[Ohio-talk] Critical action needed H.B. 271 and H.B 309

Tue Dec 11 23:09:05 UTC 2018

Thank you for those who made calls today. I called several different offices and actually got to speak to people, I think it went well. As to 271 it appears to of gone down party lines as to if they would vote no or not. I plan to be at the session tomorrow and hopefully I will hear 309 get past. I would like Sherry and I to give you guys a A to Torio as to the legislative process in regards to hearings and the like. I think 271 will probably pass and our only option would be to ask the governor to veto it. In short I may be asking everyone to make calls and writing the governors office after tomorrow. Again thank you for your effort. I am impressed with Akron. Please excuse any dictation error.

Best,

Michael

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From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Jessica Stover via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 1:33 PM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Cc: Jessica Stover
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Critical action needed H.B. 271 and H.B 309

I called about both house bills and spoke with a live person!

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> On Dec 11, 2018, at 11:58 AM, Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> You go Akron.
>
> Richard Payne, President
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 937-396-5573or 937/829/3368
> Rchpay7 at gmail.com
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Andra Stover via
> Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 11:29 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Andra Stover <astover at kent.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Critical action needed H.B. 271 and H.B 309
>
> My senator has been contacted. I actually spoke with a live person this
> time.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 11, 2018, at 2:34 AM, Mike Leiterman via Ohio-Talk
> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>> The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio requires your immediate
> action, and assistance regarding H.B. 271, and H.B 309. both of these pieces
> of legislation have been passed by the house, and have been referred by the
> Senate Judiciary Committee for a vote from the full Senate. The Senate will
> next be in session on December 12, with this in mind it is imperative that
> we let the senate know what NFB's position is regarding each of these House
> bills. In short we are vehemently opposed to H.B. 271, and we are in full
> support of H.B 309. I will be including a brief description of both H.B. 271
> and H.B 309 later in this message. Please email and call your senator's
> office today and Wednesday, and let them know how you feel on both H.B. 271
> and H.B 309. If you have the time to make a number of calls please consider
> calling the other state Senators, and letting them know that you are again
> opposed to H.B. 271, and that you are in full support of H.B 309. You can
> find out who your senator is by going to
> www.ohiosenat.gov<http://www.ohiosenat.gov>, and navigating to the "find
> your Senator" link on the webpage there you will find a list of the 33
> different Senators, along with another "find your Senator" link. At the
> second "find your Senator" link, you will find an edit field to enter your
> mailing address. After you enter your mailing address, and hit enter the
> name of your senator will be listed. Please hit enter on their name and
> their Bio will appear, along with their contact information. Please note,
> that there is a visual map that provides the geographic location of where
> the different Senators districts can be located throughout Ohio. Please feel
> free to share this information with your friends and family, and ask them to
> help ensure that the blind of Ohio be treated equally and fairly.
>>
>> In regards to H.B. 271 we are opposed to this bill being
> passed. In short this bill if passed would make it more difficult to file
> legal action against a party who may be in violation of the Americans with
> Disabilities Act (ADA), or in violation of any other accessibility law. If
> this bill is passed it would require a person who is being discriminated
> against to send the alleged violator a letter asking them to correct the
> unlawful behavior before you can pursue legal action with all available
> remedies. Once you have sent them a letter asking them to stop
> discriminating against you, and to stop violating the relevant law this bill
> would give the alleged violator an extended period of time before they would
> need to reply to your letter if at all. In addition to this drawn-out
> process H.B. 271 would then allow the alleged violator an extended period
> of time to stop the discrimination or fix the problem. One would think this
> would be enough but there is more to H.B. 271. under this bill the alleged
> violator can make a request for an extension of time to further allow them
> even more time to correct the problem, which may be ok if they would be
> willing to fix the wrong doing slash violation. However if no action is
> taken, even after all the delays have taken place you are simply left
> with a problem that has not been fixe. Our position is simply that H.B. 271
> is just another obstacle for the blind and disabled to receiving justice.
>>
>> In regards to H.B 309 we are in full support of this
> bill. This piece of legislation would prohibit a person's blindness from
> being used to deny or limit custody, parenting time, visitation, adoption,
> or service as a guardian, foster caregiver regarding a minor. Again we are
> in support of this legislation, it should be noted that H.B 309 has not
> faced any opposition during the legislative process. Please ask your Senator
> to support the passage of H.B 309.
>>
>> In closing I would like to Thank you in advance for all of your hard work
> on these two issues. We have made a great deal of progress regarding H.B.
> 309, and I look forward to H.B. 309 being passed by the full Senate, and
> being sent to the governor's office to be signed into law.
>>
>> Respectfully yours,
>>
>> Michael Leiterman ESQ.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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