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Ohio House Concurrent Resolution 19 (2015)
| Ohio House Concurrent Resolution 19 | |
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| Legislature: | Ohio State Legislature |
| Text: | HCR 19 |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced: | May 20, 2015 |
| State house: | May 20, 2015 |
| Vote (upper house): | May 21, 2015 |
| Governor: | Gov. John Kasich (R) |
| Signed: | NA |
| Legal environment | |
| State law: | Ballot measures |
| Code: | NA |
| Section: | NA |
Ohio House Concurrent Resolution 19, which allows the leaders of the legislature to designation authors for arguments for and against proposed ballot measures, was introduced by Rep. Cliff Rosenberger (R-91) on May 20, 2015. It was unanimously approved in the Ohio House of Representatives on May 20, 2015. In the Ohio State Senate, the bill was approved a day later, on May 21, 2015.[1]
The Ohio Constitution and Ohio Revised Statutes gave the power and duty of designating authors for arguments in favor and against initiated constitutional amendments, legislatively referred constitutional amendments and veto referendums. HCR 19 was a resolution to give the task of designating the argument authors to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house.[1]
Provisions
- See also: Laws governing ballot measures in Ohio
House Concurrent Resolution 19 was designed "to delegate to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives authority to designate groups of members to prepare arguments for and against amendments to the Ohio Constitution proposed by the General Assembly, a person or persons to prepare an argument for any law, section, or item submitted to the electors by referendum petition, and a person or persons to prepare an argument against any constitutional amendment proposed by initiative petition."
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