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Meredith Lawson‐Rowe D

State Representative
Ohio House of Representatives District 5
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026

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On Record (7)

Bill Health and Human ServicesSpecial DesignationsSenate Health CommitteeHouse Health Committee
To enact section 5.2540 of the Revised Code to designate February 14 as "Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and VeteransSpecial DesignationsSpecial Designations : Memorial Highways and BridgesTRANSPORTATIONHOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
To enact section 5534.155 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-270 in Franklin County as the "PFC Chris Dixon Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTMilitary and VeteransHouse Veterans and Military Development Committee
To enact section 122.381 of the Revised Code to establish the Veterans Organization Grant Program and to make an appropriation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and VeteransSpecial DesignationsSpecial Designations : Memorial Highways and BridgesHOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
To enact section 5534.931 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of Interstate 70 in Franklin and Fairfield counties as the "CPL Lindsey William Mitchell Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Special DesignationsHouse Government Oversight CommitteeSenate Government Oversight and Reform Committee
To enact section 5.2324 of the Revised Code to designate March 10 as "Harriet Tubman Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Health and Human Services : Child CareMilitary and Veterans
To amend section 5104.03 and to enact sections 5104.55 and 5104.56 of the Revised Code regarding child care services for the children of veterans and active duty military members, to name this act the Ohio Vets-Military Families Childcare Act, and to make an appropriation.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral TaxationCrimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : FirearmsHouse Ways and Means Committee
To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5747.87 and 5747.88 of the Revised Code to authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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To amend sections 122.09, 123.28, 123.281, 169.08, 323.152, 718.13, 4503.065, 5735.50, and 5735.99 and to repeal sections 123.282, 123.283, and 169.081 of the Revised Code and to repeal Section 229.40 of H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly as subsequently …
Oct 02, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3505.18, 3505.31, 3509.05, 3511.09, and 3511.11 of the Revised Code to allow marked absent voter's ballots to be returned to any polling place in the county.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.2325 of the Revised Code to designate the month of September as "Celebrate HBCU Month."
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 175.50 of the Revised Code to provide grants to qualifying applicants for mortgage assistance and to name the act the Mortgage Stability Act.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5162.20 and 5167.12 and to enact sections 3902.65 and 5164.094 of the Revised Code to require health benefit plans and the Medicaid Program to cover epinephrine and glucagon for individuals eighteen years of age and younger and …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 149.61 of the Revised Code regarding the provision of personal data to out-of-state entities and to name this act the Ohio Privacy Act.
Apr 07, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3301.50, 3301.53, 3301.54, 3301.56, 3313.48, 3313.64, 3313.646, 3313.842, 3313.98, 3313.981, 3314.03, 3314.08, 3317.011, 3317.0110, 3317.02, 3317.0213, 3317.03, 3321.01, 3321.05, 3323.02, 5753.021, and 5753.031 and to enact sections 3301.542, 3301.591, 3301.592, 3313.6415, and 3317.083 of the Revised Code …
Apr 07, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.451 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 13 in Knox County as the "Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Vance M. Andrews Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.609 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 241 in Summit County as the "Captain Joshua Michael McClimans Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 109.70 of the Revised Code to prohibit law enforcement agencies from using quotas for arrests and citations.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.212 of the Revised Code to designate March 9th as "6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5701.11 and 5747.01 of the Revised Code to expressly incorporate changes in the Internal Revenue Code since March 7, 2025, into Ohio law and to declare an emergency.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5104.54 of the Revised Code to modify Ohio's child care cost-sharing program and to name this act the Fair Tri-Share Child Care Program Act.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 3902.65 and 5164.081 of the Revised Code to require insurance and Medicaid coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of menopause, perimenopause, and menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms and to name this act the Ohio Menopause, Perimenopause, and Hormone …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.474 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 42 in Morrow County as the "Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.971 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of Interstate 275 in Hamilton County as the "Deputy Larry Henderson Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5104.02 of the Revised Code to exempt from licensure family child care providers certified by a branch of the United States armed forces.