00:00:00>> SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE OHIO BALLOT
00:00:03WORD.
-- BOARD.
00:00:10IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION FROM
THE BOARD MEMBERS, MY CHIEF
00:00:14ELECTIONS COUNCIL BETSY SCHUSTER
WILL SERVE AS SECRETARY OF THE
00:00:18BALLOT BOARD FOR THIS MEETING.
A RECORD OF THESE PROCEEDINGS IS
00:00:22BEING TRANSCRIBED FROM A COURT
REPORTER FROM ARMSTRONG AND OKEY
00:00:25AND THE OHIO CHANNEL IS
STREAMING THIS MEETING LIVE ON
00:00:28THEIR WEB SITE, WHERE IT WILL BE
ARCHIVED.
00:00:30IF I COULD ASK THE SECRETARY TO
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
00:00:35>> SENATOR FABER, MR. GRIFFIN,
MR. MORGAN, MR. STRAHORN, AND
00:00:43SECRETARY TO SAID -- HUSTED?
>> HERE.
00:00:49WE HAVE A QUORUM.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT.
00:00:53THE PURPOSE WE ARE GATHERED HERE
TODAY IS FOR THE BALLOT BOARD TO
00:00:57EXAMINE THE WORK PLACE FREE OF
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
00:01:01AMENDMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER
IT CONTAINS ONLY ONE PROPOSED
00:01:07CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
IF THE BOARD DETERMINES IT
00:01:09CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE
AMENDMENT, THE BOARD MUST ABIDE
00:01:13THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT INTO INDIVIDUAL
00:01:15AMENDMENTS.
THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
00:01:18AMENDMENT TEXT AND SUMMARY WERE
PROVIDED TO THE BALLOT BOARD
00:01:21MEMBERS IN ADVANCE OF THE
MEETING AND ARE IN THE BALLOT
00:01:25BOARD MEMBERS KNOW.
EXTRA COPIES ARE AVAILABLE AT
00:01:28THE FRONT TABLE FOR ANYONE WHO
IS INTERESTED.
00:01:29AT THIS POINT, ANYONE WISHING TO
ADDRESS THIS BOARD FOR THE
00:01:39PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE ARE
ASSEMBLED MAY DO SO.
00:01:42I REMIND FOLKS THAT WE ARE NOT
PáE THE MERITS OF THE
00:01:44HEREHE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT, JUST TO
00:01:49DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS ONE
AMENDMENT OR MORE.
00:01:51WE HAVE ONE PERSON.
THAT IS MAURICE THOMPSON.
00:02:03MR. THOMPSON, IF YOU WOULD
PLEASE, FORWARD AND PROVIDE IT
00:02:10YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY,
00:02:17MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM USED TO THERE BEING SOME
00:02:21SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION TO THE
MEASURES, SO APPEARING THERE IS
00:02:28NOT MUCH TODAY I WILL TRY TO
CURTAIL THE REMARKS I HAVE
00:02:31PREPARED HERE AND BE A LITTLE
MORE CONCISE, FOCUSING MORE
00:02:36STRICTLY ON THE AMENDMENTS AND
THE STANDARD THAT THE BOARD IS
00:02:40TO APPLY AND GIVE HELPFUL
EXAMPLES THAT I THINK CAN GUIDE
00:02:45THE BOARD'S DECISION MAKING
TODAY.
00:02:46AS THE BOARD KNOWS, THE
SEMINOLES OF LAW -- SEMINAL ROLE
00:02:56OF LAW WAS SET FORTH BY OHIO
SUPREME COURT, IN CASE I
00:03:02LITIGATED THE TO -- ON A BALLOT
MEASURE I ALSO DRAFTED.
00:03:05I THINK IMPORTANTLY HERE, THE
TEXT OF THE WORKPLACE FREEDOM
00:03:11AMENDMENT IS ESSENTIALLY
IDENTICAL TO THE FRAMEWORK THAT
00:03:13WE USE FOR THE OHIO HEALTH CARE
FREEDOM AMENDMENT.
