: June 11, 2008 - some sections become effective immediately and some provisions become effective in 90 days. TEXT

SB 318 GUN LAWS - To amend sections 311.41, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.129, 2923.1212, and 2923.16 and to enact section 5502.371 of the Revised Code to remove the requirement for a retired peace officer identification card that the officer have a nonforfeitable right to retirement benefits, to provide that a retired police officer's successful completion of a firearms requalification program requalifies the peace officer for five years for purposes of obtaining the rights of a concealed carry licensee, to allow a concealed carry licensee to carry concealed handguns in buildings that are owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision of this state and are located in a park or rest area or are not used for a primary governmental function, to alter the requirements for renewing a concealed carry license, to allow a concealed carry licensee to carry a handgun in places of higher education, places of worship, daycare centers, and government buildings if the handgun is unloaded and in a closed package, box, or case, to prohibit a landlord from prohibiting a concealed carry licensee who is a tenant or guest from lawfully carrying or possessing handguns in residential premises, to allow concealed carry licensees to carry a concealed handgun in designated drop-off and pick-up areas of school safety zones, to allow a concealed carry licensee to carry a concealed handgun in a type D liquor permit establishment if the D permit holder does not allow consumption of beer, wine, or intoxicating liquor on the premises, to exempt from certain concealed carry law requirements a person transporting a weapon in a motor vehicle, to modify the records related to the concealed carry licensing process, that a sheriff must destroy to provide that certain records relating to concealed carry licensing are not public records, to redefine unloaded for purposes of the offense of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, and to prohibit the confiscation of lawfully owned and carried firearms during a state of emergency or disaster. Pending in the Senate Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee. First hearing April 22, 2008. Second hearing April 30, 2008. TEXT

SB314 LINKED DEPOSIT PROGRAM -To amend sections 135.61, 135.63, 135.65, and 135.66 and to enact sections 135.101, 135.102, 135.103, 135.104, 135.105, and 135.106 of the Revised Code to authorize the Treasurer of State to administer a linked deposit program designed to encourage personal savings and promote personal financial education and to revise the determination of interest rates under the Small Business Linked Deposit Program. Passed out of the Senate April 30, 2008 . TEXT

SB 310 PUBLIC OFFICIALS- FELONY- To amend sections 2921.41, 2961.01, and 2961.02 of the Revised Code to make existing laws prohibiting a person who has been convicted of a felony, including the offense of theft in office, from holding public office and denying such person other specified privileges applicable upon the acceptance of the person's guilty plea or the determination of the person's guilt. An amended bill was reported out of the Senate Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee May 7, 2008. TEXT

SB 281 BANKRUPTCY - To amend sections 2329.66, 2716.02, 2716.03, 2716.05, 2716.11, 2716.13, and 3923.19 of the Revised Code to increase the exemptions for property that a debtor may hold exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, or sale for the satisfaction of a judgment or order to reflect the higher exemptions available for such property under the United States Bankruptcy Code and to provide for automatic adjustments to those exemptions based on changes in the Consumer Price Index, to modify the garnishment procedure, and to expand the amount of benefits under sickness and accident insurance policies that are exempt from attachment and other process. Passed the Senate. Passed the House June 10, 2008. Concurred by the Senate June 10, 2008. Awaiting Governor's action. TEXT

SB 276 CONSERVATION & REVITALIZATION - To enact section 133.52 of the Revised Code to authorize a county, municipal corporation, or township to issue public obligations to provide, or assist in providing, grants, loans, loan guarantees, or contributions for conservation and revitalization purposes. Passed out of the Senate May 14, 2008. TEXT

*SB 268 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - COMPETITIVE BIDDING - To amend sections 9.48, 125.04, 307.86, 505.10, 505.37, 505.376, 511.12, 515.01, 731.14, 971.07, and 3313.46 and to enact section 307.862 of the Revised Code to allow a county contracting authority to use competitive sealed proposals instead of competitive sealed bidding when doing so would be advantageous to the county, to modify provisions concerning a county contracting authority's purchase of certain insurance policies or health care plans, to extend the current county and township joint purchasing authority to other political subdivisions and exempt county participants from competitive bidding requirements, to authorize boards of education to forgo the second newspaper publication of bid advertisement in lieu of an internet web site posting, and to change notice requirements for other local government purposes. Signed by the Governor on June 12, 2008 - Effective in 90 days. TEXT

SB 265 TAX EXEPMT ENERGY SAVING DEVICES - To amend section 5739.02 of the Revised Code to exempt purchases of energy-saving devices from sales and use taxation. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. TEXT

