William P. DeMora News

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned the Ohio Ballot Board's blatantly rigged and partisan process helping Republicans keep their illegal and artificially high majorities in Congress and both houses of the state legislature.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned the Big Ten Conference for having another Ohio State football game that is only being broadcast on their horrible streaming service, Peacock.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned the Ohio Supreme Court's decision to approve dishonest ballot language for November's Issue 1, written by the same illegal supermajority that Issue 1 would protect Ohioans from.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) commended the Ohio Senate's passage of the state's capital budget (House Bill 2), which includes $17.5 million for 18 projects within Ohio's 25th Senate District and over $100.5 million for Franklin County as a whole.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) celebrated the passage of Senate Bill 173, bipartisan legislation with state Senator Theresa Gavarone (R-Bowling Green), which would prevent the residential and familial information of election workers from being disclosed as a public record. 

This week, state Senators Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) and Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) testified in favor of Senate Bill 229, which would change the composition of the Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) nominating council and its nomination process. 

Today, state Senators Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) and Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) gave sponsor testimony supporting Senate Bill 177, also known as the Ohio Health Care Plan Act. This bill will ensure adequate access to health care for all Ohioans, addressing a statewide need for affordable health care services. 

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) issued the following statement after the Ohio Senate passed House Bill 1, which bans political contributions by foreign nationals and unnecessarily expands the attorney general's enforcement authority, sidelining the bipartisan Ohio Elections Commission.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) voted against House Bill 271, which originally aimed to modify the numbering of state questions and issues appearing on ballots but was amended at the last minute in the Senate to include anti-democracy language that would attack citizens' ability to participate in ballot initiatives.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) voted against House Bill 305, which originally aimed to modernize courts' electronic filing but was amended at the last minute in the Senate to include over a dozen changes, including controversial language about ballot initiative contributions.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned the introduction of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11, which seeks to directly assault the LGBTQ+ community.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned Secretary of State Frank LaRose's statement blaming Democrats for the Ohio House not taking up amended House Bill 114, which includes language that would make it harder for citizen groups to participate in direct democracy through ballot initiatives.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Colmbus) condemned the Senate's passage of the tainted House Bill 114, which was amended this morning to include language that would allow President Biden to appear on the November ballot and previously unheard language regarding foreign spending in elections.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) denounced Attorney General Dave Yost's threat against students exercising their First Amendment right to protest in a letter sent to Ohio's University presidents, citing a law from 1953 meant to crack down on the Ku Klux Klan.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) denounced Secretary of State Frank LaRose's intent to purge potentially thousands of voters from the voter rolls ahead of the November election.

Leaders of the Ohio Democratic Caucus, the Franklin County House and Senate delegation and the Jewish Caucus released the following statement concerning the overnight protests and arrests on the campus of the Ohio State University. 

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned the passage of several administrative rules that would unnecessarily ban gender reassignment surgery on minors, even though such surgeries have never taken place in Ohio.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) issued the following statement in response to Governor Mike DeWine's State of the State address.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned the passage of Senate Bill 215, a Republican bill that is meant to limit certain campaign contributions from foreign nationals but creates a host of unintended consequences.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) condemned the Ohio Senate's decision to override the governor's veto of House Bill 68, which bans gender-affirming care for trans minors and bans transgender student athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) issued a statement after the Ohio House voted to override the Governor's veto of House Bill 68, which will ban critical gender-affirming health care for minors and ban transgender student-athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, effectively banning them from school sports entirely.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) issued a statement after Governor DeWine vetoed House Bill 68, which would have banned critical gender-affirming health care for minors and banned transgender student-athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, effectively banning them from school sports entirely.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) issued a statement after the Ohio Senate voted to pass House Bill 68, which will ban critical gender-affirming health care for minors and ban transgender student-athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, effectively banning them from school sports entirely.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) issued the following statement after the Ohio Senate passed House Bill 86, which made changes to the adult use recreational marijuana laws passed under Issue 2.

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) spoke out against recently proposed Republican changes to State Issue 2, the voter-approved initiated statute to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis.