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House approves BMV email-notice update; floor amendment to fund emergency food aid is tabled
Summary
House Bill 258, allowing Ohioans to opt into electronic driver-license expiration notices, passed 91–2. During debate, Representative Jerrells offered an amendment proposing a temporary emergency food-assistance trigger fund; that amendment was tabled 62–31.
The Ohio House passed House Bill 258 on third reading to modernize how the Bureau of Motor Vehicles notifies residents about impending driver-license expiration. The bill lets license holders opt in to receive email reminders and requires the license-expiration notice to be included with motor vehicle registration mailings; the measure passed by a roll-call vote of 91–2.
Representative Adam Matthews, the bill sponsor, described the change as a "common sense adjustment" that will help older…
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