SB 264 - PROHIBITION STRIKES - TEACHERS - To amend sections 4117.14 and 4117.15 of the Revised Code to prohibit classroom teachers employed by boards of education from striking and instead require binding arbitration to settle their unresolved collective bargaining disputes and to make an appropriation. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Education Committee. Substitute bill accepted on April 8, 2008. Sixth hearing April 15, 2008. TEXT

SB 256 FELONIOUS ASSAULT - To amend sections 2903.11 and 2929.14 and to enact section 2941.1421 of the Revised Code to allow a court to impose an additional prison term upon an offender who commits felonious assault against a minor. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Judiciary Criminal Justice Committee. First hearing April 2, 2008. TEXT

SB 255 FELONIOUS ASSAULT - To amend section 2903.11 of the Revised Code to make the sentence for felonious assault a definite term of imprisonment of from 10 to 20 years if the victim is under 5 years of age and suffers substantial permanent injury. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Judiciary Criminal Justice Committee. First hearing April 2, 2008. TEXT

SB 252 MAYOR'S COURTS - To abolish mayor's courts and to create community courts, to convert three part-time municipal court judgeships into full-time judgeships, and to modify the compensation of municipal court judges in territories having a population of more than 50,000. TEXT Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Judiciary Civil Justice Committee. First hearing January 23, 2008.

SB 250 JOB TRAINING TAX CREDITS - To amend sections 5725.31, 5729.07, 5733.42, and 5747.39 of the Revised Code to extend the job training tax credit for an additional year. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. First hearing December 5, 2007. TEXT

*SB 247 CREDIT UNION LAWS - To amend sections 109.572, 926.29, 1733.13, 1733.15, 1733.19, 1733.29, 1733.329, and 1733.34 and to enact sections 1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1733.241, 1733.242, 1733.243, 1733.291, 1733.292, 1733.47, and 1761.26 of the Revised Code to make changes in the Credit Union Regulation Law and to require criminal background checks whenever the approval of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is required for a person to serve as a director, officer, or controlling person of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, money transmitter, credit union, or credit union share guaranty corporation. Signed by the Governor on June 11, 2008 - Effective in 90 days. TEXT

SB 242 RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS - To enact sections 4905.66, 4905.661, 4905.662, 4905.663, and 4905.664 of the Revised Code to create a renewable energy portfolio standard for electric suppliers and authorize a state system of tradable renewable energy credits. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee. First hearing December 11, 2007. TEXT

SB241 COUNTY EXPENSES - To amend section 301.28 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing payment of county expenses by a financial transaction device. Passed the Senate December 12, 2007. Passed out of the House April 2, 2008. TEXT

SB 239 ENERGY CONSERVATION - To amend sections 133.20 and 307.041 of the Revised Code to require that the amount spent by counties on energy conservation measures be unlikely to exceed the amount saved in energy and operating costs over the average system life of the measures, and to require that financed measures be paid for within their average system life. Introduced in the Senate October 10, 2007. Pending in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee. First hearing December 11, 2007. TEXT

SB 221 ENERGY POLICY -To amend sections 4905.31, 4928.01, 4928.02, 4928.05, 4928.09, 4928.14, 4928.17, 4928.20, 4928.31, 4928.34, 4928.35, 4928.61, 4928.67, 4929.01, and 4929.02; to enact sections 9.835, 3318.112, 4928.141, 4928.142, 4928.143, 4928.144, 4928.145, 4928.146, 4928.151, 4928.24, 4928.621, 4928.64, 4928.65, 4928.66, 4928.68, 4928.69, and 4929.051; and to repeal sections 4928.41, 4928.42, 4928.431, and 4928.44 of the Revised Code to revise state energy policy to address electric service price regulation, establish alternative energy benchmarks for electric distribution utilities and electric services companies, provide for the use of renewable energy credits, establish energy efficiency standards for electric distribution utilities, require greenhouse gas emission reporting and carbon dioxide control planning for utility-owned generating facilities, authorize energy price risk management contracts, and authorize for natural gas utilities revenue decoupling related to energy conservation and efficiency. Passed out of the Senate October 31, 2007. Passed out of the House April 22, 2008. Signed by the Governor May 1, 2008.TEXT Final Form

SB 213 RENEWALBE ENERGY - To enact section 123.012 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Administrative Services to ensure that a certain percentage of state agencies' total electricity purchases are from renewable energy systems. Introduced in the Senate September 18, 2007. Pending in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee. First hearing December 11, 2007. TEXT

SB 200 SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY/TAXES -To amend sections 1551.20, 4933.32, 5709.53, 5739.01, and 5739.02 of the Revised Code to exempt sales of solar and wind energy devices from sales and use taxation. Introduced in the Senate July 5, 2007. TEXT

