House Finance Committee adopts omnibus amendment and favorably reports amended substitute House Bill 96, 19-10

The Ohio House Finance Committee on April 8 accepted an omnibus amendment to the state operating bill and then voted 19-10 to favorably report amended substitute House Bill 96 to the Rules and Reference Committee.

Vice Chair Davila moved to amend substitute House Bill 96 with amendment 2698-1; Davila described the amendment as reflecting additional House changes to the state operating bill and directed members and the public to the committee web page for a breakdown. Committee members raised no objection to accepting the omnibus amendment and the chair declared it accepted.

Later, Vice Chair Davila moved that the committee favorably report the amended substitute House Bill 96 and recommend its passage. The clerk called the roll; the committee vote tally was 19 affirmative and 10 negative. The chair granted the Legislative Service Commission harmonizing authority for the committee report and announced that the bill would be forwarded to Rules and Reference.

The clerk read members' votes aloud during the roll call. According to the record in committee, the clerk announced the following votes (as recorded in the committee transcript): Stewart — yes; Davila — yes; Sweeney — no; Abrams — yes; Baker — no; Bird — yes; Calendar — yes; Glassburn — no; Grimm — no; Hall — yes; Hoops — yes; Isaacson — no; Gerald — no; John — yes; Johnson — yes; Jones — yes; Manning — yes; Piccolantonio — no; Plummer — yes; Ray — yes; Robinson — no; Romer — yes; Schmidt — yes; Simms — no; Thomas — yes; Troy — no; White — yes; Willis — yes; Williams — (not separately recorded); Young — yes. The chair announced a final tally of 19 affirmative votes and 10 negative votes.

The committee chair said omnibus copies and the committee report would be made available online and adjourned the session.