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00:00:01>> THE SENATE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
00:01:29WE INVITE OUR GUESTS TO RISE FOR
PRAYER.
00:01:32WE WILL BE LED IN PRAYER BY
REVEREND PASTOR BRAD JURY OF
00:01:39PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH.
>> WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY WITH
00:01:45US?
DEAR ALMIGHTY GOD AND HEAVENLY
00:01:50FATHER, TODAY IN THE SENATE
CHAMBER IS A WEALTH OF WISDOM
00:01:52AND EXPERIENCE.
TOGETHER, WE RECOGNIZE AS
00:02:01DEBTORS TO YOUR WISDOM, MERCY,
AND GRACE, WE COME BEFORE YOU
00:02:04TODAY TO ASK ONE MORE TIME FOR
YOUR BLESSED FAVOR.
00:02:05THANK YOU FOR RAISING UP AND
APPOINTING EACH OF THESE LEADERS
00:02:10FOR THIS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY,
OUR GREAT STATE, AND OUR
00:02:13COMMUNITY, AND OUR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
00:02:16I KNOW THE WEIGHT OF DECISION
WEIGHS HEAVILY UPON THEM.
00:02:20I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE THERE
STRONG POWER AND REFUGE WHEN
00:02:24THEIR SHOULDERS WEAKEN AND FAIL.
PLEASE BLESS THEM FOR THEIR
00:02:28PASSION TO SERVE AND LEAVE THEM
IN THE RIGHT HAVE -- PATHS.
00:02:31SHOW US THAT YOU ARE THERE AND
THERE IS NO ONE THING, THE E.U.
00:02:38ARE ALL SUFFICIENT FOR SAVING
MERCY AND GRACE.
00:02:39PLUS THIS PLACE IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST, WE PRAY, AMEN.
00:02:44>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
00:02:49AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION,
00:02:53UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL --
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
00:02:59JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> I LOVE IT WHEN KIDS ARE HERE.
00:03:03THANK YOU.
>> THE PASTOR WAS COMMENTING WE
00:03:09LOVE HEARING THE KIDS SAY THE
PLACE.
00:03:10THANKS TO ALL OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.
00:03:13THE CLERK WILL READ THE JOURNAL
OF THE PREVIOUS DAY.
00:03:17>> OCTOBER 13, SENATE BILLS
INTRODUCED.
00:03:23ONE CURRENT RESOLUTION WAS
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.
00:03:27THE SENATE ADJOURN UNTIL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, UNTIL
00:03:321:30 P.M.
>> SHALL THE JOURNAL BE AGREED
00:03:34TO WITHOUT OBJECTION?
THE JOURNAL IS AGREED TO.
00:03:36POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:03:41EKLUND FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL
PRIVILEGE.
00:03:45SENATOR EKLUND: THANK YOU, MR.
PRESIDENT.
00:03:48LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HOPE YOU
WILL HELP ME WELCOME VISITORS
00:03:53FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY ARE EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM
00:03:55THE ORGANIZATION FOREIGN LINKS
AROUND THE GLOBE.
00:03:58THEY ARE HERE TO STUDY IN HIGH
SCHOOL HERE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF
00:04:06THE 18TH SENATE DISTRICT AND
PENNSYLVANIA, BY THE WAY.
00:04:07MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY ARE HERE
TO LEARN THE VALUES OF COMMUNITY
00:04:11SERVICE, VOLUNTEERISM, THAT ARE
SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF THE
00:04:16YOUNGSTERS WE RAISE UP IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:04:21I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH
ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND
00:04:26HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THE
VOLUNTEER WORK THEY ARE DOING.
00:04:27I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, THEY ARE
DOING IT WELL.
00:04:30THEY ARE DOING IT JUST THE WAY
WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO IT.
00:04:33WITH THAT, IF THEY WOULD ALL
RISE AS I CALLED HER NAME, I
00:04:38WOULD -- VERY -- CALL THEIR
NAME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
00:04:43DENISE, FROM GERMANY, FROM
KAZAKHSTAN, ANASTASIA FROM
00:04:55KAZAKHSTAN, MAJDA FROM LEBANON,
MOLDOVA, SAUDI ARABIA, AND
00:05:08NATALIA FROM GEORGIA.
THEY ARE JOINED BY THEIR
00:05:13CHAPERONES, TAMMY AND DIANE.
PLEASE HELP ME GIVE THEM A WARM
00:05:20SENATE WELCOME.
[APPLAUSE]
00:05:22>> WELCOME TO THE OHIO SENATE.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:05:33BALDERSON FOR A POINT OF
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
00:05:35SENATOR BALDERSON: THANK YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT.
00:05:41I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME TWO
VERY DEAR FRIENDS, NOT ONLY
00:05:48CONSTITUENTS, BUT DEAR FRIENDS
OF MINE, TO THE OHIO SENATE.
00:05:49MIKE AND SUSAN NASH, WELCOME.
PLEASE STAND UP.
00:05:53[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME TO THE SENATE.
00:06:01THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
BACON FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL
00:06:05PRIVILEGE.
SENATOR BACON: I WOULD LIKE TO
00:06:10INTRODUCE BILL FROM GRANDVIEW,
ALONG WITH HIS FRIEND, WILL.
00:06:14HE IS FROM SYRIA AND JUST BECAME
A U.S. CITIZEN ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
00:06:21WELCOME.
.
00:06:22[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME TO THE SENATE.
00:06:27THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
TAVARES FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL
00:06:34PRIVILEGE.
SENATOR TAVARES: I'M STANDING
00:06:38HERE TO HONOR THE DEFENDANTS OF
A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BODY,
00:06:43SENATOR BOLIN, III.
WE HAVE WITH US, HIS CHILDREN.
00:06:50IF YOU WOULD STAND AS I CALL
YOUR NAME, JOHN AND MARGARET.
00:06:57WE WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR FATHER
LATER ON WITH SENATE BILL 36.
00:07:04LET'S GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME.
[APPLAUSE]
00:07:07>> WELCOME TO THE SENATE.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:07:18LAROSE.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR GROUP'S
00:07:20INFORMATION?
SENATOR LAROSE: I DO.
00:07:24IT IS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE
BOYS AND GIRLS WITH TEACHERS AND
00:07:29PARENTS IN BEAUTIFUL WAYNE
COUNTY.
00:07:31PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE
YOU.
00:07:34WELCOME TO THE OHIO SENATE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:07:36>> BOYS AND GIRLS, MAKE SURE YOU
THANK YOUR TEACHERS, STAFF, AND
00:07:48PARENTS FOR BRINGING YOU HERE.
I ALWAYS THINK IT IS GREAT LONG
00:07:52ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS BRING YOUNG
PEOPLE HERE TO SEE THEIR STATE
00:07:54HOUSE FIRSTHAND.