SB199 ENERGY EFFICIENT/ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE BUILDINGS - To amend sections 5747.08, 5747.98, and 5751.98 and to enact sections 1551.41 to 1551.47, 5747.81, and 5751.54 of the Revised Code to create tax credits for constructing energy efficient and environmentally responsible buildings. Introduced in the Senate July 5, 2007. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee. TEXT

SB198 RENEWABLE ENERGY - To amend sections 1551.20, 4933.32, 5747.08, 5747.98, and 5751.98 and to enact sections 5747.81 and 5751.54 of the Revised Code to create tax credits for investing in renewable energy property. Introduced in the Senate July 5, 2007. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee. TEXT

SB 193 GAS PRICES - To amend section 1345.02 and to enact sections 3741.20 and 3741.21 of the Revised Code to make charging a price for a grade of gasoline that does not bear a reasonable relationship to the costs of making the particular grade of gasoline available to consumers an unfair or deceptive consumer sales practice; to require refiners and wholesalers of petroleum products to submit monthly reports to the Director of Commerce regarding petroleum products shipped into, used in, and exported from this state; to require retail sellers of gasoline to submit a written notice to the Director if the retail seller increases the price of gasoline sold at the pump by seven cents or more during a calendar week; and to create the Gasoline Practices Oversight Commission for the period ending December 31, 2009. Pending in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee. First hearing December 11, 2007. Second hearing March 11, 2008. TEXT

*SB 185 PUBLIC LIBRARIES - To amend sections 127.14, 131.18, 131.44, 131.51, 133.10, 135.35, 135.352, 149.411, 321.08, 3375.05, 3375.121, 3375.32, 3375.35, 3375.36, 3375.37, 3375.38, 3375.39, 3375.40, 3375.404, 3375.41, 3375.42, 3375.85, 3375.91, 3375.92, 5705.28, 5705.281, 5705.31, 5705.32, 5705.321, 5705.37, 5715.36, 5719.041, 5747.03, 5747.46, 5747.47, 5747.48, 5747.51, and 5747.52 and to enact sections 3375.351, 3375.64, 3375.65, 3375.66, and 3375.67 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 323.10 of H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly to revise certain laws governing public libraries, to change the name of the Library and Local Government Support Fund, and to codify the creation of the Ohio Public Library Information Network. On 03/21/2008 the bill was SIGNED BY the GOVERNOR. Effective Date: June 20, 2008. TEXT

*SB 171 SCRAP METAL - To amend sections 1333.99, 4737.01, 4737.04, and 4737.99 and to enact sections 1333.71, 4737.041, 4737.042, 4737.043, and 4737.044 of the Revised Code to make certain changes to the laws regulating secondhand dealers and scrap metal dealers. Signed by the Governor on June 11, 2008 - Effective in 90 days. TEXT

SB 170 CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS - To amend sections 6101.10, 6101.48, 6101.53, 6101.67, and 6101.70 and to enact section 6101.101 of the Revised Code to revise the membership of the board of directors of a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties, to require the board of directors of such a district rather than the conservancy court to perform certain functions under the Conservancy Districts Law, to prohibit the levying of an assessment by such a conservancy district under specified circumstances, and to make other changes concerning the levying of an assessment by such a conservancy district. TEXT Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee. A substitute bill was adopted during a first hearing held June 20, 2007. Second hearing June 26, 2007. Third hearing June 27, 2007.

SB 166 GAS PIPELINES/TREE REMOVAL- To enact section 4933.41 of the Revised Code relative to the removal of trees and structures from easements that are part of interstate gas pipeline facilities. Introduced in the Senate May 15, 2007. Pending in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee.Third hearing January 29, 2008.TEXT

SB 160 VENDOR TAXES -To amend sections 5739.03, 5739.031, 5739.033, 5739.035, 5739.123, and 5741.02 and to enact section 5741.09 of the Revised Code to require vendors using origin-based situsing rules to determine the appropriate sales tax jurisdiction in which a sale is taxable to continue to do so, to authorize vendors using destination-based sourcing to convert to origin-based situsing at their convenience, to repeal Ohio's multiple points of use provisions for services and computer-related sales, and to authorize the Tax Commissioner to develop a plan for in-state and out-of-state vendors to elect to collect and remit Ohio use taxes at a uniform rate. Passed out of the Senate June 20, 2007. TEXT

*SB 150 LIQUOR SALES - To amend sections 4301.10 and 4301.639 of the Revised Code to authorize liquor permit holders to accept military identification cards that contain a picture and age data as proof of a purchaser's age in order to qualify for a specified affirmative defense, and to require the Division of Liquor Control to provide retail permit holders with a notice of the permissible forms of identification for purposes of qualifying for that affirmative defense. Passed out of the Senate June 27, 2007. Passed out of the House May 21, 2008. Concurred by the Senate May 22, 2008. Awaiting Governor's action.

