Accomplishments
- Amended state law to provide consumers notice of responsibilities in home construction contracts
- Worked with bipartisan group of legislators to expand Ohio’s Children Health Insurance Program now covering more than 220,000 children
- Secured state funding for job training at Cleveland Sight Center
- Successfully passed legislation in 2013 to establish Ohio’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to help low and middle income families.
- Amended law to protect Ohioans private information provided by Secretary of State to contractors
- Successfully worked for the passage of the Great Lakes Compact limiting withdrawals of water
- Successfully advocated for establishment of Ohio’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard
- Successfully passed domestic violence legislation allowing judges to include companion animals in protection orders
Successfully passed legislation ensuring all Ohio school children are protected from abusive use of restraints and seclusion rooms- Successfully amended Ohio law to protect those suffering with Developmental Disabilities by ensuring provider records were available online
- Successfully advocated for additional funding for senior vaccination program.
- Successfully advocated for legislation allowing individuals to designate instructions regarding disposal of last remains
- Secured more that $4 million for economic development, park and housing projects in Cleveland’s Westside and Lakewood
- Successfully blocked effort to preempt local action dealing with lead abatement
- Successfully amended state law allowing counties to use delinquent tax revenue to demolish abandoned homes
- Sponsored Lakewood’s Off-Leash Dog Park
- Passed law designating the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Successfully passed legislation ensuring all Ohio school children are protected from abusive use of restraints and seclusion roomsExperience that Counts
- Ohio House Committee membership: Finance; Civil Justice; Economic and Workforce Development; State and Local Government
- Ranking Member, House Finance Subcommittee on Transportation
- Member of Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review
- Past Ranking Member, Ohio Senate Committees on Energy & Environment; Family and Juvenile Law