[Ohio-talk] Ohio Legislative News

[Cheryl Fields]

 This is great news! Thank you for all of your hard work!

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 9:17 PM Sheri Albers via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello NFBO,
>
> I want to update you on the past two days of legislative news from
> Columbus.
>
> Tuesday November 13: HB 309, our Blind Parental Rights Bill, was
> unanimously
> voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed for Senate vote!
> I
> spoke to Senator Cecil Thomas' office today, and the first day it could be
> on the Senate floor is November 28. Unfortunately, we will not know until
> the day before. I am feeling really good about the chances that we will get
> this passed in this year's session!
>
> Today November 14: HB 659, our Prescription Accessibility Bill, was sponsor
> introduced into the House Health Committee by Representative Brown. Thank
> you Mike Leiterman, who attended the hearing and gave me the feedback that
> this bill was well received. We will no doubt be working on this in the new
> General Assembly next year.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Sheri Albers, Vice President
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>
> 513.886.8697
>
> Sheri.albers87 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.
>
>
>
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Wishing You All the Best,

Cheryl E. Fields


A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life
when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
--D. Elton Trueblood