SB 146 INTERNAL STATE AUDITING - To enact sections 126.40 to 126.43 of the Revised Code to create an Office of Internal Auditing within the Office of Budget and Management, to establish the State Audit Committee, and to prescribe their respective and interrelated functions. TEXT Pending in the Senate Finance Committee. Third hearing May 15, 2007.

SB 142 SALES TAX EXEMPT/ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES - To amend section 5739.02 of the Revised Code to temporarily exempt from sales and use taxes sales of certain energy-efficient appliances. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee.TEXT

SB 139 PREVAILING WAGE/SCHOOLS - To amend sections 3354.16, 3355.12, 3357.16, and 4115.04 and to enact sections 153.53 and 3318.101 of the Revised Code to permit state institutions of higher education to use either single or multiple prime bidding for public improvement projects; to exempt from the Prevailing Wage Law projects constructed by state institutions of higher education and projects constructed by private, non-profit organizations that receive public moneys to construct those projects; and to prohibit the Ohio School Facilities Commission from approving school district projects that specify the payment of prevailing wages. Pending in the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions. First hearing February 5, 2008. Text

SB 136 LIQUOR LAWS/ & ETHANOL/ETHYL TRANSPORT - To amend sections 4301.20, 4301.333, 4301.334, 4301.351, 4301.354, 4301.355, 4301.356, 4301.361, 4301.364, 4301.365, 4301.366, and 4303.182 of the Revised Code to authorize certain Sunday liquor sales to begin at 11 a.m. even if those sales previously were approved by the voters to commence at 1 p.m., to change from 1 p.m. to 11 a.m. the time at which Sunday liquor sales may start as specified in certain local option questions submitted to the voters, and to clarify that the Liquor Control and Liquor Permits Laws do not prevent the manufacture, sale, and transport of ethanol or ethyl alcohol for use as fuel. Text First hearing April 25, 2007. Second hearing May 2, 2007. Third hearing May 9, 2007.

SB 133 CAPITAL GAINS - To amend sections 5747.01 and 5747.02 and to enact section 5747.014 of the Revised Code to reduce the income tax rate on capital gains reinvested in Ohio-based investments. Pending in the Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee. Text

SB 125 HORSE WAGERING at TRACKS - To amend sections 924.01, 924.04, 924.07, 924.09, 924.10, 3769.03, 3769.08, 3769.083, 3769.085, and 3769.088 and to enact sections 924.011, 924.071, 3769.0811, 3769.0812, and 3769.0813 of the Revised Code to authorize wagering at a track on horse races that are telecast via an instant racing system, to levy a tax on amounts wagered in this manner, and to enable certain persons associated with the equine industry to establish an equine marketing program. Passed out of the Senate May 23, 2007. Introduced in the House. Pending in the House State Government Committee. Second hearing June 14, 2007. TEXT

SB 122 FUEL - E85 BLEND - To amend section 122.075 and to enact section 5537.29 of the Revised Code to establish a schedule for E85 blend fuel to be made available at service stations located on the Ohio Turnpike and to permit the Ohio Turnpike Commission to apply for grants made by the Department of Development under the Alternative Fuel Transportation Grant Program. Text Pending in the Senate Transportation Committee. First hearing May 1, 2007.

SB 119 TAX - LAND REUTILIZATION LAWS - To amend sections 323.25, 323.31, 323.67, 5721.06, 5721.10, 5721.13, 5721.14, 5721.18, 5721.25, 5721.31, 5721.34, 5722.01, 5722.02, 5722.05, 5722.06, 5722.07, 5722.08, 5722.10, 5722.14, 5722.15, 5722.21, and 5723.06, to enact new sections 5722.03 and 5722.04, and to repeal sections 323.77, 5722.03, 5722.04, and 5722.13 of the Revised Code to modify the tax-delinquent land reutilization law by authorizing political subdivisions to prosecute property tax foreclosures, acquire such land through foreclosures before the land is offered at a tax sale, and sell such property at less than appraised market value; and to impose a one-year limit on property owners' option to obtain a delinquent tax installment payment contract. Text Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Second hearing May 2, 2007.

