Finance Committee
May 28, 2025, 9:00 AM
Meetings Meeting Notice and Agenda Upload Testimony ? Testimony will be accepted until 24 hours prior to the scheduled start time of the meeting.If you plan to testify in person for Finance committee between 5/27 and 5/30, you must submit your testimony before Friday, 5/23 at 5PM. Any testimony submitted after this will be considered written only.
| Document | Description | Download |
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| minutes from 2025-05-27 | Download |
| Agenda Item | Status | Fiscal Notes | Analysis | |
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| Am. Sub. H. B. No. 96 | 6th Hearing | Download |
| Witness | Organization | Testifying As | Document |
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| Lisa Chambers | TECH CORPS | Proponent | Download |
| Michael Woytek | The Ohio Academy of Science | Proponent | Download |
| Kyla Fallis | The Ohio Academy of Science | Proponent | Download |
| Richaun N. Bunton | University Settlement | Proponent | Download |
| Peggy Kaplan | Ohio Pet Fund | Proponent | Download |
| Brad Race | The DeafBlind SSP Program | Proponent | Download |
| Albert DiFranco | Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland | Proponent | Download |
| Jack Keegan | Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, Student | Proponent | Download |
| Robert Sexton | Sportsmen's Alliance | Proponent | Download |
| David Taylor | Dayton Early College Academy | Proponent | Download |
| Tony Fiore | Ohio Aviation Association | Proponent | Download |
| Andy Boy | United Schoools | Proponent | Download |
| Adam Shank | Ohio Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs | Proponent | Download |
| Laureen Atkins-Holliday | The Literacy Cooperative | Proponent | Download |
| Robert D. Mabe | Ashville Apothecary and Circleville Apothecary pharmacies | Proponent | Download |
| Wezlynn Davis | Davis For Trustee | Proponent | Download |
| Timothy Elliott | Ohio Deputy Registrar Associations | Proponent | Download |
| Randy Drewyor | Perrysburg Exempted Village School District | Opponent | Download |
| Keith Ahearn and Rob Showalter | Fairview Park City Schools | Opponent | Download |
| Michelle Parsons | Self | Opponent | Download |
| Adero Robinson | Communities In Schools of Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Tom Rhatican | Catholic Conference of Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Ellen Price | League of Women Voters Oxford | Interested Party | Download |
| Randy Gardner | Coalition of Rural & Appalachian Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Katie Johnson, Ex. Dir., and OASBO Members - Bill Wade (Mentor Public Schools), Jenni Logan (Sycamore Community Schools), Kristine Blind (London City Schools), and Terrah Stacy (Springboro Community C | OASBO | Interested Party | Download |
| India Birdsong Terry | Greater Cleveland RTA | Interested Party | Download |
| Kirt Conrad | SARTA | Interested Party | Download |
| Casey Blazer | Central Ohio Transit Authority | Interested Party | Download |
| Troy Miller | SORTA | Interested Party | Download |
| Mario Basora | Future Ready Five | Interested Party | Download |
| Lynn Esmail | OptimALL Services | Interested Party | Download |
| Kirsti Mouncey | Collaborative to End Human Trafficking | Interested Party | Download |
| Tim Johnson | Ohio Poverty Law Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Liz Henrich | Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities | Interested Party | Download |
| Kim Fraser | Lake County ADAMHS Board | Interested Party | Download |
| Leo Almeida | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network | Interested Party | Download |
| Pamela Lindeman | Child Focus, Inc. | Interested Party | Download |
| Brad Race | Interested Party | Download | |
| Jason Judy | Interested Party | Download | |
| Janae Miller | Interested Party | Download | |
| Jana Alo | Interested Party | Download | |
| Elizabeth Well | Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Craig Burford | Ohio Educational Service Center Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Dayan Gross | The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage | Interested Party | Download |
| Louis Tobin | Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Maria Bonvechio | Interested Party | Download | |
| Melissa Petrea | individual | Interested Party | Download |
| Dr. Karen Leith | League of Women voters of Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Jennifer Hogue | Ohio School Boards Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Andrea Ashley | Associated General Contractors of Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Elyse McConnell | Ohio Victim Witness Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Rachel Lustig | Lutheran Social Services | Interested Party | Download |
| Joseph Begeny | City of Reynoldsburg - Reynoldsburg, OH | Interested Party | Download |
| Scott Ward | SBA | Interested Party | Download |
| Dr. Rhea Debussy | Equitas Health | Interested Party | Download |
| Kezia Ofosu Atta, MPA | American Lung Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Bailey Williams | Policy Matters Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Dave Dunn | Shores & Islands Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Larry Fletcher | Shores & Islands Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Christopher S. Duckworth | Interested Party | Download | |
| Lois Kuhns | Interested Party | Download | |