00:03:15FOR THE SAME REASONS THE COURT
FOUND THAT THAT AMENDMENT
00:03:19CONTAINS ONE SUBJECTS, IT IS
APPROPRIATE TO FIND THIS
00:03:23AMENDMENT CONTAINS ONE SUBJECT.
BRIEFLY IDENTIFY THE STANDARD OF
00:03:29CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS BOARD.
THE TEST TO APPLY AND THEN APPLY
00:03:33THIS TEST TO THE AMENDMENT AT
HAND.
00:03:34AGAIN, THE PURPOSE HERE OF39' -
05, 62, BLATANT THIS UNITY,
00:03:48SUBJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETELY
UNRELATED IN THE SAME AMENDMENT.
00:03:50THE BALLOT BOARD HAS THE DUTY TO
DELIBERATELY CONSTRUE IN FAVOR
00:03:54OF THE MOTION THERE IS ONE
SUBJECT.
00:03:56IAN OECD BRUNNER, IT STATED THE
BALLOT BOARD HAS CLEARED DUTY
00:04:04TO DELIBERATE CONSTRUE BALLOT
INITIATIVE AND AS LONG AS THE
00:04:07PROPOSED AMENDMENT BEARS SOME
RELATION -- REASONABLE
00:04:10RELATIONSHIP FOR A GENERAL
OBJECT OR PURPOSE, THE BOARD
00:04:13MUST CERTIFY ITS APPROVAL OF THE
AMENDMENT AS WRITTEN WITHOUT
00:04:17DIVIDING IT INTO MULTIPLE
PETITIONS.
00:04:18THE TEST THAT THE COURT MADE
CLEAR IN THE BRUNNER IS IT THE
00:04:28PROPOSAL CONSISTS OF ONE
AMENDMENT, SO LONG EACH SUBJECT
00:04:33BEARS SOME REASONABLE TO ASSUME
IT TO A SINGLE GENERAL OBJECT OR
00:04:37PURPOSE AND BUS "FOR AN
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
00:04:41RELATES TO A SINGLE PURPOSE OR
OBJECT, ALL ELSE CONTAINS THERE
00:04:45IS INCIDENTAL AND REASONABLY
NECESSARY TO AFFECT WEEK THE
00:04:49PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENTS, SUCH
AMENDMENT IS NOT VIOLATIVE OF
00:04:53PROVISION OF SECTION 1, ARTICLE
16, OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION."
00:04:56THE SECONDED TEST THAT THE COURT
LAYS FORWARD THAT IS HELPFUL
00:05:03HERE IS THAT LIMITATIONS ON THE
SCOPE OF THE AMENDMENT DID NOT
00:05:07CREATE A SECOND SUBJECT, NOR DO
EXCEPTIONS CREATE A SECOND
00:05:12SUBJECT, NOR DEFINITIONS IN THE
AMENDMENT OF TERMS USED IN THE
00:05:16AMENDMENT CREATE A SECOND
SUBJECT.
00:05:17AND THEN WE CAN SEE HOW THIS
PLAYS OUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
00:05:22TEXT OF THE WORKPLACE FREEDOM
AMENDMENT.
00:05:25SO, IF YOU HAVE THE FULL TEXT IN
FRONT OF YOU, AND WE HAVE
00:05:28DIVISION A-G FROM EACH OF WHICH
IS RELATED TO THE TITLE OF THE
00:05:34AMENDMENT WHICH IS FREEDOM TO
CHOOSE WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN
00:05:37A LABOR ORGANIZATION AS A
CONDITION FOR EMPLOYMENT.
00:05:40LET'S RUN THROUGH EACH OF THOSE
REALLY QUICKLY AND DEMONSTRATE
00:05:44HOW THEY ARE RELATED TO THAT
TITLE.
00:05:46SO, AGAIN, THE TEST IN BRUNNER,
WHERE AMENDMENTS -- UNITE SINGLE
00:05:55PURPOSE AND ALL THAT IS
CONTAINED IS INCIDENTAL AND
00:05:59REASONABLY TO AFFECTION WITH THE
PURPOSE OF SUCH AN AMENDMENT IS
00:06:01NOT VIOLATIVE OF THE PROVISIONS.
