· March 5, 2015

Legislation: Ohio House Bill 103 – Ohio Women’s’ Policy and Entrepreneurship

Bill: House Bill 103 (full text) Title: Ohio Women’s’ Policy and Entrepreneurship Sponsors: Representatives Pelanda and Kunze Co-Sponsors: Representatives Grossman, Dever, Duffey, Bishoff, Ruhl, Brown, Blessing,Thompson, Leland, Antonio, Driehaus, Fedor, Barnes Jr, Kraus, Baker, Boyce, Celebrezze, Clyde, Hackett, Howse, Kuhns, Lepore-Hagan, Manning, McClain, O’Brien, Patmon, Patterson, Reece, Reineke, Rogers, Scherer, Schuring, Sheehy, Slesnick, Smith, Sprague, Stinziano, Rosenberger Bill Analysis:  This bill would designate the second week of March as Ohio Women’s’ Week for Policy and Entrepreneurship and create the Ohio Women’s’ Policy and Entrepreneurship Committee. It would also require the commission, in collaboration with the private sector, to conduct a two-day competition and forum each even-numbered year during the designated week. The winner of the first competition will become an entrepreneur in residence at LeanOhio. Status:  Introduced in the House March 4, 2015. Referred to the Economic and Workforce Development Committee on March 16, 2015. Passed 12-0 by the House Economic and Workforce Development Committee on May 27, 2015. Passed 91-4 by the House on June 10, 2015. Introduced to the Senate on June 11, 2015 and referred to the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee on June 16, 2015. The bill received a Committee Hearing on January 27, 2016. Votes cast:

House 6/10/2015
Yeas (Pro-Women): 91
Amstutz	Anielski	Antani	Antonio
Ashford	Baker	Barnes	Bishoff
Blessing	Boose	Boyce	Boyd
Brenner	Brown	Buchy	Burkley
Butler	Celebrezze	Cera	Clyde
Craig	Cupp	Curtin	DeVitis
Derickson	Dever	Dovilla	Driehaus
Duffey	Fedor	Gerberry	Ginter
Gonzales	Green	Grossman	Hackett
Hagan	Hall	Hambley	Hayes
Henne	Hill	Howse	Johnson, G.
Johnson, T.	Koehler	Kraus	Kuhns
Kunze	Landis	Leland	Lepore-Hagan
Maag	Manning	McClain	McColley
O’Brien, S.	Patmon	Patterson	Pelanda
Perales	Phillips	Ramos	Reece
Reineke	Retherford	Rezabek	Roegner
Rogers	Romanchuk	Rosenberger	Ruhl
Ryan	Schaffer	Scherer	Schuring
Sears	Sheehy	Slaby	Slesnick
Smith, K.	Smith, R.	Sprague	Stinziano
Strahorn	Sweeney	Sykes	Zeltwanger
Terhar	Thompson	Young
Nos (Anti-Women): 91
Becker	Brinkman	Hood	Vitale