OH SB289 | 2007-2008 | 127th General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on August 22 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-08-22 - Effective Date

Summary

To amend sections 121.02, 121.03, 2311.07, 2311.08, 2743.03, 3313.616, 3319.13, 4112.01, 5901.02, 5901.021, 5901.07, 5901.09, 5902.01, 5902.02, 5902.03, 5902.04, 5902.06, 5902.07, 5902.08, 5902.15, 5903.02, 5903.99, 5904.01, 5907.01, 5907.02, 5907.022, 5907.023, 5907.03, 5907.04, 5907.11, 5907.12, 5907.13, 5907.141, 5910.02, and 5923.05, to enact sections 2743.091, 5533.871, and 5902.09, and to repeal sections 124.29, 5902.05, and 5903.01 of the Revised Code to create a Department of Veterans Services and a Director of Veterans Services, to create duties for the department and the director, to transfer the duties of the Governor's Office of Veterans Affairs to the department, to place the Ohio Veterans' Home Agency and the Ohio War Orphans Scholarship Board under the department, to establish specified employment rights for private sector employees in the uniformed services, to permit a person aggrieved under the federal "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act" to file a claim against the person's employer in a state court, to require the clerk of the court to give the action priority on the court's dockets, to prohibit the court from requiring a plaintiff to pay court costs, and to designate State Route 660 in Guernsey County as the "Major James W. Reed Memorial Highway."

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Title

Department of Veterans Affairs-create

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2008-08-22 Effective Date
2008-05-23 Governor Action
2008-06-03 End of 10-day Period
2008-05-22 Sent to Governor
2008-04-16 Passed 3rd Consideration House
2008-04-16 Committee Report
2008-02-05 To Finance & Financial Institutions
2008-02-05 Introduced to House
2008-05-21 Passed 3rd Consideration Senate
2008-05-20 Committee Report
2008-04-22 To State Government & Elections
2008-04-22 Introduced to Senate

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