HOPEFULLY, YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD
00:07:56DAY AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES IT WOULD
00:08:00NOT BE A DAY WITHOUT RECOGNIZES
ING SENATOR HITE.
00:08:06I GAVE HIM SO MANY SO HE WOULD
NOT BE LEFT OUT.
00:08:12I NOTICE YOU DO HAVE TWO,
SENATOR HITE.
00:08:13THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
HITE FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL
00:08:17PRIVILEGE.
SENATOR HITE: I WOULD LIKE TO
00:08:20INTRODUCE KELSEY BROWN.
PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED
00:08:23BY THE SENATE.
HE IS SHADOWING ME TODAY.
00:08:25[APPLAUSE]
>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE
00:08:35OFFERED HIM TO UPGRADE ANY ONE
OF THE OTHER MEMBERS TO SHATTER.
00:08:36-- TO SHADOW.
SENATOR HITE: SORRY YOU GOT
00:08:42STUCK WITH ME.
WE ALSO HAVE A GUEST FROM THE
00:08:45MARYLAND SENATE, MICHAEL HUFF,
FROM BRUNSWICK, MARYLAND.
00:08:48HE IS HERE VISITING US TODAY.
ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS IS IF YOU
00:08:57HAVE NOT PUT THE ANNAPOLIS STATE
CAPITAL ON YOUR BUCKET LIST,
00:08:58PLEASE DO.
MY SON LIVED IN ANNAPOLIS FOR A
00:09:00FEW YEARS.
IT IS GORGEOUS.
00:09:02I BELIEVE IT IS THE OLDEST IN
THE UNITED STATES STILL BEING
00:09:05USED.
WE WANT TO GREET MICHAEL
00:09:11HUFF, SENATOR HUFF, THANK
YOU FOR COMING.
00:09:16[APPLAUSE]
>> SENATOR, WELCOME TO THE OHIO
00:09:20SENATE.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE OUR
00:09:24COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY WHEN THEY VISIT GET
00:09:26SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO
00:09:30INTERACT WITH OTHER STATE
LEADERS.
00:09:31YOU HELP US PROVE THE STATE ARE
THE LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY.
00:09:34THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:09:39PATTON FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL
PRIVILEGE.
00:09:40SENATOR PATTON, WOULD YOU INVITE
YOUR GUEST TO THE WELL, PLEASE?
00:09:46SENATOR PATTON: GOOD AFTERNOON,
COLLEAGUES.
00:10:05IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO
INTRODUCE TO YOU EMILY KREJCI
00:10:11WITH HER PARENTS.
EMILY HAS BEEN SELECTED MISS
00:10:17OHIO'S OUTSTANDING TEEN FOR THE
YEAR 2015.
00:10:20SHE HAILS FROM NORTH ROYALTON,
OHIO.
00:10:24SHE IS A SOPHOMORE.
SHE IS VERY INVOLVED IN THEATER,
00:10:30CHOIR, AND TESTING GROUPS.
SHE IS LOOKING AT CARNEGIE
00:10:32MELLON.
SHE CONFESSED MOMENTS AGO SHE IS
00:10:36ALSO CONSIDERING A CAREER IN THE
POLITICAL LIFE, SO DON'T DO
00:10:40ANYTHING TO DISSUADE THAT.
PLEASE BEHAVE YOURSELVES.
00:10:41IF I CAN POINT ANYONE OUT FOR
YOU TO EMULATE, IT IS HER.
00:10:48WE ARE ALWAYS DELIGHTED.
I SIT BACK AND SEE SENATORS.
00:10:53THEY BRING A LOT OF THEIR PEOPLE
DOWN.
00:10:56THIS IS LIKE GILLIGAN'S ISLAND,
A THREE-HOUR TOUR.
00:11:03WE ARE ALWAYS DELIGHTED WITH
SOMEONE FROM OUR DISTRICT COMES
00:11:07DOWN, ESPECIALLY FOR SUCH A
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
00:11:08SHE COMPETED WITH MANY OTHER
CHILDREN, YOUNG LADIES, EXCUSE
00:11:13ME, TO GET THIS HONOR.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT
00:11:15THIS TO YOU.
ON BEHALF OF THE OHIO SENATE.
00:11:23[APPLAUSE]
AND ON BEHALF OF THE SENATE
00:11:34PRESIDENT, HERE IS A MEDALLION
COMMEMORATING THE 131ST GENERAL
00:11:37ASSEMBLY.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:11:40THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
00:11:44COMPLIMENT.
-- CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
00:11:48ACCOMPLISHMENT.
[APPLAUSE]
00:11:49I WAS GOING TO LET HER SAY
SOMETHING.
00:11:52SENATOR PATTON: I WILL SEE IF WE
CAN TALK EMILY INTO SAYING A FEW
00:11:58WORDS.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
00:11:59I AM INTERESTED IN THE POLITICAL
WORLD.
00:12:02RIGHT NOW I AM IN U.S. HISTORY.
I AM A COMPLETE HISTORY NERD.
00:12:08WHEN I GOT HERE, I GOT EXCITED
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC
00:12:13HAPPENS AND WHERE EVERYTHING
THAT CONTROLS OUR STATE HAPPENS,
00:12:17SO I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE IN
FRONT OF ALL OF YOU.
00:12:19HOPEFULLY, ONE DAY, I WILL BE
SITTING AMONG SOME OF YOU.
00:12:23[APPLAUSE]
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
00:12:30THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
WIDENER FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL
00:12:41PRIVILEGE.
SENATOR, INVITE YOUR FIRST SET
00:12:43OF GUESTS TO THE WELL, PLEASE.
SENATOR WIDENER: THANK YOU, MR.
00:12:59PRESIDENT.
IT IS MY HONOR TO JUDICIARY TO
00:13:04NATIONAL CHAIRMANSHIP TEAMS FROM
CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY.
00:13:05NONE OF THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE
WON WITH A BALL, HOWEVER.
00:13:10FIRST, WE HAVE THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONS IN THE ROBOTICS
00:13:15COMPETITION BY THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS.
00:13:17THIS WAS A VERY INTERESTING
COMPETITION.
00:13:23THESE TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES WERE REQUIRED TO
00:13:25DESIGN A ROBOT TO DO A CERTAIN
THING THAT THE COMPETITION
00:13:28DESIGNERS TOLD THEM.
I JUST SAW A SHORT VIDEO.
00:13:31THEY HAD TO DESIGN A ROBOT TO
VISUALLY IDENTIFY BICOLOR -- BY
00:13:39COLOR WOODEN FISH AND PUT THEM
IN CONTAINERS.
00:13:44THIS TEAM BEFORE HE WAS THE ONLY
TEAM IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES
00:13:50OF AMERICA TO DESIGN A ROBOT TO
COMPLETE THE TASK.
