The Ohio House and Senate ended their last scheduled sessions of the year last week without passing any marijuana legislation. 

State Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) this week announced the introduction and first hearing of Senate Bill 165, which he provided sponsor testimony for in the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bill takes steps to protect Ohioans from catalytic converter theft by cracking down on their illegal sale at scrap yards and related businesses.

The Ohio Senate Wednesday passed Senate Resolution 240, sponsored by State Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott).

An Ohio Senate Democrat has introduced a new bill to place Ohio Supreme Court justices and Ohio Court of Appeals judges as nonpartisan candidates on ballots, as they did before a 2021 change by Republican lawmakers.

State Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) was appointed last week to serve as the Chairman of the Ohio Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee, following Senator Frank Hoagland’s retirement from the Senate.

An Ohio House bill to notify parents of any content in state schools that may contain “sexuality” was introduced before an Ohio Senate committee on Tuesday.

Ohio Senate Republicans are trying to significantly change the state’s marijuana law before it goes into effect Thursday.

A Cleveland State University associate professor gave Senate Bill 83 — a massive proposed piece of legislation that would overhaul higher education in Ohio — a failing grade.

State Reps. Thomas Hall (R-Madison Twp.) and Adam Bird (R-New Richmond) Tuesday provided sponsor testimony on the Ohio Homeowners Relief Act during Senate Ways and Means Committee.

With a new year looming, Ohio lawmakers are trying to spur firearm legislation forward. State senators are holding hearings on a measure banning gun store specific merchant codes, despite credit card companies halting the idea the months ago. Meanwhile in the House, lawmakers want to bring a controversial proposal to the floor restricting local agencies’ interaction with federal authorities.

On Tuesday, Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) and Senator Frank Hoagland (R-Adena) introduced SB 193 that would allow prosecutors to bring terrorism-related charges to large-scale drug traffickers in Ohio. Large-scale traffickers could face life in prison.

Legislation that would give tax credits for donations to “pregnancy resource centers” which do not advise individuals on abortion was introduced in the Ohio Senate this week.

State Senator Shane Wilkin (R-Hillsboro) announced that more than $11 million has been awarded to two career technical schools in the 17th Senate District.

Members of several education administration groups and some superintendents support a new Ohio bill that would change the way teacher evaluations are done, along with certain contracts and school screening requirements.

The Republican lawmaker behind a wide-ranging, controversial higher education bill overhaul in Ohio says he’s making changes to his proposed piece of legislation.