Finance Committee
May 29, 2025, 9:00 AM
Meetings Meeting Notice and Agenda Upload Testimony ? Testimony will be accepted until 24 hours prior to the scheduled start time of the meeting.If you plan to testify in person for Finance committee between 5/27 and 5/30, you must submit your testimony before Friday, 5/23 at 5PM. Any testimony submitted after this will be considered written only.
| Document | Description | Download |
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| minutes from 2025-05-28 | Download |
| Agenda Item | Status | Fiscal Notes | Analysis | |
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| Am. Sub. H. B. No. 96 | 7th Hearing | Download |
| Witness | Organization | Testifying As | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Crawford | Miami University | Proponent | Download |
| Mark Bartman, Maj Gen (Ret.), USAF | The Ohio Federal Research Network | Proponent | Download |
| Andrew Bidwell | Critical Response Group | Interested Party | Download |
| Rosa Beltre | Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence | Proponent | Download |
| Amy Foley | Tri-State First Responder Peer Support Team | Proponent | Download |
| Michele Merkel | Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio | Proponent | Download |
| Deonte Slappy | Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio, Student | Proponent | Download |
| Hunter Estell | Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio, Student | Proponent | Download |
| Tamara Lunan | CEO Project | Proponent | Download |
| Tarrezz Thompson | CEO Project | Proponent | Download |
| Ellie Hite | The AngelWorks Foundation | Proponent | Download |
| Adam Hassan | Ohio Youth Advisory Board | Proponent | Download |
| Tekisha Boone | The Junior League of Columbus, Foster Care Parent | Proponent | Download |
| Janae Boone | Worthington Christian Upper School | Proponent | Download |
| Priya Gajmier | Foster Child | Proponent | Download |
| Lisa Followay | Adaptive Sports Ohio | Proponent | Download |
| Franklin Nicola | Austintown Falcons Wheelchair Basketball | Proponent | Download |
| Zayne Hammoudeh | Green Bulldogs Wheelchair Basketball Team | Proponent | Download |
| Jessica Camarga | Foster Action Ohio | Proponent | Download |
| Lauren Marchaza | Mentor Public Schools | Opponent | Download |
| Dan Heintz | Cleveland Heights - University Heights Board of Education | Opponent | Download |
| Kelley Stocker | Self | Opponent | Download |
| Tracy Russ, Kevin Miller, Todd Griffith | Licking Heights Local Schools | Opponent | Download |
| Rebecca Johnson | Opponent | Download | |
| Jason A. Niedermeyer | Brunswick City School District | Opponent | Download |
| David Corey | Ohio State Coroners Association | Opponent | Download |
| Melcie Wells | WARREN LOCAL SCHOOLS | Opponent | Download |
| Jaime Miracle | Abortion Forward | Opponent | Download |
| Sylvia Whittaker-Traw | Opponent | Download | |
| Kathryn Garvey | Interested Party | Download | |
| Caitlin Johnson | All in For Ohio Kids | Interested Party | Download |
| Abbie Sigmon | Ohio Association for Gifted Children | Interested Party | Download |
| Dustin Holfinger | American Heart Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Leah Behler | Clark Co. Combined Health District | Interested Party | Download |
| Tim Lewis | American Heart Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Terrah Stacy | Springboro Community City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Mike Pniewski, P.E., P.S. | Lucas County Engineer | Interested Party | Download |
| Mayor Chris Amrose Groomes | City of Dublin | Interested Party | Download |
| Rachel Chilton | Ohio School Psychologists Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Ryan Augsburger | Ohio Manufacturers' Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Greg R. Lawson | The Buckeye Institute | Interested Party | Download |
| Alex Jones | Ohio Public Health Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Kelly Morris | Ohio Public Health Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Teri Ruslander | Ohio Coalition for Adult Protective Services (OCAPS) | Interested Party | Download |
| Dorothy Moulthrop | Open Doors Academy | Interested Party | Download |
| Jemier Johnson | Open Doors Academy | Interested Party | Download |
| Lauren Schenk | NOBLE | Interested Party | Download |
| Patrick Schwartz | High Bridge Consulting (on behalf of the PACE Association of Ohio) | Interested Party | Download |
| Larry Bresler | Organize Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Leah Sakala | Alliance for Safety and Justice | Interested Party | Download |
| Rabbi Yossi Marozov | Friendship Circle of Cleveland | Interested Party | Download |