00:13:51PLEASE OFFER THEM
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE
00:13:55OHIO SENATE ON THAT COMPETITION.
[APPLAUSE]
00:13:57FOR OUR YOUNG FOURTH-GRADERS,
CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY MIGHT BE
00:14:08SOMEPLACE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ROBOTS
00:14:09AND AUTOMATION.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE THAT
00:14:14FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES,
THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, WHICH WE
00:14:20ALL MAY RIDE IN ONE DAY, I
SUSPECT WILL BE DESIGNED BY MANY
00:14:27OF THE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS BEFORE
YOU TODAY.
00:14:28WE ARE PRESENTING THE AWARD TO
THE PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS.
00:14:36THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
ROBOTICS TEAM.
00:14:43CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
00:14:45HALF OF YOU COME OVER HERE.
THERE YOU GO.
00:14:55>> CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR INNOVATION ON BEHALF OF
00:15:16OHIO.
SENATOR WIDENER, PLEASE INVITE
00:15:21YOUR NEXT SET OF GUESTS TO THE
WELL.
00:15:22SENATOR WIDENER: THANK YOU.
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FROM
00:15:30CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY THAT DID
NOT USE A BALL.
00:15:31THIS IS THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY,
THE STUDENT COMMUNITY ENGAGED
00:15:38SERVICE AWARD.
THESE STUDENTS SINCE 2012 HAVE
00:15:45DONATED THEIR TIME EVERY
SATURDAY AT THE LOCAL HOMELESS
00:15:48SHELTER PROVIDING SERVICES AND
COUNSELING.
00:15:51IT WAS A DUAL AND YOUR STUDENTS
FROM WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY AND
00:15:57A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HONOR.
WE ARE CONGRATULATING THE
00:15:59FACULTY, AND THE STUDENTS HERE
TODAY.
00:16:08THEY ARE ALL HERE AS WELL AS THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
00:16:25ENGAGEMENT.
PLEASE OFFER THEM A ROUND OF
00:16:29APPLAUSE FOR THEIR NATIONAL
AWARD.
00:16:30[APPLAUSE]
THERE WE GO.
00:16:33>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
00:16:47THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
JONES FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL
00:16:54PRIVILEGE.
THEY ARE NOT HERE YET?
00:16:55WE WILL COME BACK.
REPORTS FOR REFERENCE AND BILLS
00:17:02FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION.
>> RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING BILLS
00:17:06AND RESOLUTIONS STAY IN ORDER
FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION.
00:17:10>> SHALL THE REPORT BE AGREED TO
WITHOUT OBJECTION?
00:17:15THE REPORT IS AGREED TO.
REPORTS OF STANDING AND SELECT
00:17:19COMMITTEES.
>> SENATOR COLEY SUBMITTED
00:17:26THE FOLLOWING REPORT REFERRING
TO SENATOR BILL 169.
00:17:30THE REPORTS BACK WITH THE
HALLOWEEN MINUTES.
00:17:34>> SENATOR OELSLAGER WITH A
REPORT.
00:17:38>> SENATE BILL FIVE REREPORTS
BACK AND THE REPORTS ARE
00:17:50PROPERLY SIGNED.
>> SHALL THE REPORTS BE AGREED
00:17:53TO WITHOUT OBJECTION?
THE REPORTS ARE AGREED TO.
00:17:55>> SENATOR FABER SUBMITTED THE
FOLLOWING REPORT WHICH WERE
00:18:08REFERRED TO THE GOVERNOR.
REPORTS BACK TO RECOMMENDATIONS
00:18:15THAT THE SENATE ADVISE AND
CONSENT AND SET APPOINTMENT.
00:18:17>> SHALL THE SENATE ADVISE AND
CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE
00:18:22GOVERNOR?
PURSUANT TO RULE 58, I ASKED TO
00:18:27BE EXCUSED FROM VOTING.
SHALL THE MOTION BE AGREED TO?
00:18:30HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MOTION IS AGREED TO.
00:18:35SHALL THE SENATE ADVISE AND
CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENT OF
00:18:40THE GOVERNOR?
THE CLERK SHALL CALL THE ROLL.
00:18:42>> [CLERK CALLS THE ROLL]
>> 31 YEAS, 0 NAYS.
00:19:40THE SENATOR DOES AGREE WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
00:19:45SENATOR FABER.
>> SENATOR FABER SUBMITTED THE
00:19:50FOLLOWING REPORT FOR THE
APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR.
00:19:59REPORTS BACK THAT THE SENATE
ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE
00:20:09APPOINTMENT OF THE GOVERNOR.
>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:20:11WIDENER.
SENATOR WIDENER: A REQUEST TO BE
00:20:16EXCUSED FROM VOTING.
>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION
00:20:21IS AGREED TO.
SHALL THE SENATE ADVISE AND
00:20:27CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENTS OF
THE GOVERNOR?
00:20:28THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL,
PLEASE.
00:20:29>> [THE CLERK CALLS THE ROLL/
]
00:20:39>> 31 YEAS, 0 NAYS.
THE SENATE DOES ADVISE AND
00:21:27CONSENT.
>> APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR
00:21:34HAVING THE SAME CONSIDERATION.
IT REPORTS BACK THE
00:21:36RECOMMENDATION THE SENATE ADVISE
AND CONSENT AND SET
00:21:40APPOINTMENTS.
>> SHALL THE SENATE ADVISE AND
00:21:44CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENTS OF
THE GOVERNOR?
00:21:46THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> [CLERK CALLS THE ROLL]
00:21:50>> 32 YEAS, 0 NAYS.
THE SENATE DOES ADVISE AND
00:22:41CONSENT.
SENATOR JONES FOR A POINT OF
00:22:45PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
SENATOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR THE
00:22:49INDULGENCE.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
00:22:52TO YOU TODAY SOME CONSTITUENTS
IN TOWN FOR THEIR SO-CALLED
00:22:56CAPITAL DRIVE.
THEY DROVE TO THE CAPITAL TODAY
00:23:01TO LEARN ABOUT STATE GOVERNMENT
AND SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN
00:23:03ENGAGE.
AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER
00:23:04STANDING ARE MANY PEOPLE
REPRESENTING THE WARREN COUNTY
00:23:09CHAMBER ALLIANCE.
IF YOU WAIT AND BE RECOGNIZED,
00:23:13WELCOME TO THE STATE HOUSE TODAY
.
00:23:15[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME TO THE SENATE.
00:23:22I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR DAY OF
SEEING STATE GOVERNMENT AND
00:23:26ACTION --IN ACTION.
BILLS FOR THIRD CONSIDERATION.
