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Legislative Report April 19, 2024
Prepared by: The Ohio Manufacturers' Association
Human Resources, Health Care & Employment Law Legislation
Bill Information
MASS LAYOFFS-UNEMPLOYMENT COMP
(HOLMES G, MILLER A)

Regarding notices, resources, and benefits under the Unemployment Compensation Law when a mass layoff occurs.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/12/2019 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

2/12/2019 - Introduced

STATE-LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE
(KELLY B)

To increase the state minimum wage and to allow municipalities, townships, and counties to establish higher minimum wage requirements.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/22/2020 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

2/12/2019 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

2/12/2019 - Introduced

COMMERCIAL CREDIT REPORTING
(HILLYER B)

Relating to commercial credit reports, the Business Linked Deposit Program, the General Loan Law, the Ohio Banking Law, the Consumer Installment Loan Act, and the Residential Mortgage Loan Law.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/22/2020 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 30-1

12/22/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

12/9/2020 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Seventh Hearing)

12/1/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Sixth Hearing)

11/18/2020 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Fifth Hearing)

11/10/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Fourth Hearing)

9/22/2020 - BILL AMENDED, Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Third Hearing)

9/1/2020 - BILL AMENDED, Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing)

6/9/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

6/3/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

5/20/2020 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions

2/20/2020 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 91-1

2/19/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

11/21/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Financial Institutions, (Eighth Hearing)

11/14/2019 - House Financial Institutions, (Seventh Hearing)

10/31/2019 - House Financial Institutions, (Sixth Hearing)

10/24/2019 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Financial Institutions, (Fifth Hearing)

6/4/2019 - BILL AMENDED, House Financial Institutions, (Fourth Hearing)

5/14/2019 - House Financial Institutions, (Third Hearing)

4/2/2019 - BILL AMENDED, House Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing)

3/26/2019 - House Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

2/12/2019 - Referred to Committee House Financial Institutions

2/12/2019 - Introduced

PREVAILING WAGE-PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
(RIEDEL C, MANCHESTER S)

To allow political subdivisions, special districts, and state institutions of higher education to elect to apply the Prevailing Wage Law to public improvement projects.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/11/2019 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

2/20/2019 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

2/14/2019 - Introduced

FAMILY-MEDICAL LEAVE
(BOGGS K, BOYD J)

To establish family and medical leave insurance benefits.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/12/2020 - House Insurance, (Second Hearing)

3/26/2019 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

3/5/2019 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

2/21/2019 - Introduced

WAGE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS
(BOYD J, CRAWLEY E)

To require the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to establish a system for individuals to make anonymous complaints regarding wage discrimination.

  ALL BILL STATUS

9/23/2020 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 33-0

6/18/2019 - House Civil Justice, (Third Hearing)

6/4/2019 - House Civil Justice, (Second Hearing)

5/14/2019 - House Civil Justice, (First Hearing)

5/8/2019 - Referred to Committee House Civil Justice

4/29/2019 - Introduced

VACCINES-EMPLOYMENT
(HOOD R, KENT B)

To enact the "Medical Consumer Protection Act" to prohibit an employer from taking an adverse employment action against a person who has not been or will not be vaccinated.

  ALL BILL STATUS

6/4/2019 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

5/28/2019 - Introduced

UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
(SKINDELL M, KENT B)

To establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.

  ALL BILL STATUS

9/10/2019 - House Health, (First Hearing)

6/25/2019 - Referred to Committee House Health

6/19/2019 - Introduced

ELIMINATE SEX-BASED WAGE DISPARITIES
(CLITES R, HOWSE S)

To enact the Ohio Equal Pay Act to require state contractors and economic incentive recipients to obtain an equal pay certificate, to require public employers to establish a job evaluation system to identify and eliminate sex-based wage disparities, to prohibit employers from seeking a prospective employee's wage or salary history, and to prohibit employer retaliation against an employee who discusses salary or wage rates with another employee.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/1/2020 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

