The Ohio Attorney General certified another proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution to legalize marijuana. The Cannabis Control Amendment, submitted by Ohioans to End Prohibition, does not limit ownership of grow sites to designated individuals, unlike ResponsibleOhio’s amendment. See NBC News 4 story Ohioans to End Prohibition hopes to get their amendment on the […]
House Joint Resolution 4, introduced yesterday, would amend the Ohio Constitution to restrict amendments to the Ohio Constitution that create economic benefits in favor of certain individuals. Initiatives by the General Assembly would not face these restrictions, only initiatives by individuals. An individual or group wanting to amend the Ohio Constitution to create an economic
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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).
Better for Ohio stopped the push to get their Legalize Marijuana and Hemp in Ohio Initiative Petition on the 2015 ballot. See Toledo Blade, Marijuana Group Quits Ballot Bid. The group said the cost of getting the necessary signatures by July 1 was prohibitive. Better for Ohio’s amendment allows forty grow-sites to be owned by
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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A third marijuana legalization amendment, called the Cannabis Control Amendment was filed with the Ohio Attorney General by Ohioans to End Prohibition. This third proposal differs from Legalize Marijuana and Hemp in Ohio Initiative Petition (Better for Ohio) and Marijuana Legalization Amendment (ResponsibleOhio) because it does not limit grow-sites to certain named individuals. Under the
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