THE ACCORD MADE IT CLEAR, WHEN
00:06:06YOU LOOK AT THE TITLE TO
UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL PURPOSE.
00:06:08FREEDOM TO CHOOSE PRINCE'S
BASHAN AND LABOR ORGANIZATION IS
00:06:13CRITICAL TO THE BOARD'S INQUIRY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT EACH OF THE
00:06:18DIVISIONS USE SEEING HOW THAT
RELATES TO THAT.
00:06:19DIVISION A DINO LAW, RULE,
AGREEMENTS, ARRANGEMENTS SHALL
00:06:25REQUIRE, INDIRECTLY OR DIRECTLY,
ANY PERSON OR EMPLOYER TO BECOME
00:06:29OR REMAIN A MEMBER OF A LABOR
ORGANIZATION.
00:06:32THIS DIVISION SIMPLY RECOGNIZED
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT FORCED
00:06:37MEMBERSHIP FORCED TO
ANTICIPATION AS ENVISIONED IN
00:06:41THE TITLE OF THE AMENDMENT.
THE SECOND SUBSTANTIVE LIVE --
00:06:45SUBSTANTIVE PROTECTION OF THE
FREEDOM OF JUICE IS A DIVISION
00:06:48B, WHICH STATES NO LAW, RULE,
AGREEMENT, ARRANGEMENT, SHALL
00:06:55REQUIRE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT AND
00:06:59A PERSON OR EMPLOYER TO PAY OR
TRANSFER ANY DUES, FEES AND
00:07:04ASSESSMENTS, OTHER CHARGES OF
ANY KIND OR ANYTHING ELSE OF
00:07:07VALUE TO A LABOR ORGANIZATION OR
A THIRD-PARTY IN LIEU OF THE
00:07:14LABOR ORGANIZATION.
THIS DIVISION SIMPLY RECOGNIZES
00:07:16THAT BEING FORCED TO FUND AN
ORGANIZATION IS ALSO BEING
00:07:22FORCED TO PRINCE'S UPDATE AND IS
AN ETHICAL TO THE FREEDOM TO
00:07:25CHOOSE.
THE NEXT THREE PROVISIONS -- C,
00:07:31D, AND E.
THEY SPEAK TO THE SCOPE OF THE
00:07:37AMENDMENT.
A 22-SEE, NOTHING IN THIS
00:07:40SECTION SHALL PREVENT ANY PERSON
FROM VOLUNTARILY BELONGING TO OR
00:07:44VOLUNTARILY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO
A LABOR ORGANIZATION COURT TO
00:07:48APPLY IT TO AN AGREEMENT TO
ENTER INTO PRIOR TO ENACTMENT OF
00:07:53THIS SECTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A CHECK
00:07:56OR LIMITATION ON THE FREEDOM TO
CHOOSE ARTICULATE IN A AND B,
00:08:00BASICALLY FINDING THIS DOES NOT
APPLY TO CONTRACTS ALREADY IN
00:08:05FACT -- IN FACT WHEN THIS IS
ENACTED AND NOT LIMITING PEOPLE
00:08:09FROM VOLUNTARILY CHOOSING TO BE
PART OF A LABOR ORGANIZATION,
00:08:13EITHER THROUGH FUNDING OR
MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION.
00:08:15DIVISION D -- NO OTHER PROVISION
OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION SHALL
00:08:23IMPAIR OR LIMIT THE RIGHTS
CONTAINED HEREIN.
00:08:25IT SPEAKS TO THE SCOPE OR EXTENT
OF THE AMENDMENT.
00:08:28THIS LANGUAGE IS IDENTICAL TO
ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 34 OF THE
00:08:34OHIO CONSTITUTION WHICH WAS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS IN 1912,
00:08:38AND THAT RELATES TO THE FIXING
AND REGULATING OF HOURS OF
00:08:42LABOR, MINIMUM WAGE, COMFORT AND
SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES.