6/30/2019 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

6/26/2019 - Introduced

CIVIL RIGHTS EMPLOYMENT LAWS
(CROSS J, LANG G)

To modify Ohio civil rights laws related to employment; to modify tolling and time limitations related to criminal, civil, administrative, and other actions; and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/12/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

12/22/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Not Concur on Emergency Clause, Vote 57-28

12/22/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; Senate Recedes from Its Amendments, Vote 30-1

12/17/2020 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 31-1, Emergency Clause 31-1

12/17/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

12/17/2020 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, Senate Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

12/16/2020 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

12/9/2020 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)

12/2/2020 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

11/19/2020 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 76-13

11/19/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

5/12/2020 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Civil Justice, (Fourth Hearing)

12/10/2019 - House Civil Justice, (Third Hearing)

11/19/2019 - House Civil Justice, (Second Hearing)

10/16/2019 - House Civil Justice, (First Hearing)

10/9/2019 - Referred to Committee House Civil Justice

10/1/2019 - Introduced

SEXUAL, GENDER DISCRIMINATION
(HILLYER B, SKINDELL M)

To enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.

  ALL BILL STATUS

11/19/2020 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Civil Justice, (Third Hearing)

2/4/2020 - House Civil Justice, (Second Hearing)

11/19/2019 - House Civil Justice, (First Hearing)

10/22/2019 - Referred to Committee House Civil Justice

10/16/2019 - Introduced

STRIKING WORKER UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
(CROSSMAN J, LEPORE-HAGAN M)

To provide unemployment benefits to striking workers and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

10/23/2019 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

10/22/2019 - Introduced

HEALTH INSURANCE COST-SHARING
(MANCHESTER S, WEST T)

To prohibit certain health insurance cost-sharing practices.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/15/2020 - House Health, (Fifth Hearing)

11/10/2020 - House Health, (Fourth Hearing)

6/9/2020 - House Health, (Third Hearing)

6/2/2020 - House Health, (Second Hearing)

2/18/2020 - House Health, (First Hearing)

1/28/2020 - Referred to Committee House Health

1/14/2020 - Introduced

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
(CERA J, SWEENEY B)

To allow an individual to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits for unemployment due to domestic violence.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/19/2020 - Referred to Committee House Criminal Justice

2/13/2020 - Introduced

INSURANCE COVERAGE - EPINEPHRINE, GLUCAGON
(ROGERS J)

Regarding insurance and Medicaid coverage of epinephrine and glucagon.

  ALL BILL STATUS

6/3/2020 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

3/10/2020 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

2/18/2020 - Introduced

TRANSFER FUNDS - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND
(MILLER J)

To transfer moneys to the Unemployment Compensation Special Administration Fund, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

5/19/2020 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

5/5/2020 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

3/23/2020 - Introduced

WORK SEARCH REQUIREMENTS - COVID-19
(CRAWLEY E, LELAND D)

To temporarily change eligibility and work search requirements under the Unemployment Compensation Law and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

5/5/2020 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

3/24/2020 - Introduced

PUBLIC ASSISTANT PROGRAMS - COVID-19
(RUSSO A, SOBECKI L)

To delay eligibility redeterminations for certain public assistance programs, temporarily modify income eligibility requirements for certain public assistance programs, and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

5/5/2020 - Referred to Committee House Health

3/24/2020 - Introduced

REQUIRED PAID LEAVE - COVID-19
(BOYD J, BOGGS K)

To require paid leave for an employee who is unable to work due to quarantine or mandatory isolation, to create a grant program to compensate contract workers who cannot perform services during public health emergencies, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/1/2020 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

5/5/2020 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

3/25/2020 - Introduced

GENDER PAY DISPARITY TASK FORCE
(HOWSE S, LEPORE-HAGAN M)

To create the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/2/2020 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

5/5/2020 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

4/10/2020 - Introduced

WORKER PROTECTION ACT
(LELAND D, SOBECKI L)

