The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Bill of Rights and Voting Committee discussed constitutional provisions on the capacity to vote at their September 10, 2015 meeting. The committee recommended that Article V, Section 6 be repealed, and that a new section be adopted. Currently, Article V, Section 6 of the Ohio Constitution reads, “no idiot or […]
All meetings will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. If you are interested in addressing a committee please contact Steven C. Hollon, Executive Director of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission at 614.644.2022. For changes and updates, see http://www.ocmc.ohio.gov/ocmc/home 10:00 a.m. Education, Public Institutions, and Local Government Committee – South Meeting Room
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The budget bill passed by the Ohio House and Senate, 131st General Assembly Amended Substitute HB 64, will terminate the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission (OCMC) on January 1, 2018. It will repeal sections 103.61, 103.62, 103.63, 103.64, 103.65, 103.66, and 103.67 of the Revised Code on that date. Am. Sub. H.B. 64 awaits signature by Governor Kasich.
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Per Hannah News, OCMC Co-Chair Discusses Senate Budget; Commission Adopts No Change Recommendations, June 11, 2015: … the commission [Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission] unanimously voted to adopt three recommendations from the Bill of Rights and Voting Committee to retain current language in Article I, Sec. 2, concerning the right of the people to alter, reform,
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Per the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Facebook page: The Bill of Rights and Voting Committee adopted reports and recommendations for Article 1, Section 13 (Quartering Troops) and Article 1, Sections 13 (No Hereditary Privileges). The reports and recommendations were passed unanimously to retain language in its current form.
All meetings will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. If you are interested in addressing a committee please contact Steven C. Hollon, Executive Director of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission at 614.644.2022. 9:30 a.m. Bill of Rights and Voting Committee – Room 018 of the Ohio Statehouse. Possible adoption of recommendations
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The Ohio Senate Finance Committee wants to sunset the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission (O.C.M.C.) on Jan 1, 2016. See the Committee’s report on the budget bill, Amended Substitute HB 64. The Ohio Legislature created the Commission in 2011 to make recommendations to the General Assembly as to Constitutional revision. See HB 188 (129th General Assembly).
At the June 4, 2015 meeting of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Finance, Taxation, and Economic Development Committee Chair Douglas Cole suggested three ways the Committee might approach recommendations for Article VIII (Public Debt and Public Works). Per a OCMC news release Finance, Taxation, and Economic Development Committee Tackle State Debt: Cole suggested that the
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The Finance, Taxation and Economic Development Committee of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission will meet on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. in South Meeting Room A, 31st Floor of the Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 77 S. High St., Columbus. The Committee will hear a presentation, “State Debt and State Constitutions:
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The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission (OCMC) will consider two proposals to amend the Ohio Constitution to extend term limits for Ohio legislators. The Legislative Branch and Executive Branch Committee recommended these proposals to the full commission. Both proposals would extend terms limits in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate to twelve years instead of eight.
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