00:23:31>> TO AMEND AND REVISE TO GREAT
THE VOLUNTEER PEACE OFFICER
00:23:39DEPENDENT FUND TO PROVIDE DEATH
BENEFITS TO SURVIVORS OF
00:23:44VOLUNTEER POLICE OFFICERS KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND
00:23:45DISABILITY BENEFITS TO DISABLED
VOLUNTEER OFFICERS ELIGIBLE FOR
00:23:52BENNETT'S FROM THE OHIO PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICERS DEATH BENEFIT
00:23:55FUND.
>> SHALL THE BILL PASS?
00:23:58THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
EKLUND.
00:24:01SENATOR EKLUND: THANK YOU.
IF THE CLERK'S DESCRIPTION OF
00:24:09THE BILL SOUNDS FAMILIAR, IT
SHOULD.
00:24:10THIS IS A BILL WE UNDERTOOK TO
CONSIDER LAST YEAR.
00:24:12IT WAS SENATE BILL 288 WHICH
PASSED AT THAT TIME UNANIMOUSLY
00:24:17OUT OF COMMITTEE AND PASSED THIS
BODY UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.
00:24:20IT DOES, AS THE CLERK INDICATED,
CREATE THE VOLUNTEER PEACE
00:24:26OFFICER'S DEPENDENTS FUND AND
DOES IT THE SAME WAY IT DID WHEN
00:24:31IT WAS SENATE BILL 288.
IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF
00:24:35BENEFITS AVAILABLE.
IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE AMOUNT
00:24:38THE FUND IS FUNDED.
IT IS NOT CHANGE ANY
00:24:41RESPONSIBILITIES ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO BECOME MEMBERS OF
00:24:43THE FUND.
ALL THAT REMAINS THE SAME.
00:24:45WE HAVE CHANGED, AMENDED THE
BILL TO INCLUDE, AS THE CLERK
00:24:52INDICATED, THAT GAMING AGENTS
AND TAX INVESTIGATORS ARE TO
00:25:00BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR STATE
PENSION BENEFITS.
00:25:01THAT HAS BEEN AN OMISSION THAT
HAS BEEN CORRECTED HERE.
00:25:05WE HAVE CHANGED A PROVISION
WHICH WILL NAME THE BILL THE
00:25:14JASON CRESCO ACT.
YOU MAY RECALL FROM LAST YEAR
00:25:21THAT JASON WAS THE YOUNG MEN
WHOSE LIFE -- YOUNG MAN WHOSE
00:25:25LIFE WAS TAKEN.
HE WAS A PART-TIME POLICE
00:25:29OFFICER IN THE CITY OF WILL BE
IN LAKE COUNTY.
00:25:30HE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON
SEPTEMBER 20 1, 2012.
00:25:35THAT WAS A TIME WHEN I
REPRESENTED FACILITY -- THE CITY
00:25:40OF WILLOWBY.
HIS FAMILY WAS LEFT WITH NO
00:25:44BENEFITS, UNEXPLAINABLY SO
INASMUCH AS WE PROVIDE THESE
00:25:51BENEFITS TO PART-TIME
FIREFIGHTERS AND HAVE FOR MANY
00:25:53YEARS.
THIS FUND WILL BE ADMINISTERED
00:25:55VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY THE
FIREFIGHTERS FUN HAS BEEN
00:25:59ADMINISTERED DURING THAT TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAS TAKEN SO
00:26:02LONG TO PROVIDE THESE BENEFITS
TO THE FAMILIES OF PART-TIME
00:26:08PEACE OFFICERS BUT I AM MORE
THAN PROUD OF THIS BODY FOR
00:26:13HAVING TRIED TO DO SO LAST YEAR.
I HAVE EVERY HOPE THAT YOU
00:26:17WILL DO SO AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO THANK JAY MCDONALD AND
00:26:21MIKE WEINMAN FROM THE F.O.P. WHO
HAVE BEEN TIRELESS ADVOCATING ON
00:26:26BEHALF OF THE BILL AND SHOWN THE
PATIENCE OF JOB IN SEEING IT
00:26:30GETS DONE WHEN WE GET IT DONE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
00:26:35CHAIRMAN FOR HIS BRINGING THE
BILL THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND
00:26:38FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE 25TH
AWFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL,
00:26:43AND TO MY JOINT SPONSOR'S,
SENATOR LAROSE, PHRASE CAREFUL
00:26:47ATTENTION TO FINER POINTS OF THE
BILL AS IT WORKED ITS WAY
00:26:52THROUGH COMMITTEE.
I URGE A FAVORABLE VOTE.
00:26:53THANK YOU.
SHALL THE BILL PASS?
00:26:59THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
LAROSE.
00:27:03SENATOR LAROSE: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH
00:27:07DESCRIPTION OF THE BILL.
BECAUSE THIS CHAMBER HIS/HER THE
00:27:12SUBJECT MATTER BEFORE, I WILL
KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF.
00:27:13I WANTED TO MENTION FOR THE
STUDENTS HERE THAT THIS BILL FOR
00:27:20ME, MY INVOLVEMENT STARTED IN
WAYNE COUNTY.
00:27:22YOU GUYS STUDY HOW A BILL
BECOMES A LAW.
00:27:25HERE IS A GLIMPSE IN A PRACTICAL
APPLICATION OF THAT.
00:27:28I WAS INVITED TO THE WAYNE
COUNTY F.O.P. LODGE, WHERE THE
00:27:36POLICE OFFICERS GATHER IN THEIR
OFF-DUTY TIME.
00:27:37THEY INVITED ME TO COME AND TALK
ABOUT STATE ISSUES.
00:27:40THEY FED ME VERY WELL.
POLICE OFFICERS KNOW HOW TO EAT
00:27:43RIGHT.
ON 585, SOUTH OF REDMOND.
00:27:48ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT WAS THIS ISSUE.
00:27:52THIS ISSUE IS WHEN A POLICE
OFFICER ASKED TO DO VERY
00:27:56DANGEROUS WORK TRAGICALLY IS
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
00:28:01WHEN THAT IS A FULL-TIME POLICE
OFFICER, THOSE INDIVIDUALS'
00:28:06FAMILIES GET A BENEFIT.
THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF BECAUSE
00:28:10OF THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES.
BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS UNDER
00:28:14CURRENT LAW FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS
A PART-TIME OFFICER, THEY DON'T
00:28:16GET THAT BENEFIT.
SENATOR EKLUND AND I WORKED
00:28:20TOGETHER TO DRAFT THIS BILL, AND
HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE IT PASS
00:28:25SOON TO MAKE SURE WHEN THE
FAMILIES OF OUR BRAVE POLICE
00:28:28OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO
00:28:33DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY,
THAT THE LEAST THE STATE OF OHIO
00:28:37AND THESE COMMUNITIES CAN DO IS
MAKE SURE THOSE FAMILIES ARE
00:28:39PROPERLY CARED FOR IN THE WAKE
OF THE LOSS OF THAT LOVED ONE.