00:08:46THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT MEETING
SEPARATE FROM THE REMAINDER OF
00:08:53THE REMAINDER OF THE AMENDMENT
CONTAINED IN THIS DIVISION,
00:08:55WHICH IS THE TEST OF WHETHER IT
IS THE SECOND SUBJECT.
00:08:58DIVISION E -- THIS SECTION SHALL
BE IMPLEMENTED TO THE MAXIMUM
00:09:03EXTENT THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL LAW
00:09:07PERMITS.
AT ANY INVALID OR AN OFFER TO
00:09:10PROVISION SHALL BE FIRST
CONSTRUED AS NOT CONFLICTING
00:09:14WITH FEDERAL LAW AND ONLY IF
NECESSARY SEVERED FROM THE MAIN
00:09:17PORTIONS OF THE SECTION, WHICH
SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
00:09:19AGAIN, THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT
MEANS OF THIS SECTION.
00:09:23IT IS SIMPLY A CHECK ON THE
FREEDOM TO CHOOSE ARTICULATE IN
00:09:27DIVISIONS A AND B OF THE SECTION
AND SPEAKS TO THE SCOPE AND
00:09:32EXTENT.
IT DOES NOT RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER
00:09:35FEDERAL LAW.
MAKES IT CLEAR WE DID NOT INTEND
00:09:36TO DO THAT.
DIVISION F --ANY PERSON DIRECTLY
00:09:41OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED OR
THREATENED WITH ANY HARM BY
00:09:45VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY
BRING A CIVIL OR EQUITABLE
00:09:48ACTION TO ENFORCE THE SECTION
AND ENTITLED TO A INJUNCTIVE
00:09:53RELIEF, REASONABLE ATTORNEY
FEES, COST, AND OTHER DAMAGES.
00:09:56THE WORKPLACE PROVISIONS AND
OTHER STATES TYPICALLY HAVE SOME
00:10:02PROVISION ON HOW THE WEATHER IS
TO BE ENFORCED.
00:10:04THIS IS SIMPLY OUR VERSION OF
THAT.
00:10:06AGAIN, THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT
MEANING OR SEPARATE SUBJECT.
00:10:10IT SIMPLY SPECIFIES HOW THE
FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE DIVISION'S
00:10:14A AND B ARE TO BE ENFORCED.
SOMETIMES YOU SEE IT DONE THIS
00:10:19WAY.
SOMETIMES IN THE AMENDMENTS YOU
00:10:21SEE IT DONE THROUGH REQUIRING
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION WHEN THE
00:10:25SECTION IS VIOLATED.
THAT IS TYPICAL.
00:10:27SECTION G IS MERELY THE
DEFINITIONS.
00:10:31BOEHNER MADE IT CLEAR THE
DEFINITION SECTION IS NOT A
00:10:36SEPARATE SUBJECT -- BRUNNER MADE
IT CLEAR THE DEFINITION SECTION
00:10:42IS NOT A SEPARATE SUBJECT.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THEIR
00:10:45RECENT PRECEDENTS OR PATTERNS
AND PRACTICES OF THE BOARD, WE
00:10:51SEEN NUMEROUS SUBJECTS COME
BEFORE THE BOARD THAT ARE LANG
00:10:54FREER THAN THIS ONE.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVE WAS
00:10:59SIX PAGES AND DEALT WITH A WILL
HOST OF SUBJECTS RELATED TO THE
00:11:03MORE GENERAL PREMISE OF
ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS, I THINK
00:11:08WAS THE TERM.
STATE ISSUE 3, CASINOS.
00:11:10THE HEALTHY FAMILIES ACT EVEN
THE GROUND WATER PROTECTION IS
00:11:16IN SECTION 19, ARTICLE 1 --
SECTION 19B, THAT IS.
00:11:22THEY TOUCH UPON MORE SUBJECT
MATTER THAN THIS AMENDMENT.
00:11:26THIS IS REALLY AND THEN GO TO
THE HEALTH CARE FREEDOM
00:11:30AMENDMENT IN ITS FRAMEWORK
STRUCTURE AND AND ITS BREADTH,
00:11:35FOUND TO BE ONE SUBJECT.
