(The Center Square) – While the last General Session of the Ohio Legislature ended just a day ago, advocacy groups are already looking ahead to the next one.
Policy Matters Ohio wants lawmakers to start next month with bipartisan legislation introduced at the close of the most recent session that dealt with limiting property taxes, free school meals, and giving more money to local communities.
“This bill is likely to be reintroduced at the start of the next General Assembly, as it should be,” said Bailey Williams, a Policy Matters Ohio tax researcher. “It shows that Ohio has the resources to make a tangible difference in Ohioans’ lives on issues from housing to hunger. The question is, will our lawmakers answer the needs of their constituents? Or will they continue to cater to the tech industry and Big Pharma?”
Senate Bill 342 was introduced by the two top members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee – Sens. Louis Blessing, R-Colerain Township, and Kent Smith, D-Euclid – and it contains several measures discussed and introduced in other bills over the two-year session.