00:28:43WITH THAT, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE
TO SUPPORT THIS BILL, AS WE
00:28:51HAVE SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND
00:28:54APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE AS I
MADE A LESSON OUT OF THIS FOR
00:28:58THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HERE
TODAY.
00:28:59>> SHALL THE BILL PASS?
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:29:02THOMAS.
SENATOR THOMAS: THANK YOU, MR.
00:29:06CHAIRMAN.
BEING A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:29:11OFFICER, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
THE SPONSORS AND COSPONSORS OF
00:29:14THIS BILL.
I HAVE HAD THE OCCASION TO WORK
00:29:17ALONGSIDE VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.
THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
00:29:22JUST AS A REGULAR POLICE
OFFICER.
00:29:23THEY RESPOND WHEN AN OFFICER
CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE.
00:29:26THEY DO NOT RUN AWAY FROM THE
PROBLEM.
00:29:29THEY COME DIRECTLY TO IT AND PUT
THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY.
00:29:32THEY DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE
GOING TO PUT THAT UNIFORM ON AND
00:29:37COME BACK HOME THAT NIGHT.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA.
00:29:40THIS IS DEAR TO ME TO BE ABLE TO
STAND UP AND SAY THANKS TO
00:29:44EVERYBODY WHO WILL SPONSOR AND
PUSH THIS FORWARD.
00:29:50THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.
THEY DESERVE THE SAME RESPECT
00:29:54AND COURTESY AS THE FULL-TIME
OFFICERS.
00:29:59THANK YOU.
>> SHALL THE BILL PASS?
00:30:02THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL,
PLEASE.
00:30:05THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
PATTON.
00:30:11I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT.
SENATOR PATTON: THANK YOU, MR.
00:30:18PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES.
THIS BILL MEANS A LOT TO ME
00:30:20PERSONALLY.
MANY OF YOU REMEMBER MY SON
00:30:22TOMMY WAS A POLICEMAN WE LOST IN
THE SIGN -- LOST IN THE LINE OF
00:30:27DUTY.
HE WAS A FULL-TIME OFFICER.
00:30:31I AM CERTAIN THE FAMILIES OF
THOSE PART-TIME OFFICERS WHO
00:30:38DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY FEEL
THE LOSS JUST AS MUCH AS THE
00:30:42FAMILIES OF A FULL-TIME
OFFICERS.
00:30:43I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
00:30:46THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SHALL THE BILL PASS?
00:30:52THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> [THE CLERK CALLS THE ROLL]
00:30:59>> 32 YEAS AND 0 NAYS.
THE BILL IS PASSED AND ENTITLED.
00:31:56>> TO ENACT THE ACT TO CREATE A
VOLUNTEER PEACE OFFICERS'
00:32:01DEPENDENTS FUND TO PROVIDE
BENEFITS TO FAMILY MEMBERS
00:32:07KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND
MAKE SURVIVORS OF GAMING AGENTS
00:32:13AND TAX DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS
ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS.
00:32:14>> SHALL THE TITLE BE AGREED TO?
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:32:21EKLUND.
SENATOR EKLUND: THANK YOU.
00:32:24PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING NAMES.
YOU ARE ALREADY ON IT, SENATOR.
00:32:46AND YOU ARE AS WELL, SENATOR.
AND PETERSON.
00:32:55THANK YOU.
>> WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:33:03HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE TITLE
IS AGREED TO.
00:33:08BILLS FOR THIRD CONSIDERATION.
>> SENATE BILL 36 TO ENACT AND
00:33:17DESIGNATE A PORTION OF ROUTE 33
IN COLUMBUS AS THE JOHN W.
00:33:21BOWMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR TO
00:33:26TAVARES.
SENATOR TAVARES: MOVE TO AMEND.
00:33:31A.M. 1508X01.
>> IT IS A CORRECTIVE AMENDMENT.
00:33:39PLEASE PROCEED.
SENATOR TAVARES: THIS IS A
00:33:43CORRECTIVE AMENDMENT.
I WOULD MOVE FOR ADOPTION.
00:33:46THIS WOULD ADD THE INITIAL "E" I
N JOHN W. E. BOWMAN AND ROMAN
00:33:58NUMBERAL III AFTER BOWMAN,
WHICH IS THE FULL AND CORRECT
00:34:05NAME.
>> HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
00:34:09AMENDMENT BECOMES PART OF THE
BILL.
00:34:10THE QUESTION NOW IS SHALL THE
BILL AS AMENDED PASS?
00:34:14THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
TAVARES.
00:34:16SENATOR TAVARES: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
00:34:20I STAND TODAY, THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
00:34:25I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MISS
OUTSTANDING TEEN MENTIONED SHE
00:34:33WAS A HISTORY NERD.
BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT, I'M GOING
00:34:38TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS STATE SENATOR
00:34:42THAT SERVED COLUMBUS AND THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- THE SANITY.
00:34:48SENATE BILL 36 WOULD DESIGNATE A
PORTION OF U.S. 33 IN COLUMBUS
00:34:56AS THE JOHN E.W. BOWMAN, III,
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
00:35:02I WILL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND
PROVIDED BY OUR FORMER
00:35:09COLLEAGUE.
JOHN BOWMAN, III, WAS BORN INTO
00:35:15ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED
FAMILIES IN AMERICA.
00:35:18HIS GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN
SLAVERY AND HELD IN BONDAGE
00:35:22UNTIL HE PURCHASED HIS OWN
FREEDOM.
00:35:23IN 1858, HE PURCHASED FREEDOM
FOR HIS WIFE AND SON.
00:35:26EDWARD LATER SERVED IN THE UNION
ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
00:35:32SENATOR BOWMAN'S
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WAS THE
00:35:40GRANDDAUGHTER OF AN AFRICAN
PRINCESS ON THE WEST COAST OF
00:35:44AFRICA.
THE SENATOR'S GRANDFATHER BECAME
00:35:49A METHODIST CLERGYMAN,
DENOMINATION OFFICIAL, COLLEGE
00:35:54AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATOR, AND ONE
OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANS
00:35:58TO EARN A PHD IN THE UNITED
STATES.
00:35:59HE IS CREDITED AS THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN TO RECEIVE A
00:36:04PHD FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY,
WHICH WAS GRANTED IN 1887.
00:36:09BOWMAN, SR., RECEIVED HIS
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREES IN 1878
00:36:19AND HIS MASTER ARTS DEGREE FROM
THE NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY.