ALSO LIKE OTHER WORKPLACE
00:11:39FREEDOM WERE RIGHT TO WORK
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
00:11:40APPROVED AND OTHER STATES.
THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENT OF
00:11:44THIS HAVE TO APPEAR ON THE
BALLOT NATIONWIDE WAS 2008 IN
00:11:48COLORADO.
COLORADO HAS A TITLE BOARD WHICH
00:11:50IS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THIS
BALLOT BOARD IN TERMS OF THE
00:11:54FUNCTIONS IT PERFORMS.
GUARDING AGAINST MULTIPLE
00:11:57SUBJECTS IS ALSO PART OF THE
DUTY OF THAT BOARD.
00:12:02AND THERE THE TITLE BOARD
APPROVED LANGUAGE IS SIMILAR TO
00:12:07THIS AS CONTAINING ONE SUBJECT.
IT IS VERY TYPICAL FOR ANY
00:12:12MEASURE LIKE THIS -- BOTH FORCED
FUNDING AND FORCED MEMBERSHIP.
00:12:18IT IS ALSO TRUE IN OKLAHOMA,
WHERE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
00:12:22PASSED AND BECAME PART OF THE
CONSTITUTION IN 2001, LOOK A LOT
00:12:26LIKE THIS.
PRESERVED THE SAME FREEDOMS TO
00:12:30CHOOSE AT THE TOP OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND
00:12:32ACTUALLY WENT MUCH FURTHER.
AND LIKEWISE, THEY HAVE A TITLE
00:12:36BOARD AND A SINGLE SUBJECT RULE
THAT PROHIBITS MORE THAN ONE
00:12:40SUBJECTS BEING CIRCULATED OR
OFFERED TO THE VOTERS.
00:12:42FINALLY, IF THERE ARE POLICY
OBJECTIONS, LANGUAGE OBJECTIONS
00:12:49FROM OBJECTIONS ABOUT THE
EFFECTS OF THE AMENDMENT, IT IS
00:12:51IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE
AFFECTS OF THE AMENDMENTS ARE
00:12:55NOT ACTUALLY BEFORE THE BOARD
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
00:12:59ALTERNATIVES SAFEGUARDS IN THE
OHIO CONSTITUTION TO GUARD
00:13:01AGAINST THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS,
BUT THEY ARE NOT IN FOR THIS
00:13:05BOARD.
ARGUMENTS, EXPLANATIONS, THE
00:13:11REQUIREMENTS OF A CLEAR TITLE
AND CLEAR LANGUAGE FOR THE
00:13:15BALLOT ARE NOW -- ALL IN THE
OHIO CONSTITUTION AND OUR WAYS
00:13:19OF SAFEGUARDING AGAINST OTHER
ISSUES THAT MAY BE OF CONCERN OF
00:13:22THE BOARD THAT ARE NOT BEFORE IT
TODAY.
00:13:25THAT SAID, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
00:13:28HAVE ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.
00:13:32THOMPSON?
>> MR. THOMPSON, THANK YOU FOR
00:13:35COMING DOWN.
OUR TASK IS TO DETERMINE, OF
00:13:37COURSE, WHETHER IT IS MORE THAN
ONE SUBJECT.
00:13:40CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE OHIO
00:13:43REVISED CODE WITH THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT AFFECTS?
00:13:46>> I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT, NO.
GRIFFIN.
00:13:50-- MEMBER GRIFFIN.
HOW MANY DO THEY AFFECT -- MR.
00:14:00SECRETARY, MEMBER GRIFFIN, ME
BACKTRACK AND REMIND YOU THE
00:14:06OHIO SUPREME COURT EXPLICITLY
STATED IN LIBERTY COUNSEL V.
00:14:11BRUNNER, THE AFFECTS OF THE
AMENDMENT ARE NOT PART OF THE
00:14:16BOARD THAT A CONSIDERATION IN
DETERMINING WHETHER IT APPLIES
00:14:18TO 3505 062A.
I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD AFFECT
00:14:25ANY OF THE REVISED CODE IN
RELATIONSHIP TO PRIVATE UNIONS.