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3301.135, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.7110, 3313.7111, 3314.141, 3314.143, 3326.28, 3328.24, 3328.29, 3728.01, 4723.483, 4729.01, 4729.51, 4729.513, 4729.541, 4729.88, 4730.433, 4731.96, 4731.961, and 5180.26 and to enact section 4729.262 of the Revised Code to authorize the procurement and emergency …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate October 1st as "761st Tank Battalion Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.482 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of East Kemper Road in Hamilton County as the "Patrolman Earl W. Casterline Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 4501.01 and 4503.10 of the Revised Code to eliminate the additional registration fee applicable to hybrid motor vehicles.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.668 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 22 in Harrison County as the "PFC Thomas "Tommy" Pizzino Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.966 of the Revised Code to designate the interchange of I-480 and West 150th Street in Cleveland as the "SPC Louis P. Shuster Memorial Interchange."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.927 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of Chillicothe Lancaster Road in Fairfield County as the "MSGT Norman Michael Kilbarger Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.282 of the Revised Code to designate May 29 as "Sojourner Truth Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate the third full week of May as "EMS week in Ohio."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 307.66 of the Revised Code to increase the amount a county may provide to military and veterans organizations, and civic organizations, for Memorial Day expenses.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.282 of the Revised Code to designate the fourth Thursday of January as "NASA Day of Remembrance."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.56 of the Revised Code to designate March as Women's History Month.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.212 of the Revised Code to designate April 5th as "Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez Ohio Community Service Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.617 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of I-280 in Lucas County as the "SSG Jack W. Coy Veterans Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.926 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of Interstate 70 in Licking County as the "Tuscarawas Valley Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2905.05 and 2950.01 of the Revised Code to require that a person act with a sexual motivation or an unlawful purpose to commit the offense of criminal child enticement.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 4112.01 and 4112.02 of the Revised Code to prohibit discrimination in rental housing based on lawful source of income.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.013 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 421 in Medina County as the "CPL David James Amheiser Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To waive the required minimum instructional hours for Ashtabula Lakeside High School due to the school building being unusable and to declare an emergency.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.443 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 56 in Pickaway County as the "Detective Rex Emrick Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.2471 of the Revised Code to designate September 19 as "Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.897 of the Revised Code to create the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." license plate.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to exempt from disclosure under Public Records Law, the name and address of a grand juror and the signature of a grand-jury foreperson, and to name this act the Grand Jury Privacy …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 3902.65, 3902.651, 3902.652, 3902.653, and 3902.654 of the Revised Code to require health insurance coverage of orthotic and prosthetic devices.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2152.02, 2152.19, 2923.24, 2930.12, 2930.13, and 2951.03 of the Revised Code to prohibit possession of an electronic device under circumstances indicating an intent to commit a theft offense that involves a motor vehicle.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2101.16, 2303.20, 3109.14, 3705.24, 3705.242, 4507.01, 4507.50, 4507.51, and 4507.52 and to enact sections 9.011, 2101.166, 2303.202, 3705.243, and 3705.50 of the Revised Code to waive fees for an identification card or vital statistics record and permit …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3313.5310, 3707.58, 3707.59, 4723.24, 4723.28, 4730.14, 4730.25, 4731.22, and 4731.281 and to enact sections 3707.591, 3707.592, 4723.484, 4730.46, 4731.89, and 5164.21 of the Revised Code regarding cardiac monitoring for youth and to name the amendments and enactments …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact section 5747.87 of the Revised Code to authorize a refundable income tax credit or rebate for homeowners and renters whose property taxes or a portion of their rent exceed five per …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 and to enact section 2923.133 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bumpfire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire but do not convert it …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 109.69, 109.731, 311.41, 311.42, 311.43, 1547.69, 2921.13, 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.127, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1211, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2953.35, and 5502.411 and to repeal section 2923.111 of the Revised Code to repeal the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2927.12 and to enact sections 2749.01, 2749.02, 2749.03, 2749.04, and 2927.121 of the Revised Code to enact the Hate Crime Act to prohibit hate crimes and to create a civil remedy for a person who is terrorized …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2929.18 of the Revised Code to delay financial sanctions for one hundred eighty days after an offender's release from prison or completion of transitional control.