*SB 117 VIDEO/CABLE SERVICES - To amend section 153.64, to enact sections 1332.21, 1332.22, 1332.23, 1332.24, 1332.25, 1332.26, 1332.27, 1332.28, 1332.29, 1332.30, 1332.31, 1332.32, 1332.33, and 1332.34, and to repeal sections 505.90, 505.91, and 505.92 of the Revised Code to provide for the issuance of video service authorizations by the Director of Commerce. Signed by the Governor June 25, 2007. TEXT

SB 113 MOTOR VEHICLES/TITLES/TRAILERS & SEMITRAILERS - To amend section 4505.01 and to enact section 4505.063 of the Revised Code to apply the motor vehicle certificate of title law to trailers and semi trailers that weigh 4,000 pounds or less and are not farm trailers. Pending in the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee . Text

SB 112 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - To enact section 126.031 of the Revised Code to require that each district of the state receive its proportional share of community improvement projects. Pending in the Finance and Financial Institutions Committee. Text

SB 109 CONSUMER CREDIT REPORT/FREEZE - To enact sections 1349.55 to 1349.60 of the Revised Code to allow a consumer to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report. Text Pending in the Senate Judiciary Civil Justice Committee. First Hearing May 20, 2008.

SB 107 HYBRID VEHICLE/TAX CREDIT - To amend section 5747.98 and to enact section 5747.64 of the Revised Code to create a tax credit for individuals who purchase a new hybrid vehicle. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee. Text

SB 105 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION - To amend sections 319.202, 322.07, 323.152, 323.153, 323.154, 323.159, 4503.06, 4503.064, 4503.065, 4503.066, 4503.067, and 5713.011 of the Revised Code to extend the homestead exemption to homeowners that have annual incomes of fifty thousand dollars or less and to change the manner in which the homestead exemption tax reduction is calculated for certain eligible homeowners. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee. Text

SB 103 PROPERTY TAXES/ASSESSMENTS - To amend section 5303.01 of the Revised Code to require that a person have paid all taxes and special assessments due on property while in their possession in order to use that period of possession to establish title to the property through adverse possession. Text Pending in the Senate Transportation Committee. First hearing May 1, 2007. Second Hearing May 8, 2007. Third hearing May 15, 2007. Fourth hearing October 2, 2007.

*SB 102 LIQUOR PERMITS - To amend section 4303.99 and to enact section 4303.208 of the Revised Code to authorize the F-8 liquor permit to be issued annually to certain nonprofit organizations to allow the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor at specific events that occur throughout the year on public space that the organization manages. Text Signed by the Governor - Effective July 11, 2007.

SB 101 MOTOR FUEL QUALITY TESTING - To amend section 1327.99 and to enact sections 319.56 and 1327.70 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a motor fuel quality testing program under which county auditors may conduct such testing. Text Pending in the Senate Agriculture Committee. Second hearing March 28, 2007.

SB 100 THREATS/OFFENSES AGAINST JUDGES/MAGISTRATES - To amend sections 2903.01, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.21, and 2929.04 and to enact section 2903.23 of the Revised Code to increase the penalties for certain offenses when a judge or magistrate is the victim, to prohibit a person from threatening a judge or magistrate, and to make the killing of a judge or magistrate an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty for aggravated murder. Pending in the Senate Judiciary - Criminal Justice Committee. Text

SB 90 MOTOR FUEL QUALITY TESTING - To enact section 1327.70 of the Revised Code to authorize the Director of Agriculture to establish a motor fuel quality testing program. Text Pending in the Senate Agriculture Committee. Second hearing, March 28, 2007.

SB 86 SALES TAX EXEMPTION/NATURAL GAS/PROPANE - To amend section 5739.02 of the Revised Code to expand the sales and use tax exemption for sales of natural gas, and to extend a sales and use tax exemption to sales of propane and fuel oil used for home heating purposes. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee.

SB 85 MILITARY/FREE DRIVERS' LICENSE - To amend section 4507.23 of the Revised Code to allow any active-duty member of the United States armed forces to obtain a free duplicate driver's license following a service-related injury. Pending in the Senate Transportation Committee. First hearing May 1, 2007.

*SB 84 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY - To amend sections 305.09, 305.10, 305.11, and 5502.31 of the Revised Code to allow boards of county commissioners to maintain meeting records by electronic means and to specify an additional type of Emergency Management Agency for which a political subdivision may make an appropriation. Sign by the Governor. Effective July 18, 2008 . TEXT

SB 83 HOUSEHOLD SEWAGE RULES - To require the Public Health Council to rescind rules related to household sewage treatment systems and reinstate the rules related to those systems that were in effect prior to January 1, 2007, to require the Council subsequently to adopt statutorily required rules related to those systems, and to declare an emergency. Pending in the Senate State Government and Elections Committee.