00:14:29REGARDING 4117 REGARDING PUBLIC
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, THIS DOES
00:14:36NOT AFFECT ANY OF THOSE SECTIONS
PER SE INSOFAR YOU WOULD WRITE
00:14:42IN EXCEPTIONS BUT IT WOULD BE A
BACKGROUND PRINCIPLE TO
00:14:46DETERMINE HOW THE SECTIONS ARE
CONSTRUED, AND IN SOME CASES,
00:14:49THE EXPENSE TO WHAT TO REQUIRE
FORCED PARTICIPATION, THERE
00:14:54WOULD BE AN EFFECT ON THOSE
PROVISIONS.
00:14:56THOSE PROVISIONS DO AFFECT THE
EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING UNITS.
00:15:01AND THIS DOES NOTHING TO AFFECT
THE EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING UNIT
00:15:05PROVISION, WHICH IS WHERE YOU
FIND PRIMARILY IN 4117.
00:15:10>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT --
THIS IS A SINGLE TOPIC ON
00:15:14COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS.
IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?
00:15:16>> MR. SECRETARY, NUMBER
GRIFFIN, NO.
00:15:24I WOULD NOT AT ALL CHARACTERIZE
IT AS THAT.
00:15:29I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A
SET OF TWO INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS --
00:15:33A FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO
BECOME A MEMBER OF A LABOR UNION
00:15:37AND A FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHETHER
YOU ARE FORCED TO FUND A LABOR
00:15:40UNION OR NOT.
I DO NOT THINK IT SPEAKS TO
00:15:43COLLECTIVE RIGHTS AT ALL WITH AN
BARGAINING CONTEXT OR OTHERWISE.
00:15:46>> MR. GRIFFIN?
>> FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT YOU
00:15:51MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT I
WAS TELLING YET I WAS REFERRING
00:15:54TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
RIGHTS OTHER THAN A CONCEPT OF
00:15:58COLLECTIVE RIGHTS.
DOES IT CHANGE YOUR RESPONSE AT
00:16:00ALL?
>> MEMBER GRIFFIN, I BELIEVE
00:16:03THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS AND
00:16:06COLLECTIVE RIGHTS.
>> YOUR ANSWER WOULD BE THE
00:16:08SAME?
IT IS YOUR VIEW THAT THIS IS A
00:16:11SINGLE ISSUE THAT WOULD ALTER
ANY OBLIGATION TO JOIN A UNION
00:16:18AND A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CONTEXT?
IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT?
00:16:22>> MEMBER GRIFFIN, THAT IS A
FAIR ASSESSMENT.
00:16:26>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR.
THOMPSON?
00:16:31THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
00:16:33>> ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME?
00:16:37HEARING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND CALL ON
00:16:41SENATOR FABER.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY.
00:16:44I KNOW WE CERTIFIED THE
WORKPLACE FREEDOM PROPOSED
00:16:48CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AS
CONTAINING ONLY ONE
00:16:51CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
00:16:54SECOND.
DISCUSSION?
00:16:55MR. GRIFFIN?
>> MR. SECRETARY, WE ARE HERE
00:16:59ONLY TO DECIDE WHETHER IT
AFFECTS ONE TOPIC.
00:17:01AND ALTHOUGH I THINK IT IS
DEEPLY FLAWED POLICY, I DO THINK
00:17:06THAT IT AFFECTS A SINGLE TOPIC,
A TOPIC THAT IS AN ATTACK ON
00:17:11ORGANIZED LABOR, BUT I THINK IT
FALLS WITHIN OUR GAMBIT BO.MER
00:17:18>> THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN.
SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL
00:17:23VOTE?
>> SENATOR FABER?
00:17:24>> YES.
>> MR. LOUTHAN?
00:17:26>> IT IS.
>> MR. MORGENROTH?
00:17:28>> SECRETARY BRUCE?
>> BY 4-0, THE MOTION CARRIES.
00:17:33IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO
BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE?
00:17:38HEARING NONE, WE STAND
ADJOURNED.
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