| Lisa Von Lehmden | Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice | Interested Party | Download |
| Mike Vallee | Your Choice Health Group | Interested Party | Download |
| Mike Rutz | Make My Move | Interested Party | Download |
| Elizabeth Hudson | Advocates for Basic Legal Equality | Interested Party | Download |
| Wendy Leatherberry | Beachwood City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Eric Wobser | Greater Sandusky Partnership | Interested Party | Download |
| Jenny Carlson | AARP | Interested Party | Download |
| Chris Singerling | Ottawa County Improvement Corporation | Interested Party | Download |
| Andy Herf | Ohio Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus | Interested Party | Download |
| Lee Alexakos | Six Flags Entertainment Corporation | Interested Party | Download |
| Robert P. DeSanto | Ashland County Park District | Interested Party | Download |
| Boone Troyer | Athens County Visitors Bureau | Interested Party | Download |
| Jermaine Ferguson | Marysville EV School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Jim Stouffer | Catawba Island Club | Interested Party | Download |
| Scott Sylak | Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Lucas County | Interested Party | Download |
| Ginger Young | The Childhood League Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Tonya Fulwider | Mental Health America Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Lisa Courtice | United Way of Central Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Kerry Pedraza | United Way of Clark, Champagin, and Madison Counties | Interested Party | Download |
| Veranda Rogers | Pregnant with Possibilities | Interested Party | Download |
| Julia Wynn | Ohio Computer Science Advocacy Coalition | Interested Party | Download |
| Brian Kuhn | Clark-Shawnee Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Wyatt Vick | The Ohio Academy of Science | Proponent | Download |
| Randi Clites | Ohio Bleeding Disorders Council | Interested Party | Download |
| Scott Williams | Ohio REALTORS | Proponent | Download |
| Eric Linderman | W-E Public Library- Administration | Interested Party | Download |
| Dawn Distler | Akron METRO | Interested Party | Download |
| Brad Race | The DeafBlind SSP Program | Proponent | Download |
| Steve Ferris | Discount Drug Mart | Proponent | Download |
| Rob Krain | The Black Swamp Conservancy | Interested Party | Download |
| Adina Winczewski | Parent | Opponent | Download |
| Darrell Yater | Northwest Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Paul E Knoop | Proponent | Download | |
| Annalies Corbin | PAST Foundation | Interested Party | Download |
| Maria Boyarko, PhD. | Principal, Whitehall Yearling High School | Interested Party | Download |
| Emily Jablonka | Chief Academic Officer, Hamilton Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Jordan Ballinger | Disability Rights Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Rick HOfman | Nature Center Association of Caesar Creek | Interested Party | Download |
| Bob Heinzerling | Heinzerling Community | Proponent | Download |
| Abigail Davis | Echoing Hills | Proponent | Download |
| Tim Neville | Echoing Hills | Proponent | Download |
| Colleen Clancy | Proponent | Download | |
| Kirk Reid | Proponent | Download | |
| Tashawna Church | Echoing Hills | Proponent | Download |
| Vineet Erasala | The Ohio Academy of Science | Proponent | Download |
| Peeyush Shrivastava | The Ohio Academy of Science | Proponent | Download |
| Wyatt Vick | The Ohio Academy of Science | Proponent | Download |
| Brynn McGrail | The Ohio Academy of Science | Proponent | Download |
| Dr. Jan Osborn | Putnam County Educational Service Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Doug Hale | Chesapeake Union Exempted Village Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Roni Hayes | Fairland Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Dr. Stephanie Starcher | Fort Frye Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| John R. Zucal | Conotton Valley Union Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Todd R. Meyer & Timothy Ryan Jenkins | Olentangy Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Robert Morton | Defiance City Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Brian Rentsch | Claymont City | Interested Party | Download |
| Chris Mathes | South Point Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| William | Alexander Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Lisa Galek | Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Walter Skaggs | CORAS | Interested Party | Download |
| Kevin Smith | Crooksville EVSD | Interested Party | Download |
| Kyle Smith and Jason Fine | Bexley City School District | Opponent | Download |
| Todd Phillipson | Jefferson County Joint Vocational School | Interested Party | Download |
| Allison Paetz | Interested Party | Download | |
| Jason Clark | Cory-Rawson Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Angela Gussler | Northern Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Greg Denecker | Bluffton Exempted Village Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Graig Bansek | Columbia Local Schools | Proponent | Download |