To enact the "Worker Protection Act" to require the Director of Job and Family Services to consider certain factors related to COVID-19 when determining, for purposes of unemployment benefit eligibility, whether an individual had just cause to quit work or refuse employment and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

5/27/2020 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

5/26/2020 - Introduced

TELEHEALTH SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
(FRAIZER M, HOLMES A)

To establish and modify requirements regarding the provision of telehealth services and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

11/18/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing)

11/10/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

9/23/2020 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions

6/10/2020 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Amended on Floor, Bill Vote 91-3

6/10/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

6/9/2020 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, House Insurance, (Third Hearing)

6/3/2020 - House Insurance, (Second Hearing)

5/28/2020 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

5/27/2020 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

5/26/2020 - Introduced

UNEMPLOYMENT OVERPAYMENTS DURING COVID-19
(CUTRONA A)

To prohibit the collection of certain unemployment benefit overpayments during the COVID-19 state of emergency and to declare an emergency.

  ALL BILL STATUS

11/17/2020 - Referred to Committee House State and Local Government

9/30/2020 - Introduced

PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS
(CLITES R, MIRANDA J)

Regarding pharmacy benefit managers.

  ALL BILL STATUS

11/17/2020 - Referred to Committee House Health

10/26/2020 - Introduced

EXPAND SNAP TO STRIKERS
(SOBECKI L, RUSSO A)

Urging Congress to expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility to include the households of striking workers.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/11/2020 - House Health, (First Hearing)

10/23/2019 - Referred to Committee House Health

10/23/2019 - Introduced

AFRICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATION IN BUSINESS
(INGRAM C)

To encourage representation of African Americans on the boards and in senior management of Ohio companies and institutions.

  ALL BILL STATUS

8/31/2020 - Referred to Committee House Economic and Workforce Development

8/31/2020 - Introduced

HEALTH PLAN CLAIM INFORMATION
(HUFFMAN M)

To require health plan issuers to release certain claim information to group plan policyholders and to allow a professional employer organization to file federal payroll taxes entirely under a client employer's tax identification number.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/7/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

12/17/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; House Accepts Conference Committee Report, Vote 81-8

12/17/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report

12/9/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; Vote 30-0

12/8/2020 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, , (Second Hearing)

6/30/2020 - , (Second Hearing)

6/10/2020 - , (First Hearing)

6/9/2020 - , (First Hearing)

5/20/2020 - House Appoints Managers; D. Merrin, J. Cross, & K. Boggs Named as House Conferees

5/15/2020 - Senate Appoints Managers; M. Dolan, M. Huffman & H. Craig Named as Senate Conferees

3/4/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments; Senate Does Not Concur, Vote 0-29

3/4/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments

2/26/2020 - Informally Passed

2/26/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments

2/24/2020 - Informally Passed

2/19/2020 - Informally Passed

2/18/2020 - Informally Passed

2/14/2020 - Informally Passed

2/12/2020 - Informally Passed

2/12/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments

2/11/2020 - Informally Passed

2/5/2020 - Informally Passed

2/5/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments

2/3/2020 - Informally Passed

1/31/2020 - Informally Passed

1/31/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

1/28/2020 - Informally Passed

1/28/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments

1/27/2020 - Informally Passed

1/22/2020 - Informally Passed

1/22/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments

1/21/2020 - Informally Passed

12/11/2019 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 87-6

12/10/2019 - Bills for Third Consideration

12/10/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Insurance, (Fifth Hearing)

11/12/2019 - BILL AMENDED, House Insurance, (Fourth Hearing)

10/29/2019 - Re-Referred to Committee

5/7/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Insurance, (Third Hearing)

4/30/2019 - House Insurance, (Second Hearing)

4/9/2019 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

4/2/2019 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

3/21/2019 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 31-0

3/21/2019 - Bills for Third Consideration

3/20/2019 - REPORTED OUT, Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Third Hearing)

3/13/2019 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing)

2/13/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions

2/13/2019 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

2/12/2019 - Introduced

PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION-SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY
(ANTONIO N)

To enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.