SB 79 HORSE POWER OHIO LICENSE PLATE - To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.86 of the Revised Code to establish "Horse Power Ohio" license plates and to provide that money from the contributions for the license plates be paid to Horse Power Ohio and used for nonprofit equine programs. Pending in the Senate Highways/Transportation Committee. First hearing March 6, 2007.

SB 78 GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN WATER RESOURCE COMPACT - To create the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact Task Force for the purpose of determining whether Ohio should enter into the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. Pending in the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee. First hearing March 7, 2007.

*SB 77 COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE FEES - To amend sections 1533.341, 1533.35, 1533.36, 1533.42, 1533.62, 1533.63, 1533.631, and 1533.64 and to enact sections 1533.343 and 1533.641 of the Revised Code to increase the license fees for commercial fishing, to revise the penalties for violations of certain commercial fishing statutes, and to make other changes to the law governing commercial fishing. Signed by the Governor - Effective October 11, 2007.

SB 72 CHECK CASHING BUSINESS - To amend sections 1315.22, 1315.35, 1315.37, 1315.39, 1315.40, and 1315.41 and to enact section 1315.45 of the Revised Code to prohibit check-cashing businesses from making loans to a customer who has an outstanding loan with another licensee, to create a statewide database of open loans at check-cashing licensees, and to change the permitted interest rate, fees, and duration of such loans. Pending in the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee.

SB 69 PENALTIES/EMPLOYER DISCRIMINATION - To amend sections 121.084 and 4111.17 of the Revised Code to increase the civil penalties imposed on employers that discriminate in the payment of wages on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry. Pending in the Senate Judiciary - Civil Justice Committee. First hearing May 20, 2008 .

SB 67 BUY OHIO PROGRAM/EEO AND MINORITY BUSINESSES - To amend sections 125.09 and 125.56 of the Revised Code to further implement the Buy Ohio program by requiring the Director of Administrative Services to adopt certain rules and to declare the General Assembly's intention to encourage certain bidders to fully implement equal employment opportunity and minority business laws and to report this implementation. Pending in the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee.

SB 60 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - To create a state grant program within the Department of Development to fund the operations of an African-American Chamber of Commerce in the six most populous Ohio cities and to make an appropriation. Pending in the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee.

SB 59 MANDATING ARBITRATION/MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS - To amend section 2305.113 and to enact sections 2339.01 to 2339.16 of the Revised Code to establish a pilot program mandating arbitration for claims of medical negligence prior to the filing of a complaint, to suspend, for nine years, sections 2711.21 to 2711.24 of the Revised Code as the sections apply to medical negligence claims, and to terminate the provisions of this act ten years after the effective date of this act by repealing sections 2339.01, 2339.02, 2339.03, 2339.04, 2339.05, 2339.06, 2339.07, 2339.08, 2339.09, 2339.10, 2339.11, 2339.12, 2339.13, 2339.14, 2339.15, and 2339.16 of the Revised Code on that date. Introduced in the Senate. Pending in the Senate Insurance Committee. A substitute bill was adopted by the Committee on October 17, 2007.

SB 54 INSURANCE COVERAGE/INJURIES/ALCOHOL-DRUG - To amend section 3923.05 and to enact section 3923.80 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain insurers from limiting or excluding coverage for injuries occurring as a consequence of an insured's use of alcohol or other drugs or both. Pending in the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee.

SB 52 MOTION PICTURES TAX CREDIT - To amend section 5747.98 and to enact sections 122.85 and 5747.66 of the Revised Code to create a tax credit for individuals who invest in state-certified motion picture productions and to create the Ohio Media Production Advisory Committee to prepare a report about and make recommendations for the growth of the electronic media production industry throughout the state. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. First hearing May 2, 2007.

SB 51 TEACHERS' INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS/TAX CREDIT - To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact section 5747.71 of the Revised Code to allow a credit against the personal income tax for amounts spent by teachers for instructional materials. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee.

SB 50 TAX CREDITS - To enact section 718.17 of the Revised Code to require municipal corporations with more than $100 million in annual income tax collections to provide a tax credit to nonresident taxpayers. Pending in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.

SB 49 SCHOOL DISTRICTS - CLASSROOM FACILITIES ASSISTANCE PROJECTS - To amend sections 3318.01, 3318.011, 3318.023, and 3318.36 of the Revised Code to prohibit ranking a school district participating in the Expedited Local Partnership Program in a higher percentile on the eligibility list for state classroom facilities assistance after the district's electors have approved a bond issue for the district's portion of the basic project cost. Pending in the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee.

SB 48 SPEED LIMITS - To amend section 4511.21 of the Revised Code to establish procedures for a board of township trustees to alter the prima-facie speed limit on any township road and to require the Department of Transportation to establish speed transition zones on state highways at locations where the posted speed limit decreases by 20 or more miles per hour. Pending in the Senate Senate Highways and Transportation Committee. First hearing April 24, 2007.

