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Transportation committee refers two bills to Rules, hears a license-plate proponent and closes several hearings
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Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee referred Senate Bills 228 and 216 to the Committee on Rules and Reference and heard proponent testimony for a Ulysses S. Grant specialty license plate (SB302); no votes were taken on SB302 or SB97, which concluded its fourth hearing with no testimony.
Columbus — At its Feb. 11 meeting, the Senate Transportation Committee approved motions to report two bills to the Committee on Rules and Reference and heard proponent testimony on a specialty license plate.
Vice Chair Schafer moved to report Senate Bill 228 to the Committee on Rules and Reference; the clerk recorded the required affirmative votes and the bill was referred. Later the committee received written proponent testimony on Senate Bill 216 from Boardman Township and Mahoning County; Vice Chair Schafer moved that SB 216 be reported to Rules and Reference and that motion also passed on roll call.
The committee held a proponent hearing on Senate Bill 302, which would create a Land of Ulysses S. Grant specialty-license plate to raise funds for historic preservation of Grant‑related sites. A representative of the Land of US Grant nonprofit described the organization’s preservation work in Georgetown and Point Pleasant and said proceeds from the plate would support Grant family homes, schoolhouses and his birthplace site.
Chair Patton closed the fourth hearing on SB 97 after no witnesses appeared in person, and the committee accepted written testimony filed for the record. The chair also noted that roll calls on earlier motions would remain open until noon for members who were conflicted with other committee meetings.
The committee recessed after a long afternoon of testimony and adjourned once remaining items were complete.