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 121.22 and to enact sections 113.052, 122.952, 122.953, and 122.954 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Defense and Space Commission.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2953.25 of the Revised Code to modify when a person may file a petition for a certificate of qualification for employment.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2305.234, 2925.01, 2925.23, 2925.55, 2925.56, 3701.048, 3701.74, 3715.872, 3719.121, 3719.13, 3719.81, 4729.01, 4729.51, 4731.22, 4731.2210, 4731.25, 4743.09, 4755.48, 4761.01, 4761.03, 4761.032, 4761.06, 4761.061, 4761.07, 4761.09, 4761.13, 4761.14, 4761.17, 4761.30, 4761.99, 4765.51, 4769.01, 5123.47, 5164.95, and 5903.12 and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
To amend sections 304.02, 304.03, 715.23, 901.80, 935.03, 955.01, 955.011, 955.012, 955.02, 955.03, 955.04, 955.05, 955.06, 955.07, 955.10, 955.11, 955.12, 955.121, 955.14, 955.16, 955.20, 955.22, 955.221, 955.222, 955.26, 955.261, 955.40, 955.43, 955.44, 955.50, 955.54, 959.132, 1533.12, 1901.18, 1907.031, 2913.01, and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
To amend sections 1751.92, 3905.24, 3923.87, 3959.01, 3959.111, 3959.12, and 3959.20; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 3959.111 (3957.25), 3959.20 (3957.26), and 3959.22 (3957.27); and to enact sections 3957.01, 3957.02, 3957.03, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
To amend sections 9.66, 126.65, 149.311, 718.13, 718.84, 3313.6028, 3315.063, 3327.017, 3333.133, 3333.97, 3345.89, 3376.01, 3379.10, 4503.44, 4506.11, 4507.05, 4507.21, 4507.23, 4771.12, 5104.32, 5104.53, 5165.26, 5502.262, 5525.17, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.73, and 5709.78; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 955.201 and 5747.113 and to enact section 955.202 of the Revised Code to establish an income tax refund designation to assist low-income individuals in spaying and neutering their pets.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 3724.01, 3724.02, 3724.03, 3724.04, 3724.05, 3724.06, 3724.07, 3724.08, 3724.09, 3724.10, 3724.99, 5164.27, and 5166.111 of the Revised Code regarding prescribed pediatric extended care centers.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 3321.01 of the Revised Code regarding age requirements for kindergarten admission and to correct a scoring error on the 2024-2025 science end-of-course exam.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of Commission programs.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 340.034, 2925.01, 5119.01, 5119.36, 5119.365, 5119.39, 5119.392, 5119.393, 5119.394, 5119.396, 5119.94, and 5119.99; to enact new section 5119.391 and sections 5119.02, 5119.369, 5119.398, and 5119.399; and to repeal sections 5119.391, 5119.395, and 5119.397 of the Revised Code …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
To amend sections 2127.38 and 5721.10 of the Revised Code to amend the law related to fees for the administration of a probate estate.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 101.27, 117.12, 154.01, 306.30, 306.35, 306.43, 717.02, 1548.061, 2935.03, 3503.11, 3704.14, 4501.01, 4503.10, 4503.102, 4503.103, 4503.21, 4505.08, 4506.01, 4506.09, 4506.11, 4507.01, 4507.061, 4507.13, 4507.21, 4507.52, 4508.02, 4511.01, 4511.031, 4511.09, 4511.091, 4511.092, 4511.093, 4511.094, 4511.11, 4511.13, 4511.131, 4511.132, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 4723.01, 4723.43, 4723.432, 4729.01, 4731.27, 4731.35, and 4761.17; to enact new sections 4723.433 and 4723.434 and section 4731.513; and to repeal sections 4723.433, 4723.434, and 4723.435 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the practice …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5747.70 and 5747.78 of the Revised Code to modify the income tax deductions for contributions to 529 plans and ABLE accounts.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 149.43, 2929.20, 5120.115, 5120.21, 5149.10, and 5149.101 and to enact section 5149.102 of the Revised Code to require electronic recordings to be made of certain parole board hearings, to make electronic recordings of full parole board hearings …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 341.261, 753.321, and 5120.631 of the Revised Code regarding inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers by municipal and county correctional facilities and state correctional institutions.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
To amend sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 and to enact sections 3301.96, 3313.475, and 5103.62 of the Revised Code to enact the Fostering School Success Act.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 4973.17 and to enact section 5502.54 of the Revised Code to create the escaped convict alert program and to allow a prior parent company of a bank to apply to the Secretary of State for the appointment …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 122.6511, 3313.372, 3313.373, 4905.03, 4906.01, 4906.03, 4906.06, 4906.07, 4906.10, 4909.04, 4909.05, 4909.052, 4909.06, 4909.07, 4909.08, 4909.15, 4909.156, 4909.173, 4909.174, 4909.18, 4909.19, 4909.191, 4909.42, 4928.01, 4928.05, 4928.08, 4928.14, 4928.141, 4928.142, 4928.144, 4928.17, 4928.20, 4928.23, 4928.231, 4928.232, 4928.34, 4928.542, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share