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Proponent describes registry to share disability, medical and calming information with dispatchers in ‘Keith’s Law’ testimony
Summary
An Ashtabula County official testified in favor of the bill labeled in the transcript as House Bill 1 44 ("Keith’s Law"), describing a voluntary registry that shares disability, medical, mobility and calming-method details with dispatch and first responders and recounting cases where the registry aided response.
Chair Johnson recognized Jim Kimberley of the Ashtabula County Board of Developmental Disabilities to provide proponent testimony on the bill identified in the transcript as House Bill 1 44, described in testimony as "Keith’s Law." Kimberley, an investigative agent and former law enforcement officer, recounted out-of-state incidents in which police shootings involved…
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