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Ohio sponsors push bill to require state agencies to report citizenship status to governor
Summary
Sponsors of House Bill 42 told the House Government Oversight Committee the bill would direct state agencies to collect and annually report counts of people by citizenship status; committee members pressed sponsors on enforcement, costs and data protection. No committee vote was taken at the hearing.
Representative Fisher and Representative Williams testified in support of House Bill 42 in the House Government Oversight Committee, saying the bill would require state agencies to collect and annually report counts of people by citizenship status to the governor.
The bill would add a citizenship-status field to existing demographic data collected by law enforcement, the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), public schools, the Department of Jobs and Family Services (JFS), and the Department of Medicaid. Sponsors said agencies would submit an annual report to the governor by Feb. 28 and that the reports would classify individuals into three categories: U.S. citizens or nationals, noncitizens lawfully present, and noncitizens unlawfully present.
Sponsor testimony and why it matters
Representative Fisher, the…
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