Tim Grendell (R)
Senator
A Cleveland area native, State Senator Tim Grendell has represented Ohio’s 18th Senate District since 2004. Equally as diverse as the region he represents, which includes all of Lake and Geauga Counties, and the eastern portion of Cuyahoga County, Senator Grendell’s legislative priorities have included a wide range of issues such as securing bonuses for returning soldiers and strengthening pharmacy technician standards throughout Ohio.
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Senator Snapshot
| Hometown: Chesterland |
| Party: Republican |
| Elected Experience: State Senator since 2005; State Representative 2001-2004 |
| Current Term: Expires December 2012; Not eligible to run for another four-year term |
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Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 644-7718 Email: SD18@senate.state.oh.us |
| Primary Sponsor | SB 52 | SB 81 | SB 99 | SB 100 | SB 119 | SB 151 | SB 156 | SB 157 |
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| 03.03.2010 | |
| Grendell and Patton introduce bill to restore rate discounts for all-electric homes | |
| Columbus-State Senators Tim Grendell and Tom Patton (R- Strongsville) today introduced Senate Bill 236, legislation that would restore the rate discounts for northeast Ohio FirstEnergy customers living in all-electric homes. | |
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| 01.12.2010 | |
| Grendell announces Painesville to receive Clean Ohio funds to rehabilitate former hospital site | |
| Columbus- State Senator Tim Grendell today announced state Controlling Board has approved a Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant totaling more than $2 million to the City of Painesville to clean up the Lake East Hospital property and prepare it for residential development. | |
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| 12.03.2009 | |
| Grendell honors Chardon company on floor of the Ohio Senate | |
 Download High Resolution Image | Columbus-State Senator Tim Grendell today recognized Payne & Payne Builders on the floor of the Ohio Senate for being named the 2009 Custom Home Builder of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The company is just the fourth in the nation to receive this honor, which is the highest one bestowed by the NAHB. Ohio Senate President Bill Harris (R- Ashland) also offered his congratulations to the company. Read more... |
| 11.18.2009 | |
| Ohio Senate approves Grendell's resolution to create Competitive Workers' Compensation Task Force | |
| Columbus- State Senator Tim Grendell announced the Ohio Senate has approved Senate Resolution 118, which would create the Competitive Workers' Compensation Task Force. The bipartisan task force would study alternatives, including market place competition, with respect to the worker's compensation system in Ohio. | |
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| 09.30.2009 | |
| Grendell and Faber to federal government: respect the 10th Amendment | |
| Columbus - On Tuesday, State Senators Tim Grendell and Keith Faber (R-Celina) won Senate support for Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, which would urge the federal government to respect the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution and adhere only to the rights and responsibilities delegated by the states to the federal government. | |
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| 05.06.2009 | |
| Grendell announces passage of legislation to protect Ohio farmers | |
| Columbus - State Senators Tim Grendell and Bob Gibbs (R- Lakeville) today announced the Ohio Senate has approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 8, legislation that urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to refrain from adopting any new regulations governing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. | |
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| 04.29.2009 | |
| Grendell introduces bill to require reporting of pharmacy errors | |
| Columbus - State Senator Tim Grendell today introduced Senate Bill 119, legislation that would require errors that result in serious physical harm or death caused by a pharmacy error in dispensing drugs to a patient to be reported to the State Pharmacy Board. If approved by the Legislature, Ohio would become only the third state in the country to require such reporting. | |
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| 04.21.2009 | |
| Grendell and West Geauga student testify in favor of spotted salamander bill | |
 Download High Resolution Image | Columbus - State Senator Tim Grendell and Isabella Todaro, an eighth-grade student at West Geauga Middle School, today testified in support of Senate Bill 81, legislation sponsored by Grendell that would designate the spotted salamander as the official state amphibian of Ohio. Grendell and Todaro appeared before the Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committee. Read more... |
| 03.03.2009 | |
| Grendell's veterans bonus resolution approved | |
| Columbus - Senator Tim Grendell today announced that the Ohio House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve Senate Joint Resolution 1, a bipartisan proposal to provide for the issuance of $200 million in bonds for one-time bonuses to veterans of the Persian Gulf War and the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Upon being passed by the legislature, final approval for SJR 1 would come from Ohio voters this November when the issue is placed on the ballot. | |
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| 02.13.2009 | |
| Grendell introduces bill to streamline state government | |
| Columbus - Recognizing the increasingly difficult budget constraints facing Ohio, State Senator Tim Grendell today introduced legislation designed to restructure, streamline and reduce the operating cost of state government. | |
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