  ALL BILL STATUS

5/22/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

5/8/2019 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

3/13/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)

2/19/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

2/12/2019 - Introduced

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
(MAHARATH T)

To establish family and medical leave insurance benefits.

  ALL BILL STATUS

9/25/2019 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

3/12/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions

3/7/2019 - Introduced

WAGE DISCRIMINATION
(MAHARATH T)

To enact the "Fair and Acceptable Income Required (FAIR) Act" and to revise the enforcement of the prohibitions against discrimination in the payment of wages.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/20/2019 - Senate General Government and Agency Review , (First Hearing)

3/12/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government and Agency Review

3/7/2019 - Introduced

PREGNANT WORKERS
(MAHARATH T)

To enact the "Ohio Pregnant Workers Fairness Act" to generally require employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

  ALL BILL STATUS

9/10/2019 - Senate Government Oversight and Reform, (First Hearing)

3/12/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Government Oversight and Reform

3/7/2019 - Introduced

EMPLOYEE WAGE HISTORY
(MAHARATH T)

To prohibit employers from seeking a prospective employee's wage or salary history.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/29/2020 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (First Hearing)

9/11/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce

5/13/2019 - Introduced

ALTERNATE EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS
(DOLAN M)

To create alternate employer organizations.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/17/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

12/3/2020 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 70-25

12/3/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

12/2/2020 - REPORTED OUT, House Commerce and Labor, (Third Hearing)

12/1/2020 - House Commerce and Labor, (Second Hearing)

11/19/2020 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

11/17/2020 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

9/23/2020 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 32-0

9/23/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

9/23/2020 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (Third Hearing)

1/22/2020 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (Third Hearing)

11/20/2019 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (Second Hearing)

11/6/2019 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (First Hearing)

10/2/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce

9/18/2019 - Introduced

DRUG TESTS-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
(SCHAFFER T)

To require unemployment benefit applicants to take a drug test under certain circumstances, to create the Ohio Works First drug testing pilot program, and to make an appropriation.

  ALL BILL STATUS

11/13/2019 - Senate General Government and Agency Review , (First Hearing)

10/23/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government and Agency Review

9/30/2019 - Introduced

MENTAL HEALTH BENEFIT PARITY
(GAVARONE T, O'BRIEN S)

Regarding mental health and substance use disorder benefit parity.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/12/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing)

1/29/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

1/22/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

12/17/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions

12/11/2019 - Introduced

TIF SERVICER PAYMENT AGREEMENTS
(SYKES V)

To authorize the conveyance of state-owned real property and to specify that tax increment financing minimum service payment obligation agreements are enforceable against subsequent property owners.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/9/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

12/22/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments; Senate Does Concur, Vote 31-0

12/17/2020 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 82-2

12/17/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration; Pending Committee Report.

12/16/2020 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House State and Local Government, (Third Hearing)

11/18/2020 - BILL AMENDED, House State and Local Government, (Second Hearing)

11/17/2020 - House State and Local Government, (First Hearing)

6/3/2020 - Referred to Committee House State and Local Government

5/20/2020 - PASSED BY SENATE; Amended on Floor, Vote 32-0

5/20/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

5/6/2020 - REPORTED OUT, Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs, (Third Hearing)

2/11/2020 - Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs, (Second Hearing)

2/4/2020 - Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs, (First Hearing)

1/22/2020 - Referred to Committee Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs

1/8/2020 - Introduced

1/8/2020 - Introduced

UNEMPLOYMENT COMP COMPLAINTS
(HOAGLAND F)

To require the Director of Job and Family Services to establish a process for employers to make complaints regarding unemployment compensation benefits.

  ALL BILL STATUS

12/1/2020 - Referred to Committee House State and Local Government

11/18/2020 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 23-8

11/18/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

11/18/2020 - REPORTED OUT, Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Third Hearing)

9/22/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Third Hearing)

9/1/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing)

6/9/2020 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

3/4/2020 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions

2/14/2020 - Introduced