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Committee hears bill to create ‘Play Golf’ license plate to fund PGA-related charities
Summary
Senate Bill 212 would create a Play Golf specialty license plate with proceeds directed to Northern Ohio Professional Golf Association Foundation and Southern Ohio PGA Foundation to support programs such as PGA HOPE and the Evans Scholarship.
Senator Timken delivered sponsor testimony for Senate Bill 212, which would create a ‘‘Play Golf’’ specialty license plate whose proceeds would support the Northern Ohio Professional Golf Association Foundation and the Southern Ohio PGA Foundation.
The sponsor said proceeds would back nonprofit programs including PGA HOPE — a free, year‑round therapeutic golf program for women veterans — and the Evans Scholarship Foundation, which provides full tuition and housing scholarships for golf caddies. He also cited the Cleveland Clinic Golf Challenge, which funds therapeutic programs for persons recovering from strokes, spinal cord injuries and children with visual impairments. The senator added, with self-deprecating humor, “Please note that this is not a comment on my personal handicap. I play golf, but I am a bad golfer.”
Why it matters: specialty plates are a common mechanism to direct small streams of revenue to nonprofit or charitable programs. Proponents said the legislation would formalize a funding stream for existing Ohio‑based foundations that support veterans, students and therapeutic programs.
Committee action: sponsor testimony was received in a first hearing and no committee vote followed during this session.
What remained unresolved: the committee took no votes and did not discuss estimated revenue projections, plate fee amounts or how the Division of Motor Vehicles would administer the plate proceeds.
Ending: the hearing concluded with no questions recorded and the committee moved on to other business.