| Cheryl Pritchard | Interested Party | Download | |
| Ian Beniston | Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation | Interested Party | Download |
| Larry Fisher | ACEnet, Inc | Interested Party | Download |
| Diane Howard | NOBLE | Interested Party | Download |
| Che Gadison | NOBLE | Interested Party | Download |
| Kelsey Bergfeld | Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging | Interested Party | Download |
| Ryan Wynia | Interested Party | Download | |
| Vivian Wynia | NA | Interested Party | Download |
| John Litten | Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity | Interested Party | Download |
| Steve Flaherty | necoTECH | Interested Party | Download |
| Julie Gill | Ohio Society of Radiologic Technologists | Interested Party | Download |
| Nick Bates | Hunger Network in Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Amy Klaben and Tehani Morales | Families Flourish | Interested Party | Download |
| Loh | Interested Party | Download | |
| Ann Bischoff | Star House | Interested Party | Download |
| Troy McIntosh | Ohio Christian Education Network | Interested Party | Download |
| Robert Kuehnle | Black River Local School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Jon | Honeck | Interested Party | Download |
| Jerrad Christian | Interested Party | Download | |
| Eli Faes | LeadingAge Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Gary Winzenread | President and CEO of Cordata Healthcare Innovations, Inc. | Interested Party | Download |
| Adam Herman | Ohio Association of County Boards of DD | Interested Party | Download |
| Nicole Marshall | Westerville City Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Dr. Paul Imhoff | Buckeye Association of School Administrators | Interested Party | Download |
| Benjamin Robison | Association of Ohio Health Commissioners | Interested Party | Download |
| Janelle Gasaway | Self | Interested Party | Download |
| Linda Wagner | ltw | Interested Party | Download |
| Sarah Williams | Interested Party | Download | |
| Pete Bucher | Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund | Interested Party | Download |
| Jessica Parent | The Students of Ohio's Public School System and Ohio Citizens at Large | Interested Party | Download |
| Kevin Duff | Ohio Excels | Interested Party | Download |
| Kari Suhadolnik | Stow Munroe Falls City Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Rev. John C. Jones | HOPE Toledo | Interested Party | Download |
| Izzy Bashkin | Friendship Circle of Cleveland | Interested Party | Download |
| Amber Higbie | American Heart Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Justin Benoit | OH CARES | Interested Party | Download |
| Richard Jones | Southwest Licking Local School District | Opponent | Download |
| Howard Thompson | NEOFIX | Interested Party | Download |
| Dr. Stuart Mendel | NEOFIX | Interested Party | Download |
| Mickey Miller | Freedom a la Cart | Interested Party | Download |
| Paula Haines | Freedom a la Cart | Interested Party | Download |
| Tevis Foreman | Produce Perks | Interested Party | Download |
| Rich Milleson | STILLWATER WATERSHED PARTNERS | Interested Party | Download |
| Maggie Kettler | Ohio Speech and Hearing Governmental Affairs Coilition | Interested Party | Download |
| Jordan Ballinger | Disability Rights Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| hope taft | osra, my self | Opponent | Download |
| Hailey Barr | United Way of Greater Cincinnati | Interested Party | Download |
| Bonnie Entler | Seeds of Literacy | Interested Party | Download |
| Margo Hudson | Seeds of Literacy | Interested Party | Download |
| Sophia Johnson | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Interested Party | Download |
| Alison Pifer | Little Miami Watershed Network | Interested Party | Download |
| Deborah Bogen | Interested Party | Download | |
| Susan Koller | Interested Party | Download | |
| Barry Klein | Klein's Pharmacy | Interested Party | Download |
| Kathy Thomsen | Interested Party | Download | |
| Kristin Mullins | Ohio Grocers Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Ashly Shroyer | Interested Party | Download | |
| Barbara Andreas | Kent State University, retired | Proponent | Download |
| Liz Kocher | Opponent | Download | |
| Karen Lloyd | Opponent | Download | |
| Ben Cech | The Ohio Education Computer Network | Interested Party | Download |
| Dwayne Steward | Equality Ohio | Opponent | Download |
| Stephen Colecchi | Hattie Larlham | Interested Party | Download |
| Jim Chakares | Ohio Poultry Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Jason Wrather | Grange Insurance | Interested Party | Download |
