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It is apparent HB 441 is born out of frustration with what often seems to be any combination of arbitrary, unfair, and nonsensical removals of speech and user accounts from the largest social media platforms.

The ACLU of Ohio has two major concerns with how plans for the sentencing database are proceeding - Level of Publicly Available Detail and Public Records.

Additional protections far beyond HB 376 are needed from the General Assembly. As currently written, we believe exploitable loopholes and exceptions in HB 376 can and will give businesses and corporations the ability to circumvent privacy concerns

In fact, this language is so broad it prevents even any direct or indirect teaching, or instruction, or consultation by these doctors with regard to all these public institutions, even when that teaching or instruction or consultations has nothing to do with abortion.

The common thread of what proponents are voicing is there is something for everyone to hate about the death penalty. The only question now is whether it is enough for Ohio to finally end laws and practices that manage to represent everything flawed with our criminal legal system.

The ACLU of Ohio stands in opposition to the congressional districts proposed in HB 479 as they will not accurately reflect the people of Ohio in Congress.

The ACLU of Ohio stands in opposition to the congressional districts proposed in SB 258 as they will not accurately reflect the people of Ohio in Congress.

The ACLU of Ohio eagerly supports legislation that expands reproductive access, and that is exactly what HB 142 would do.

Keep in mind, the regulation being discussed in SB 242 is not radical or burdensome. It is simply acknowledging not everyone can or wants to use a credit card 100% of the time and recognizing the various problems that arise when, of all things, a business decides it does not want to accept cash.