SB 47 UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL EXPENSES/TAX DEDUCTION - To amend section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to increase the amount of unreimbursed medical expenses that an individual may deduct in computing Ohio income tax. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. First Hearing March 14, 2007.

SB 45 LODGING TAX - To amend sections 305.31 and 5739.09 of the Revised Code to authorize certain counties to increase their lodging tax by one per cent for the purpose of acquiring real estate to house the offices of a convention and visitors bureau. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. First Hearing March 14, 2007.

SB 39 CIVIL AIR PATROL LICENSE PLATES - To create a new license plate. Passed the Senate May 8, 2007

SB 38 SMOKING - THEATRICAL PERFORMERS - To amend section 3794.03 of the Revised Code to allow smoking by theatrical performers during performances. Pending in the Senate Health Committee. First hearing March 7, 2007. Second hearing Wednesday, March 14, 2007. Third hearing March 21, 2007. Fourth hearing May 9, 2007.

SB 37 OHIO HORSE LICENSE PLATES -To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.553 of the Revised Code to establish "Ohio's Horse" license plates and to provide that money from the contributions for the license plates be paid to the Ohio Coalition for Animals, Incorporated. Passed out of the Senate June 27, 2007. Introduced in the House. Reported out of the House Infrastructure Committee April 2, 2008. TEXT

*SB 36 TOWNSHIPS/LIMITED HOME RULE - To amend sections 133.09, 504.01, 504.02, and 505.031 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 555.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 67 of the 127th General Assembly to authorize transportation projects entered into on or before May 1, 2008, between transportation improvement districts and two or more governmental agencies for the joint financing of projects and to permit townships with a population of at least three thousand five hundred but less than five thousand in its unincorporated territory to adopt a limited home rule government under certain conditions. On 11/30/2007 the bill was SIGNED BY the GOVERNOR. Effective Date March 1, 2008.

SB 32 ALTERNATIVE FUELS/BROWNFIELDS - Pending in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee. First hearing March 27th.

SB 30 ADOPTIVE PARENT LOANS - To enact sections 3107.018 and 5101.143 of the Revised Code to allow the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to make state adoption assistance loans to prospective adoptive parents and to make an appropriation. Passed out of the Senate June 19, 2007. Introduced in the House. Pending in the House Finance Committee. First hearing September 11, 2007. Second hearing hearing October 10, 2007. Third hearing October 16, 2007. TEXT

SB 29 LEAD HAZARD REMOVAL GRANT - To enact sections 3742.55 and 3742.56 of the Revised Code to establish a grant program to pay lead hazard removal costs incurred by qualified homeowners and to make an appropriation.

SB 28 ETHANOL - BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM - To enact section 122.076 of the Revised Code to create an ethanol and biodiesel producer grant program. Pending in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee. First hearing March 27, 2007 .

*SB 25 GOLD STAR FAMILY LICENSE PLATES - Create Gold Star Family License Plates. On 01/25/2008 the Bill was SIGNED BY the GOVERNOR. Effective Date April 25, 2008.

*SB 24 JOB READY SITE PROGRAM - To amend sections 122.086, 122.087, 122.089, 122.0810, 122.0812, 122.0814, 122.0817, and 122.0819 of the Revised Code to require the Director of Development to adopt rules regarding the annual competitive process for the Job Ready Site Program. Reported out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Passed out of the Senate March 28, 2007. Passed out of the House June 26, 2007. Signed by the Governor - Effective September 29, 2007 . TEXT

*SB 20 ADOPTION TAX CREDIT - To amend section 5747.37 of the Revised Code to increase the income tax adoption credit from $500 per child to $1,500. Passed out of the Senate. Passed out of the House May 16, 2007. Signed by the Governor - Effective date August 30, 2007. TEXT.

SB 19 MILITARY RETIREMENT PAY - To amend section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to exempt military retirement pay from the personal income tax. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Fourth hearing December 11, 2007.