| Danielle Firsich | Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio | Opponent | Download |
| Mary Dearing | 195884 | Interested Party | Download |
| Megan Smith | Interested Party | Download | |
| Aaron Hood | State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio | Interested Party | Download |
| Lynn Jansen | Interested Party | Download | |
| Randy Dunlap | Blanchester Local Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Lora L Miller | Ohio Council of Retail Merchants | Opponent | Download |
| Lora L Miller | Ohio Council of Retail Merchants | Opponent | Download |
| Scott Higgins | Ohio Dairy Producers Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Angéle Latham | Reynoldsburg City School District | Interested Party | Download |
| Keary McCarthy | Ohio Mayors Alliance | Interested Party | Download |
| Amy Pulles | Prevent Blindness Ohio | Proponent | Download |
| Gail Hesse | National Wildlife Federation | Interested Party | Download |
| Laura Padgett | Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition | Interested Party | Download |
| Gabriella Celeste | Schubert Center for Child Studies, CWRU | Interested Party | Download |
| Teresa Lampl | The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Services Providers | Proponent | Download |
| Amy Wentworth | New Philadelphia City Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Victoria Powers | Opponent | Download | |
| Jan Nespor | None | Interested Party | Download |
| Debbie Jenkins | Ohio Health Care Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Dave Guthell and Joe Cappel | Ports of Cleveland and Toledo | Interested Party | Download |
| Superintendent Michael Parry | Grant Career Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Superintendent Connie Altier | Tri-County Career Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Superintendent Chris McCully | Ehove Career Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Superintendent Shelley Groves | Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools | Interested Party | Download |
| Superintendent Scott Wludyga | Ashtabula County Technical and Career Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Superintendent Matt Colvin | Coshocton County Career Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Janet Byrne Smith | self | Opponent | Download |
| Olivia Farina | Opponent | Download | |
| Mary Josephine Burkhard | Opponent | Download | |
| Vicki Hamm | Opponent | Download | |
| Amanda Abounader | Interested Party | Download | |
| Kristy Piper | Brunswick Education Association | Opponent | Download |
| Tim Williams | Ohio Manufactured Homes Association | Proponent | Download |
| Glenda Jacob | Opponent | Download | |
| Eva Bloom | SE Ohio Foodbank | Interested Party | Download |
| Johanna Francis | Opponent | Download | |
| Heather Cantino | Opponent | Download | |
| Kay Tousley | Opponent | Download | |
| Gordon Gatien | Ohio Public Employees Retirement System | Interested Party | Download |
| Melinda Swan | Greater Common Good | Interested Party | Download |
| Emmaline Fabich | Opponent | Download | |
| Michael W. Rutledge | Stark County Federation of Conservation Clubs | Proponent | Download |
| Nick Rhodes | Ohio Business Roundtable | Interested Party | Download |
| Julie Dill | Opponent | Download | |
| Mary Camillus | Opponent | Download | |
| Melissa Gregory | Opponent | Download | |
| Joseph Gregory | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica Trivisonno | City of Cleveland | Opponent | Download |
| Marla Morse | Oral Health Ohio | Proponent | Download |
| Beth Wymer | Ohio Wholesale Marketers Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Stephanie Baker | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica Langguth | Opponent | Download | |
| Pete Van Runkle | OHCA | Interested Party | Download |
| Anne Hoke | Opponent | Download | |
| Gretchen McNamara | Ohio Conference AAUP | Interested Party | Download |
| David Gilbert | Destination Cleveland | Interested Party | Download |
| Kathryn Sweeny | Opponent | Download | |
| Daniel Flowers | Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | Interested Party | Download |
| Ciara Aune | Opponent | Download | |
| Tish Jenkins | Goal Digital Academy | Interested Party | Download |
| Danielle DeLeon Spires | Ohio Poverty Law Center | Interested Party | Download |
| Tom Butch | Ohio Scenic Rivers Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Allison Goodman | Self | Opponent | Download |
| Lisa Sobecki | Lucas County Commissioner | Interested Party | Download |
| Tom Butch | Ohio Scenic Rivers Association | Interested Party | Download |
| Nick Langhals | Jennings Local School District | Opponent | Download |