00:36:22HE TAUGHT MATHEMATICS, LATIN AND
GREEK, AND BECAME THE PRESIDENT
00:36:31OF GAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
IN 1906.
00:36:32SENATOR BOWMAN'S FATHER
GRADUATED FROM PHILLIPS EXETER
00:36:39ACADEMY, WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY,
AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
00:36:44HE BECAME, LIKE HIS FATHER, A
PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE
00:36:48METHODIST-EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND
WAS ELECTED BISHOP IN 1949.
00:36:54THE SENATOR'S MOTHER, MARGARET
DAVIS BOWMAN, WITH A RELIGIOUS
00:37:02LEADER, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST,
AND EDUCATOR WHO LED THE GILBERT
00:37:05ACADEMY, A TOP PRIVATE WHAT
COLLEGE IN NEW ORLEANS.
00:37:09SHE RECEIVED --BLACK COLLEGE IN
NEW ORLEANS.
00:37:13SHE RECEIVED HER MASTER OF
EDUCATION AND DR. OF EDUCATION
00:37:19DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
CINCINNATI.
00:37:20IN ADDITION, SHE RECEIVED AN LLD
AND SERVED AS AN INTERNATIONAL
00:37:27PRESIDENT FOR THE ALPHA KAPPA
ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED.
00:37:36JOHN E.W. BOWMAN WAS BORN IN
1936 IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
00:37:44EIGHT.
HE RECEIVED AN LLD IN 1953 AND
00:37:50BEGAN HIS LEGAL CAREER IN THE
COLUMBUS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
00:37:56WHERE HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT
CITY ATTORNEY, SENIOR ASSISTANT
00:37:58CITY ATTORNEY, CHIEF COUNSEL OF
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DIVISION,
00:38:03AND FIRST ASSISTANT CITY
ATTORNEY.
00:38:04AFTER LEAVING THE OFFICE OF THE
CITY ATTORNEY, HE ENGAGED IN
00:38:09FULL-TIME PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE
FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
00:38:13HE INITIALLY RAN FOR THE OHIO
SENATE IN 1966, FOLLOWING THE
00:38:20VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, AND
H WON THE RACE BY ONLY 240
00:38:28VOTES.
WITH HIS VICTORY, HE BECAME THE
00:38:32FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED
TO THE OHIO SENATE FROM FRANKLIN
00:38:35COUNTY.
DURING HIS FOUR YEARS IN THE
00:38:39SENATE, MORE THAN 17 BILLS HE
SPONSORED BECAME LAW IN THE
00:38:40AREAS OF INSURANCE, CHILD DAY
CARE, HOUSING, CREDIT UNIONS,
00:38:44COMMERCIAL, AND CRIMINAL LAW.
HIS TIE-BREAKING VOTE IN
00:38:50COMMITTEE GAVE OHIO PERMANENT
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
00:38:53AS YOU CAN SEE, SENATOR BOWMAN
WAS A BUSY LEGISLATOR.
00:38:57HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
MOST ACCOMPLISHED INSURANCE AND
00:39:02TAX EXPERTS IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
00:39:04AFTER SERVING IN THE OHIO
SENATE, HE BECAME A DIRECTOR OF
00:39:10THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF
CINCINNATI, OHIO, FROM 1972
00:39:13THROUGH 1978 AND SERVED AS
CHAIRMAN OF ITS BOARD OF
00:39:16DIRECTORS FROM 1975 THROUGH
1977.
00:39:22A MEMBER OF THE OHIO BOARD OF
REGENTS FROM 1978 TO 1982, A
00:39:28MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER OF
00:39:31COMMERCE FROM 1978 THROUGH 1983,
WHERE HE SERVED AS VICE CHAIRMAN
00:39:35OF THE BOARD FROM 1981 THROUGH
1983.
00:39:40HE WAS A TRUSTEE OF THE OHIO
CENTER COMPANY FOR
00:39:45COMMUNITY-URBAN REDEVELOPMENT
FROM 1983 TO 1986.
00:39:49SENATOR BOWEN PASSED AWAY ON MAY
20 7, 2011.
00:39:55THIS IS OUR WAY TO HONOR HIM
POSTHUMOUSLY AND RECOGNIZES
00:40:00CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLUMBUS,
CINCINNATI, AND THE STATE OF
00:40:03OHIO.
I APPRECIATE THE CHAIRWOMAN OF
00:40:10THE TRANSPORTATION, COMMERCE,
AND LABOR COMMITTEE, SENATOR
00:40:14MANNING,, RANKING MEMBER CAFARO,
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
00:40:21FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THE
LEGISLATION AND UNANIMOUS
00:40:22SUPPORT.
I LIKE TO THANK THE FAMILY OF
00:40:23JOHN W.E. BOWEN WHO CAME TO
TESTIFY FOR THE LEGISLATION.
00:40:30HIS DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER,
FORMER STATE SENATOR RAY MILLER,
00:40:36REPRESENTATIVE BEATTY, AND MY
SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDES.
00:40:43MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE, I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD
00:40:49BECAUSE I SERVE AS THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN FROM
00:40:51FRANKLIN COUNTY, SO IT IS
HISTORIC FOR ME AS WELL.
00:40:53I AM PROUD OF THIS VERY
ACCOMPLISHED LEGISLATOR.
00:40:59I THINK THIS IS MOST APPROPRIATE
TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS ONE OF THE
00:41:06FORMER SENATORS OF THIS CHAMBER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO
00:41:09THIS AND I WOULD ASK YOUR
FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION AND
00:41:14SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
00:41:15>> THE QUESTION IS, SHALL THE
BILL PASS?
00:41:19THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
LAROSE.
00:41:22SENATOR LAROSE: THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT WONDERFUL
00:41:29DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFE OF THIS
EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVANT GIVEN
00:41:30BY MY COLLEAGUE, SENATOR
TAVARES.
00:41:32I WAS PROUD TO COSPONSOR THIS
LEGISLATION, PROUD TO VOTE IN
00:41:37FAVOR OF IT IN COMMITTEE, TO
HONOR A TRULY GREAT OHIOAN
00:41:43WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE
MILITARY.
00:41:45ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA, HE
SERVED AS A COMBAT ENGINEER, THE
00:41:51WORK I DID WHEN I FIRST JOINED
THE ARMY, AND THEN SERVED IN
00:41:53THIS BODY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS
DISTRICT.
00:41:57I WANTED TO SEE IF THE SPONSOR
WOULD YIELD TO A QUESTION FOR
00:42:02THE CHAIR.
>> DOES THE SPONSOR YIELD TO A
00:42:06QUESTION THROUGH THE CHAIR?
YES, SHE DOES.
00:42:07PLEASE PROCEED.
>> THIS GREAT SENATOR JOHN BOWEN
00:42:17WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF WHAT
POLITICAL PARTY?
