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Ohio bill would require state agencies to report citizenship status to governor
Summary
Sponsor testimony for House Bill 42 would require state agencies including schools, corrections, Medicaid and job services to collect and report citizenship categories annually to the governor; committee discussion raised questions about costs, enforcement and data privacy.
Representative John Fisher (sponsor) told the House Government Oversight Committee that House Bill 42 would require state agencies to add citizenship status to existing demographic forms and send annual totals to the governor.
The bill would direct law enforcement and the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to collect citizenship status for people who are arrested and report totals to the governor by Feb. 28 each year; public school enrollment forms would collect citizenship at enrollment; the Department of Jobs and Family Services and Department of Medicaid would report citizenship categories for households receiving benefits. "To be clear, this legislation will place no restriction on any Ohioan who is currently enrolled in any of these programs or receives these benefits," Fisher said.
Why it matters: supporters said the data would let legislators quantify taxpayer exposure and evaluate…
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