*SB 18 PROHIBITION/SEALING OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORDS -To amend section 2953.36 of the Revised Code to prohibit an offender from having a criminal record sealed when the underlying offense is importuning for which the conviction occurs on or after the effective date of the act, or the underlying offense is voyeurism, public indecency, compelling prostitution, promoting prostitution, procuring, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, displaying matter harmful to juveniles, pandering obscenity, or deception to obtain matter harmful to juveniles when the victim of the offense is under eighteen years of age and the conviction occurs on or after the effective date of the act. Signed by the Governor - Effective October 10, 2007 . TEXT

SB 17 OVI OFFENDERS - To amend sections 4503.234, 4507.164, 4510.13, 4511.19, 4511.193, and 4511.203 and to enact section 4511.198 of the Revised Code to increase certain penalties for repeat OVI offenders and to remove from the motor vehicle wrongful entrustment statute the requirement that the offender know or have reasonable cause to believe that the person to whom the offender provides a motor vehicle does not have a valid driver's license in order for a violation of that statute to occur. Passed out of the Senate May 10, 2007. Reported out of the House Criminal Justice Committee May 21, 2008. Passed out of the House June 10, 2008. TEXT

SB 12 STATE ENERGY POLICY - To direct the General Assembly in its deliberations regarding measures that stimulate job growth and provide for the economic well-being of the state, reduce the state's reliance on foreign energy sources, and improve the state's environment in order to protect the health and safety of the public. Pending in the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee.

SB 8 INCOME TAX DEDUCTION/TUITION - To amend section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to restore the income tax deduction for college tuition and fees. Pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. First hearing March 7, 2007.

*SB 7 EMINENT DOMAIN - To amend sections 163.01, 163.02, 163.04, 163.05, 163.06, 163.09, 163.12, 163.14, 163.15, 163.19, 163.21, 163.53, 163.62, 303.26, 719.012, 1728.01, 2505.02, and 3735.40 and to enact sections 1.08, 163.021, 163.041, 163.051, 163.211, and 163.63 of the Revised Code to implement the recommendations of the Eminent Domain Task Force and to create other procedures to protect the rights of property owners. Effective October 10, 2007. TEXT

SB 6 CONSUMER CREDIT -  To amend sections 125.18, 317.082, 319.28, 319.54, 2305.09, and 2901.13 and to enact sections 109.941, 111.241, 149.434, 149.45, 1349.52, and 1349.53 of the Revised Code to allow a consumer to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report, to require a public office to redact from a document that is otherwise a public record certain information, to require a public office to redact Social Security numbers or federal tax identification numbers from any document that is made available online to the public through the internet, to require the Office of Criminal Justice Services to make state funding grants available to local law enforcement agencies for enforcement of identity fraud laws, to require the attorney general to support local law enforcement agencies with the enforcement of identity fraud laws, to enact a special statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions and civil actions against identity fraud, to allow a safety worker to request the county auditor to remove the safety worker's name from the general tax list of real and public utility property and the general duplicate of real and pubic utility property and insert the safety worker's initials, and to prohibit a county auditor from charging a real property conveyance fee to a safety worker who changes the current owner name on the general tax list of real and public utility property and the general duplicate of real and public utility property to the safety worker's initials. Passed out of the Senate October 24, 2007. Introduced in the House. Pending in the House Financial Institutions Committee. TEXT

SB3 FELONIES/FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS BY STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS -To amend sections 145.27, 145.40, 145.56, 145.82, 145.95, 742.37, 742.41, 742.47, 2329.66, 2967.16, 2967.17, 3305.07, 3307.20, 3307.41, 3307.56, 3309.22, 3309.42, 3309.66, 3309.82, 3309.95, 5505.04, 5505.19, and 5505.22 and to enact sections 101.721, 101.921, 121.621, 145.572, 742.463, 2901.43, 2929.192, 3305.11, 3307.372, 3309.672, and 5505.262 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 305.10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th General Assembly to provide that the privilege of holding a position of honor, trust, or profit that is forfeited by reason of conviction of certain felonies is not restored on completion of a prison term, period of community control sanctions or pardon or release by the Adult Parole Authority; to impose as part of the sentence of a person convicted of certain felonies committed while serving in such a position the forfeiture of the portion of any public retirement benefit that is based on employer contributions; to require that a person subject to a forfeiture order who is eligible to retire obtain spousal consent for a refund of employee contributions; to provide for the notification of the appropriate public retirement system if a member is charged with one of the felonies that could result in such a forfeiture; and to impose a lifetime ban against serving as, the termination of any current registration of, a legislative agent, retirement system lobbyist, or executive agency lobbyist upon a person convicted of certain felonies; to authorize the Inspector General to conduct an investigation of alleged misconduct in the Office of the Attorney General; to make an appropriation of money; and to declare an emergency. Passed out of the Senate. Passed out of the House May 13, 2008. TEXT

SB 2 BOARD OF REGENTS/HIGHER EDUCATION - To transfer appointment of the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents to the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make the Board of Regents an advisory board to the Chancellor, and to transfer the Board's duties and powers to the Chancellor. Third hearing March 27, 2007 .

SB 1 EDUCATION REFORM - place holder for Governor Strickland's proposal .