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

Wed Dec 12 22:24:47 UTC 2018

Thank you Mike for staying on top of this!

Best Regards,
Sheri Albers
513-886-8697
Sheri.albers87 at gmail.com

> On Dec 12, 2018, at 4:40 PM, Mike Leiterman via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I just wanted to let you know that we had some bad news today to71 passed the Senate. There was a controversial bill that had a bunch of last minute and then meant show 309 did not get a vote today. There is a Nother session tomorrow I am going to check and see if it will be voted on tomorrow or will be put on the agenda. But they do not publish the full agenda until the morning of.
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> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 6:51 AM
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
> Cc: Richard Payne
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Critical action needed H.B. 271 and H.B 309
> 
> Great work and those who can make the calls today please do so.
> 
> 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 Mike Leiterman
> via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 6:09 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Mike Leiterman <leitlaw at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Critical action needed H.B. 271 and H.B 309
> 
> 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!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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