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House Committees

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date February 22, 2017	Status 1st Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Sarah Morrison	Organization BWC	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date March 1, 2017	Status 2nd Hearing	Bill Text Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date March 8, 2017	Status 3rd Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Phil Fulton	Organization Ohio Association for Justice and Ohio Association of Claimants' Counsel	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Kent Scarrett	Organization Ohio Municipal League	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date March 15, 2017	Status 4th Hearing	Bill Text Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date March 22, 2017	Status 5th Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness John Van Doorn	Organization OAJ	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Katherine Ivan	Organization OAJ	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Dustin McKee	Organization National Alliance on Mental Illness	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Megan Testa, MD	Organization Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Association	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Michael Weinman	Organization Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, Inc.	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Christopher Ferruso	Organization NFIB	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date March 29, 2017	Status 6th Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Don Boyd	Organization Chamber of Commerce	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Robert Brundrett	Organization Retail Merchants, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, NFIB, Ohio Farm Bureau, Ohio Manufacturers' Association	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date May 10, 2017	Status 6th Hearing	Bill Text Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Finance	Date May 16, 2017	Status 1st Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Rep. Tom Brinkman	Organization House of Representatives	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Barbara Ingram	Organization Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Cyndie and Seamus Culligan	Organization Citizens	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance	Date May 16, 2017	Status 7th Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Seamus Culligan	Organization Willoughby Fire Department	Testifying Aa Opponent	Document Download
Witness Cyndie Culligan	–	Testifying Aa Opponent	Document Download
Witness Josh Brown	Organization Ohio Municipal League	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Dale Arkenburg	–	Testifying Aa Opponent	Document Download
Witness Karen Turano	–	Testifying Aa Opponent	Document Download
Witness Michelle M. Fitzgibbon	Organization OFCA	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download

Senate Committees

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance and Financial Institutions	Date May 30, 2017	Status 1st Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Administrator Sarah Morrison	Organization Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr.	Organization Sponsor	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance and Financial Institutions	Date June 6, 2017	Status 2nd Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Josh Brown	Organization Ohio Municipal League	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Don Boyd	Organization Ohio Chamber of Commerce	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Chris Ferusso	Organization NFIB-Ohio	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness John Muzik	–	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Julie Aldrich	–	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download
Witness Arzella Melnyk	–	Testifying Aa Proponent	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance and Financial Institutions	Date June 13, 2017	Status 3rd Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness John Van Doorn	Organization Ohio Association of Justice	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Jim Tobin	Organization Ohio Catholic Conference	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Emily Brown	Organization Advocates for Basic Legal Equality	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Gary Daniels	Organization Ohio-ACLU	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Matt Smith	Organization Ohio AFL-CIO	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Brennan Grayson	Organization Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download

Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Committee Insurance and Financial Institutions	Date June 20, 2017	Status 3rd Hearing	Bill Text Download

Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Witness Michael Shields	Organization Policy Matters Ohio	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download
Witness Kara Afrates	Organization Ohio Resident	Testifying Aa Interested Party	Document Download

Primary Sponsors

Tom Brinkman

Cosponsors

REPRESENTATIVES

Niraj J. Antani

Louis W. Blessing III

Andrew Brenner

Jim Butler

Margaret Conditt

Stephen D. Hambley

Michael Henne

Stephen A. Huffman

Dorothy Pelanda

Rick Perales

Bill Reineke

Wes Retherford

Craig S. Riedel

Kristina Roegner

Tim Schaffer

William Seitz

Ryan Smith

Dick Stein

SENATORS

Bill Beagle

John Eklund

Bob D. Hackett

Cliff Hite

Frank Hoagland

Jay Hottinger

Matt Huffman

Scott Oelslager

Bob Peterson

Lou Terhar

Steve Wilson

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