00:42:18[LAUGHTER]
SENATOR TAVARES: MR. PRESIDENT,
00:42:25I KNEW THAT QUESTION WAS GOING
TO BE ASKED OF ME.
00:42:26WE HAD THIS QUESTION IN
COMMITTEE.
00:42:28IT WAS THE GRAND OLD PARTY OF
THE TIME.
00:42:34[LAUGHTER]
HE WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE
00:42:39REPUBLICAN PARTY BACK IN THOSE
DAYS WHEN THEY WERE THE PARTY OF
00:42:42THE MAJORITY OF THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN IMMUNITY AT THAT POINT
00:42:54IN TIME IN HISTORY.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME, THINGS HAVE
00:42:55CHANGED.
>> THINGS CAN ALWAYS CHANGE
00:42:58BACK.
SHALL THE BILL PASS?
00:42:58THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL,
PLEASE.
00:43:02>> [THE CLERK CALLS THE ROLL]
>> 32 YEAS.
00:43:49THE BILL IS ADOPTED AND
ENTITLED.
00:43:52>> TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF
ROUTE 33 AS THE JOHN W. BOWEN
00:44:00MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:44:04TAVARES.
SENATOR TAVARES: MOVE TO AMEND
00:44:07TO ADD THE NAMES --
BACON, GARDNER, PATTON, WIDENER,
00:44:29BALDERSON.
THANK YOU.
00:44:33FABER.
>> PETERSON.
00:44:37>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE TITLE IS AGREED
00:44:45TO.
BILLS FOR THIRD CONSIDERATION.
00:44:52>> SENATE BILL 181 TO AMEND
SECTIONS OF THE REVISED CODE
00:44:59DESCRIBING THE FIDUCIARY DUTIES
OF CORPORATE OFFICERS TO SPECIFY
00:45:03OFFICERS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AND
00:45:12TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES REGARDING
CORPORATIONS.
00:45:14>> SHALL THE BILL PASS?
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:45:19OBHOF.
SENATOR OBHOF: I RISE TODAY TO
00:45:24HER SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 181
WHICH WOULD ADD A NEW SECTION TO
00:45:27THE REVISED CODE, CHAPTER 1701,
DEFINING THE DEFAULT IT IS
00:45:32SURELY DUTIES OF CORPORATE
OFFICERS.
00:45:33THE DUTIES OF DIRECTORS ARE
CURRENTLY SET FORTH BY STATUTE.
00:45:36THE CHAPTER 1701 IS SILENT ABOUT
THE DUTY OF OFFICERS WHICH
00:45:41POTENTIALLY CREATES AMBIGUITY
ABOUT THE DUTIES.
00:45:43THIS BILL WOULD SET FORTH DUTIES
IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF DIRECTORS
00:45:51AND MAKE A NUMBER OF CHAMBERS --
CHANGES REGARDING THE DEFAULT
00:45:54INDUSTRY DUTIES OF MEMBERS,
MANAGERS, AND OFFICERS OF
00:45:58LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT
00:46:01PRESCRIBED THEY HAVE THE
FOLLOWING FIDUCIARY DUTIES.
00:46:04AN OFFICER SHALL ACT IN GOOD
FAITH, AN OFFICER SHOCKED WITH
00:46:09THE CARE OF AN ORDINARILY
PRUDENT PERSON UNDER SIMILAR
00:46:10CIRCUMSTANCES, IN THE
PERFORMANCE OF THESE DUTIES AN
00:46:16OFFICER IS ENTITLED TO RELY ON
INFORMATION AND RESORT --
00:46:17REPORTS AS WELL AS BY COUNSEL
AND ACCOUNTANTS ACTING IN
00:46:25ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, UNLESS
00:46:28THE OFFICER HAS REASON TO
BELIEVE THE INFORMATION OR
00:46:29REPORTS ARE UNWARRANTED, AND
VIOLATIONS OF FIDUCIARY DUTY
00:46:34MUST BE PROVED BY CLEAR AND
CONVINCING EVIDENCE.
00:46:35THE BILL ALSO SPECIFIES OFFICERS
ARE NOT REQUIRED OR LIMITED
00:46:39LIABILITY COMPANIES.
IT PERMITS WRITTEN WAIVERS OR
00:46:42THE ELIMINATION OF FIDUCIARY
DUTIES OF LIMITED LIABILITY
00:46:45COMPANY MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OR
OFFICERS.
00:46:48IT CLARIFIES WHEN MANAGERS WERE
OFFICERS DUTIES CAN BE THE SAME
00:46:53AS MEMBERS' DUTIES AND DECLARES
IT IS THE POLICY OF OHIO'S
00:46:56LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW TO
GIVE MAXIMUM EFFECTS TO THE
00:47:01PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM OF
CONTRACT.
00:47:02THE PROPOSALS INCORPORATED IN
SENATE BILL 181 HAVE BEEN
00:47:07REVIEWED BY THE OHIO STATE BAR
ASSOCIATION AND BILL HAS THE
00:47:11SUPPORT OF THE OSBA AND OHIO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
00:47:14WE RECEIVED TESTIMONY FROM THE
OSBA AND CHAMBER DESCRIBING THIS
00:47:21BILL AS ONE MORE STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
00:47:22I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SENATOR
SCHIAVONI FREEZE PARTNERSHIP ON
00:47:28THE BILL, CHAIRMAN BACON FOR
THIRD CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL
00:47:32IN COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK THE OHIO STATE BAR
00:47:37ASSOCIATION, ERIC AND ANDREA FOR
THEIR HARD WORK.
00:47:42I URGE A FAVORABLE VOTE.
THANK YOU.
00:47:45>> SHALL THE BILL PASS?
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:47:49SCHIAVONI.
SENATOR SCHIAVONI: GREAT JOB.
00:47:55I WILL BE A COSPONSOR WITH YOU
ANYTIME.
00:47:58WELL, MAYBE NOT ANYTIME.
[LAUGHTER]
00:48:01THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> I GOT SOME IDEAS.
00:48:05SHALL THE BILL PASS?
THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
00:48:08>> [THE CLERK CALLS THE ROLL]
>> 32 YEAS, THE BILL IS PASSED
00:49:00AND ENTITLED.
>> TO SPECIFY OFFICERS ARE NOT
00:49:07REQUIRED FOR LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANIES TO PRESENT A WRIT OF
00:49:10WAIVER OR ELIMINATION OF
FIDUCIARY DUTIES OF MEMBERS,
00:49:17MANAGERS, OR OFFICERS AND MAKE
OTHER CHANGES REQUIRED OF
00:49:20LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
>> SHALL THE TITLE BE AGREED TO?
00:49:23THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
OBHOF.
