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HB 347 is an unconstitutional burden on the right to reproductive choice.

HB 314 will dramatically shrink the overall ability of Ohioans to learn and know more about how their government and elected officials perform and act.

HB 487 perpetuates the failed (and very expensive) belief we can punish and incarcerate our way out of our drug problems. The ACLU of Ohio urges this committee’s rejection of House Bill 487.

As we reflect on Black History, we remember activists in the generations before us, who fought tirelessly to ensure the right to vote for all American citizens.

The ACLU of Ohio believes that Ohio must never conduct another execution and leave capital punishment in the dustbin of history—whether by legislative repeal, executive clemency, or a combination of both. 

Ohio government is already equipped to investigate and enforce its anti-discrimination laws. ACLU of Ohio encourages this committee’s rejection of Substitute Senate Bill 87.

Substitute Senate Bill 55 is such a noticeable improvement over current law, the ACLU of Ohio is compelled to support this bill and urge its passage.

HB 31 would expand Ohio’s public records laws to require recordings of full parole board hearings conducted by the Ohio Parole Board and to allow those recordings and transcriptions to be requested and received by the public.

Ohio elected officials have the opportunity to be bold, make history, and stand for racial justice. We know that the death penalty is ineffective, expensive, error-prone, and racially biased. Our inhumane capital punishment system does not belong in the future we dare to create.