[Ohio-talk] Ohio Legislative News

[Sheri Albers]

Let’s wait till the Senate vote and we have a victory to report. Thank you

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> On Nov 15, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Sheri. This is awesome news on both counts. May I share on our Chapter FB
> page as well?
> 
> Thanks Much,
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheri
> Albers via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:21 PM
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> Cc: Sheri Albers
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Ohio Legislative News
> 
> 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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