Richard D. Brown News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) provided sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 567, his bipartisan bill with joint-sponsor Rep. Brian Stewart (R-Ashville), to require the Clerks of Courts of Common Pleas make the court’s general docket, including documents on each case file, available on that court’s website.

COLUMBUS– State Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) this week announced the Ohio House passage of House Bill (HB) 597, which reappropriates over $2 billion in capital funds for the FY 2023-24 biennium. 

COLUMBUS – Today, Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced that the U.S. Department of Labor allocated $2.8 million to help Ohio combat the continuing opioid epidemic.

COLUMBUS – Today, House and Senate Democrats issued a joint response to Gov. DeWine’s State of the State speech. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) today provided sponsor testimony in Primary and Secondary Education Committee on his legislation, House Bill (HB) 426, which requires automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to be placed in schools and public recreational facilities.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) applauded the passage of his House Bill (HB) 328, which creates the Office of Drug Policy within the Governor’s Cabinet, out of the House Behavioral Health and Recovery Supports Committee by a unanimous vote today. 

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today the state Controlling Board approved $320,821 to reimburse the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund for costs associated with the state post-traumatic stress fund. This program was created with the passage of House Bill 308 of the 133rd General Assembly, of which Representative Brown was a co-sponsor, to support police officers and firefighters by paying for lost wages as well as medical and administrative costs associated with disability from post-traumatic stress disorder.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today that the state Tax Credit Authority approved a 1.385 percent, eight-year Job Creation Tax Credit for a new Walgreen Company project in Canal Winchester, located in House District 20.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today that the state Controlling Board approved several major items, including $1.3 million to support additional payroll costs, utility costs, and federal repayments incurred at Air National Guard Wings at Rickenbacker, located in House District 20, Toledo, Mansfield, and Springfield.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today that the state Controlling Board approved several major items this week, including $150 million to increase testing services and the availability of at-home rapid tests.