00:49:26SENATOR OBHOF: PLEASE AMEND THE
TITLE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
00:49:31NAMES INCLUDING OELSLAGER,
PATTON, TAVARES, SAWYER, THOMAS,
00:49:38BROWN.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:49:43>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE TITLE
IS AGREED TO.
00:49:47BILLS FOR THIRD CONSIDERATION.
>> TO ENACT SECTIONS OF THE
00:49:56REVISED CODE TO DESIGNATE THE
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY AND MEMORIAL
00:50:00INTERCHANGES AND PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE IN ERIE COUNTY.
00:50:05>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
GARDNER.
00:50:09SENATOR GARDNER: THANK YOU, MR.
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE
00:50:13SENATE.
I RISE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
00:50:17FOR LEGISLATION I WAS WHAT -- I
WISH WAS UNNECESSARY.
00:50:20SENATE BILL 190 SIX TO HONOR
FIVE AMERICAN HEROES FROM YOUR
00:50:26COUNTY, OHIO, AND A DEEP
ULTIMATE SECOND -- SENATE BILL 1
00:50:3096 TO HONOR FIVE AMERICAN HEROES
FROM ERIE, COUNTY, WHO MADE THE
00:50:42ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
A GREEN BERET DIED IN VIETNAM IN
00:50:451967.
HIS PARENTS WERE PRESENTED WITH
00:50:48THE SILVER STAR AND BRONZE STAR.
THE ARMY SERGEANT DIED IN 1959
00:50:56IN VIETNAM.
HIS PARENTS WERE PRESENTED TO
00:51:00THE BRONZE STARS FOR HIS COURAGE
AND HE ALSO RECEIVED THE PURPLE
00:51:02HEART.
ALSO IN 1967, A GRADUATE OF
00:51:09HURON HIGH SCHOOL, A MEMBER OF
THE NAVY WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM.
00:51:14HE POSTHUMOUSLY RECEIVED THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, AND
00:51:23SEVERAL OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
HIS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
00:51:24THE MARINE SERGEANT DIED IN 2005
IN IRAQ.
00:51:29HE DIED BECAUSE HE GAVE UP HIS
POSITION IN THE LEAD HELICOPTER
00:51:36TO ASSIST A SECOND HELICOPTER IN
COMPLETING ITS MISSION.
00:51:39IT WAS IN THAT HELICOPTER
CONTAINING 30 OTHER SOLDIERS HE
00:51:46LOST HIS LIFE AS THE HELICOPTER
CRASHED IN A SANDSTORM.
00:51:47THE PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY OF HURON
RIGHTLY SEEKS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO
00:51:52THOSE HEROES AND DO SO TODAY
WITH YOUR SUPPORT IN SENATE BILL
00:51:55190.
OUR FIFTH HERO IS ARMY
00:51:59SPECIALIST CHARLES ODENS, II,
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN IRAQ
00:52:07IN 2004 WHILE RIDING IN A
ROADSIDE CONVOY.
00:52:10ON MEMORIAL DAY OF THAT YEAR,
HIS PARENTS LEARNED OF THEIR
00:52:15SON'S DEATH THAT OCCURRED ON
BEHALF OF THE NATION HE LOVED.
00:52:20OUR NEW STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR
THE 89TH DISTRICT IS ALSO
00:52:24SPONSORING COMPANION LEGISLATION
ON THIS ISSUE.
00:52:27I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
HIM IN THE WEEKS AHEAD AS WE
00:52:32COMPETE -- COMPLETE THIS
PROCESS.
00:52:34I THINK HIM FOR HIS ASSISTANCE
AND LEADERSHIP.
00:52:38I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE
ALLOWED ME TO HONOR THESE MEN,
00:52:46RECOMMENDING THEM TO BE
RECOGNIZED IN THEIR HOME
00:52:47COMMUNITIES.
I THINK THE CHAIR FOR
00:52:51EXPEDITIOUSLY MOVING THIS
LEGISLATION THROUGH THE SENATE
00:52:52TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
FUTURE AND CURRENT RESIDENCE OF
00:52:54ERIE COUNTY WILL LIVE FOREVER OF
THEIR DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE
00:53:01FOR AMERICA.
I ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE VOTE ON
00:53:04SENATE BILL 190.
>> SHALL THE BILL PASS?
00:53:07THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> [THE CLERK CALLS THE ROLL]
00:53:13>> 32 YEAS, THE BILL IS PASSED
AND ENTITLED.
00:54:08>> TO DESIGNATE THE MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY AND DESIGNATE MEMORIAL
00:54:13INTERCHANGES IN ERIE COUNTY.
>> SHALL THE TITLE BE AGREED TO?
00:54:19THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
GARDNER.
00:54:22SENATOR GARDNER: THANK YOU.
PROBABLY ADD THE FOLLOWING NAMES
00:54:28-- PROUDLY AT THE FOLLOWING
NAMES.
00:54:35>> WITHOUT OBJECTION.
SENATOR GARDNER: CAFARO,
00:54:47GENTILE, SKINDELL.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:54:53>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE TITLE
IS AGREED TO.
00:54:56MOTIONS.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
00:55:01OBHOF PROMOTIONS.
SENATOR OBHOF: I MOVE SENATORS
00:55:05BE EXCUSED SO LONG AS WRITTEN
EXPLANATION IS ON FILE WITH THE
00:55:09CLERK PURSUANT TO SENATE RULE
17.
00:55:13>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE RULE
IS AGREED TO.
00:55:15INTRODUCTION AND FIRST
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS.
00:55:18>> SENATE BILL 229 TO REQUIRE
CREWS OF FREIGHT TRAINS TO
00:55:25CONSIST OF AT LEAST TWO
INDIVIDUALS.
00:55:26>> STAND AS FIRST CONSIDERATION.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
00:55:32>> I AM DIRECTED TO INFORM ME
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAS
00:55:38SIGNED THE FOLLOWING BILLS.
HOUSE BILL 11 AND HOUSE BILL 93.
00:55:40>> ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEE
MEETINGS.
00:55:43THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRMAN
BURKE.
00:55:47>> THE MEDICAID COMMITTEE WILL
MEET IN THE NORTH HEARING ROOM
00:55:52PROMPTLY AT 3:00.
>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRMAN
00:55:55BACON.
>> THE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
00:56:00WILL MEET IN THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE ROOM 10 MINUTES AFTER
00:56:06SESSION CONCLUDES.
>> NOTHING ELSE?
00:56:10THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SENATOR
WIDENER FOR A MOTION.
00:56:17SENATOR WIDENER: I MOVE THE
SENATE ADJOURN UNTIL OCTOBER 19
00:56:24AT 9:30 A.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF
A NONVOTING SESSION.
00:56:25>> SHALL THE MOTION BE AGREED
TO?
00:56:28WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION IS
AGREED TO AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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