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A review of Ohio's House of Representative's Health Committee ("OH HOR: HC") proceedings on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

A recorded stream is available here,

ohiochannel.org/collections/oh…

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Ohio's Congress; one of the two bodies that represent the Legislative Branch of Ohio.

This is Ohio's 134 General Assembly of the Legislative branch.

Ohio House of Representatives
ohiohouse.gov

Learn more about Ohio's Legislature, its design, and its powers by reviewing Article II of Ohio's Constitution.

Read online,
legislature.ohio.gov/laws/ohio-cons…

Alternatively one may download a PDF of Ohio's Constitution,

sos.state.oh.us/globalassets/p…

The rules for the Ohio House of Representatives may be read here,

legislature.ohio.gov/publications/r…

OH HOR: HC has 17 active Representatives. 11 Republicans. 6 Democrats.

To learn more about the Representatives access their profiles here,

ohiohouse.gov/committees/hea…

11 elected Republican Representatives

Name, House District
Cindy Abrams, D29
Timothy E. Ginter, D5
Phil Plummer, D40
Andrea White, D41
Tom Young, D42
Al Cutrona , D59
P. Scott Lipps, D62, *Chair*
Adam Bird, D66
Brian Stewart, D78
Don Jones, D95
Adam Holmes, D97, *Vice Chair*

6 Democratic Representatives

Janine R. Boyd, D9
Terrence Upchurch, D10
Beth Liston, D21
C. Allison Russo, D24 *Ranking Member*
Thomas West, D49
Michele Lepore-Hagan, D58

To see the associated geographic areas and political areas (Counties) that are these districts, use the Ohio House District Map.

Note: the map changes every 10 years due to population changes as measured by the census. A new map will be available soon.
ohiosos.gov/globalassets/p…

For more detailed maps, use the U.S. Census Bureau's Legislative District Reference Maps.

www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10m…

Documents associated with the HC meeting may be accessed here,

ohiohouse.gov/committees/hea…

Per the Announcement of Committee Meeting, HC convened to "declare intent to enact legislation regarding vaccines", detailed in legislation House Bill number 435.

Access the Announcement of Committee Meeting,

search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/cm_pub_api/api…

H.B No. 435 was introduced on Monday, September 27, 2021, and was sponsored by Representatives,

Bill Seitz, D30, R
ohiohouse.gov/members/bill-s…

Rick Carfagna, D68, R
ohiohouse.gov/members/rick-c…

Read Rep. Rick Carfagna's sponsor testimony from September 27, 2021

Pages 1-3 of 5

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Rep. Rick Carfagna's sponsor testimony from September 27, 2021

Pages 4-5

H.B No. 435 was cosponsored by 4 other Representatives

Robert R. Cupp, D4, R
ohiohouse.gov/members/robert…

Timothy E. Ginter, D5, R
ohiohouse.gov/members/timoth…

Cindy Abrams, D29, R
ohiohouse.gov/members/cindy-…

Don Jones, D95, R
ohiohouse.gov/members/don-jo…

The Substituted H. B. No. 435 as discussed in the Health Care committee is available here

Note: the original bill simply declared intent to enact legislation concerning vaccines. It is a substituted bill as the language of the bill has been updated.

search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/cm_pub_api/api…

Ohio's Legislative Service Commission provides a Substitute Bill Comparative Synopsis

This compares the changes between the bill as introduced yesterday against the one introduced in the Health Care Committee (the bill's First Hearing).

search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/cm_pub_api/api…

Ohio's Legislative Service Commission also provides a Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement with each alteration of the bill.

Read the First Hearing Fiscal Notes & Local Impact Statement
legislature.ohio.gov/download?key=1…