| P. Derrick McAfee | Bellaire Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Dave M Golden | Arcadia Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Dawn Wallace | Adams County Ohio Valley School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Joe Siefke | Lisbon Exempted Village Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| W. Todd Warnock | Clay Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Nick Dettwiller | Eastern Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Bill Hoover | Waverly City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Andrea Smith | North Point Educational Service Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Jon Burke | Interested Party | Download | |
| Maureen LaRaviere | College Board | Proponent | Download |
| Patrick Colucci | Buckeye Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Caroline Casagrande | Stride/K12 | Interested Party | Download |
| Zac Shutler | Union Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Tara Britton | The Center for Community Solutions | Interested Party | Download |
| Jennifer T Schrock | New Philadelphia City Schools | Opponent | Download |
| Phillip Oko and Dr. Richard Reynolds | Garfield Heights City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Jennifer T Schrock | New Philadelphia City Schools | Opponent | Download |
| Brock Brewster | Western Local Schools - CORAS | Interested Party | Download |
| Jason C. Peoples | Newcomerstown Ex. Village SD | Interested Party | Download |
| Matt Thornsberry | Union-Scioto Local School District | Opponent | Download |
| Carrie Dotson | Lifeline, Inc. | Interested Party | Download |
| Joe Dills | Union Township Trustee | Interested Party | Download |
| Deb Bogen | Park Heights Baptist Church | Interested Party | Download |
| David Adams | East Muskingum Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Helen Forbes-Fields | YWCA of Greater Cleveland | Interested Party | Download |
| Susan Koller | Interested Party | Download | |
| Marc Kreischer | Bloom-Vernon Local | Interested Party | Download |
| Kimberly Kaufman | Black Swamp Bird Observatory | Interested Party | Download |
| Bruce Otley | Liberty-Benton Local Schools | Opponent | Download |
| Emily Lampe | Interested Party | Download | |
| Sandy Mers | SCOESC | Interested Party | Download |
| Linda Striefsky | Interested Party | Download | |
| Eric D. Meredith | Pike JVSD | Interested Party | Download |
| Greg Bowman | Symmes Valley Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Brent Ripley | Bridgeport Exempted Village School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Marc Hanneman | Sam Wharram Nature Club | Proponent | Download |
| Scott Williams | Ohio REALTORS | Proponent | Download |
| Duran Morgan | Harrison Hills City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Duran Morgan | Harrison Hills City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Barry Klein | Klein's Pharmacy | Interested Party | Download |
| Suellen Coleman | Wolf Creek Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Latresse Lumpkin | Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition | Proponent | Download |
| Ronald R. Browder | Ohio Federation for Health Equity and Social Justice | Proponent | Download |
| Barbara Turpin | Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition | Proponent | Download |
| Misty | Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition | Proponent | Download |
| Laverne Dotson | Ohio Grandparent Kinship Coalition | Proponent | Download |
| Kristin Mullins | Ohio Grocers Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Donovan O'Neil | Americans for Prosperity - Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Deborah K. Cooper | N/A | Opponent | Download |
| Angela Dockery | self | Interested Party | Download |
| Sonya M. Pryor-Jones | City of Cleveland | Interested Party | Download |
| Kevin E. Joyce | Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District | Interested Party | Download |
| Douglas L Berger | Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie | Interested Party | Download |
| Kelly Kneale | Ohio Dental Hygienists' Association | Proponent | Download |
| Carmen Taleghani | Opponent | Download | |
| Kari A. Sommers | self | Interested Party | Download |
| Brent Johnson, MSW, LISW-S | Opponent | Download | |
| Elizabeth Kocher | Opponent | Download | |
| Liz Kocher | Opponent | Download | |
| Bob Hill | Springfield City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Scott Rolfe | Valley Local School District | Opponent | Download |
| Jason Iles | Bright Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Micah Joseph Fuchs | Barnesville Exempted Village School District | Opponent | Download |
| Jeffrey Young | Hancock County ESC | Interested Party | Download |
| Anthony W. Deem | Southern Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Eric Lowe | Beaver Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Kimberly McConville | Ohio Beverage Association | Opponent | Download |
| Randy Lucas | East Central Ohio Educational Service Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Ohio Business Coalition Opposed to SNAP Restrictions | coalition | Opponent | Download |
| Phil Howard | Jackson City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Nick Verhoff | Coalition of Ohio Rural and Appalachian Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| John Haswell | Shadyside Local School District | Proponent | Download |
| Jim Fogle | Martins Ferry City School District | Opponent | Download |
| Pete Ruby | Huntington Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Jason Inkrott and Cathy Schuller | Van Buren Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Karie McCrate | Dover City Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Rob Brundrett | Ohio Oil and Gas Association | Interested Party | Download |