Rep. Erika White

Maddy summaryThis bill is a resolution that formally acknowledges the 100th anniversary of Jones & Henry Engineers, a company based in Toledo, Ohio. It praises the firm's long history of providing sanitary engineering services and its positive impact on the local community. The House of Representatives will send an official copy of this tribute to the company to celebrate its centennial. This measure does not create new laws or change any policies; it serves solely as a ceremonial gesture of appreciation.

To amend sections 2901.30, 2901.41, and 2901.42 of the Revised Code to enact the Finding and Identifying with NamUs Data (FIND) Act to require law enforcement agencies to enter information relating to a report of a missing person in the national missing and unidentified persons system (NamUs).

To amend section 5919.29 and to enact section 5925.01 of the Revised Code to modify the Governor's responsibilities and authority regarding the Ohio National Guard and certain deployments of National Guard units in the state.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends the law governing Ohio's Child Care Choice Voucher Program to update how families receive financial assistance for child care costs. It directs the Department of Children and Youth to use specific funding to provide vouchers to eligible families whose caretaker parents are employed or in education or training programs. To qualify, families must have incomes below 240% of the federal poverty line but not meet the stricter income limits for the Publicly Funded Child Care Program. The bill also sets a requirement that payment rates be established by November 2026 and removes the mandate that family child care homes use the Step Up to Quality Program rating system.

Maddy summaryThis bill is a commemorative resolution honoring L. Helen Rankin, a former Ohio state representative who passed away. It formally expresses condolences to her family and acknowledges her 16 years of public service, during which she served on the Finance and Appropriations and Human Resources committees. The resolution highlights her advocacy for women's health, children, and social services, and directs the House Clerk to send a copy of the document to her family.

To enact sections 3902.65 and 5164.081 of the Revised Code to require insurance and Medicaid coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of menopause, perimenopause, and menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms and to name this act the Ohio Menopause, Perimenopause, and Hormone Therapy Coverage Act.

To amend sections 5104.30 and 5104.34 and to enact section 5104.342 of the Revised Code to provide publicly funded child care benefits to certain child care staff members and to make an appropriation.

To enact sections 3301.96 and 3333.89 of the Revised Code to establish the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program, to require the Department of Education and Workforce to hire a full-time school foster care liaison, and to make an appropriation for the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program.

To enact sections 341.261, 753.321, and 5120.631 of the Revised Code regarding inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers by municipal and county correctional facilities and state correctional institutions.

To amend sections 3505.18, 3505.31, 3509.05, 3511.09, and 3511.11 of the Revised Code to allow marked absent voter's ballots to be returned to any polling place in the county.