Senate District 9
Cecil Thomas
February 4, 2016
Columbus—Today, State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) introduced Senate Bill 272, a bipartisan bill to give juveniles with extended and life sentences an opportunity for parole hearings. Under the bill, a prisoner who was under the age of eighteen at the time of the offense(s) for which he or she is serving a prison sentence is eligible for parole as follows:
December 1, 2015
COLUMBUS—Today, State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) introduced a resolution that would encourage local governments to institute municipal identification card programs. Municipalities across the country, from New York City to San Francisco, have begun to issue these identification cards to their residents. The cards are particularly valuable to community members who may face barriers to obtaining a driver’s license or other state-issued ID, such as the homeless, foster youth, undocumented immigrants, and the elderly.
September 30, 2015
Columbus—Today, the Ohio Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 124, which designates May as Asthma Awareness Month and May 5 as Childhood Asthma Awareness Day. State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) is the primary sponsor of the legislation.
September 10, 2015
Columbus—Today, State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) and the members of the Criminal Justice Recodification Committee detailed their ongoing work at a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse. The 24-member committee is charged with rewriting the criminal laws of the State of Ohio by next August.
August 13, 2015
COLUMBUS—State Senator Cecil Thomas has introduced legislation to make driving without a front license plate a secondary rather than primary violation. With this change, law enforcement officers would be unable to stop motorists strictly because their vehicle does not feature two license plates.
July 29, 2015
Columbus—State Senator Cecil Thomas released a statement after a Hamilton County grand jury indicted University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing in the shooting death of Samuel DuBose. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced the indictment this afternoon and released video of the incident.
July 23, 2015
COLUMBUS--State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) today joined community leaders in calling for Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters to release video footage, dispatch recordings, and the incident report concerning events that resulted in the death of Samuel Dubose on Sunday in Mount Auburn.
June 25, 2015
Columbus—The Ohio Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 116, which designates October 16 as George Washington Williams Day in honor of Ohio’s first African American state legislator. State Senator Cecil Thomas sponsored the legislation, along with State Senator Charleta Tavares.
May 26, 2015
Columbus—Today, State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) testified before members of the State and Local Government Committee on Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 to urge Commissioner Robert Manfred to reinstate Pete Rose to Major League Baseball. The resolution also encourages the Baseball Writers' Association to consider Pete Rose for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
May 11, 2015
State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) appeared on MSNBC's "Sports Matters" hosted by Rob Simmelkjaer to discuss his Senate Resolution to reintstate Pete Rose to Major League Baseball and make him eligible to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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