Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today signed the following bills:
Economic Development
Senate Bill 24
State Senator John Carey sponsored Senate Bill 24 that requires the director of Ohio Department of Development to adopt rules regarding the annual competitive process for the Job Ready Site Program.
Public Safety
Senate Bill 10
State Senator Steve Austria sponsored Senate Bill 10 that will make Ohio compliant with the federal Adam Walsh Act regarding sex offender registration and notification.
Senate Bill 97
State Senator Steve Stivers sponsored Senate Bill 97 that modifies penalties for a sex offender who failed to register or update the offender registration and notification system.
Health
Senate Bill 143
State Senator Joy Padgett sponsored Senate Bill 143 that requires the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to issue a speech-language pathology student permit. Padgett's bill was the companion bill to state Representative Arlene Setzer’s House Bill 180.
Taxation
House Bill 120
State Representative Bob Latta sponsored House Bill 120 that will eliminate unnecessary and inconsistent language mistakenly retained by Sub. H.B. 241 of the 126th General Assembly, to include in the law's forfeiture provisions language regarding the Department of Taxation that was omitted by that act.