Ohio Senate

Senate Bill 2 addresses a range of related issues, including energy costs for consumers, reliability, and barriers to entering the market for utilities.

Sen. Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) is proposing establishing an Ohio personal income tax deduction for gym and other personal training costs that total $1,500 or less per year.

Dozens of students and some faculty protested the decision by Ohio State University President Ted Carter to close the university's diversity, equity and inclusion offices. Many said Carter is closing the offices prematurely and not fighting back against state and federal government attacks on DEI.

SB 56 strictly prohibits smoking cannabis in public, limiting Ohioans to partaking in private residences, and reduces home grow from 12 plants or less to six plants.

A bipartisan Ohio Senate resolution asks Congress to reimburse parties that have been injured by fraud and to tighten up safety measures on EBT cards themselves.

More than 800 people submitted testimony opposing the bill.

More than 200 opponents of the bill that targets what Republicans say is liberal ideology in Ohio universities showed up to offer testimony at the Statehouse Tuesday, with hundreds more submitting their comments in writing.

A state lawmaker has a bill that would keep cash as an option at retailers in Ohio.

The Ohio Senate has resurrected a proposal that overhauls the state’s relatively young recreational marijuana program, raising the tax on product sales from 10% to 15%.

Four Ohio lawmakers are preparing to introduce identical bipartisan bills that legislate what they call end-of-life procedures.