Take Action to Support OH HB 49, Expanding Nutrition and Dietetic Practice in Ohio

NO LONGER ACTIVE – Congratulations!  Bill Passed!

Please take action on the alert below from our colleagues at Institute for Integrative Nutrition and let the Ohio legislature know that increasing access to providers of nutrition guidance is important to you and your family!  Send a message of support for OH H.B. 49 now here.

Analysis

H.B. 49 is the Governor’s budget for the fiscal year 2018-2019, and will fund the government for that time period. Buried deep within this bill are two provisions that will significantly impact the practice of nutrition and dietetics in Ohio. The first would dissolve the State Board of Dietetics, and move it under the state medical board. Second, the legislation would empower the Director of the Department of Administrative Services to review and approve, or disapprove, certain board actions that have been referred to the Director by members of the public. Specifically, the Director can take action if the Board is engaging in practices that limit competition, even if authorized by law. This would make it possible for any member of the public to file a complaint about the Board of Dietetics, and potentially have the law invalidated, or more likely, the board frozen and prevented from acting until the law is fixed.

In addition to the Governor’s proposals, Rep. Brigid Kelly, with bipartisan support, has introduced an amendment to the budget bill that would roll back the dietetics law and immediately create competition and employment opportunities. Rep. Kelly’s amendment would convert Ohio into a Title Protection state, whereby under the law anyone may provide “wellness and lifestyle recommendations, nutritional guidance, counseling, analysis, or education,” so long they do not refer or imply that they are licensed.

Recommendations

 Please support this bill in the strongest means possible. Even if the Board of Dietetics is not dissolved, or the exemptions adopted, the Department of Administrative Services provision creates a realistic opportunity to force greater change later. Please send the action alert here to local state Representatives and Senators, and consider calling by phone to follow up.

Ohio House of Representatives

Scott Wiggam (R)
District 1

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1474

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Mark J. Romanchuk (R)
District 2

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5802

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Theresa Gavarone (R)
District 3

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8104

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Robert R. Cupp (R)
District 4

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9624

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Timothy E. Ginter (R)
District 5

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8022

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Marlene Anielski (R)
District 6

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6041

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Thomas F. Patton (R) District 7

Majority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4895

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Kent Smith (D)
District 8

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5441

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Janine R. Boyd (D)
District 9

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5079

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Bill Patmon (D)
District 10

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7954

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Stephanie D. Howse (D)
District 11

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1414

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John Barnes, Jr. (D)
District 12

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1408

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Nickie J. Antonio (D)
District 13

Minority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5921

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Martin J. Sweeney (D)
District 14

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3350

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Nicholas Celebrezze (D)
District 15

Assistant Minority Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3485

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Dave Greenspan (R)
District 16

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-0961

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Adam C. Miller (D)
District 17

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6005

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Kristin Boggs (D)
District 18

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1896

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Anne Gonzales (R)
District 19

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4847

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Heather Bishoff (D)
District 20

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6002

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Mike Duffey (R)
District 21

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6030

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David Leland (D)
District 22

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2473

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Laura Lanese (R)
District 23

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9690

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Jim Hughes (R)
District 24

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)466-8012

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Bernadine Kennedy Kent (D)
District 25

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5343

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Hearcel F. Craig (D)
District 26

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8010

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Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. (R)
District 27

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6886

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Jonathan Dever (R)
District 28

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8120

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Louis W. Blessing III (R)
District 29

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9091

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Bill Seitz (R)
District 30

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8258

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Brigid Kelly (D)
District 31

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5786

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Catherine D. Ingram (D)
District 32

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1645

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Alicia Reece (D)
District 33

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1308

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Emilia Strong Sykes (D)
District 34

Assistant Minority Whip
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3100

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Anthony DeVitis (R)
District 36

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1790

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Kristina Roegner (R)
District 37

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1177

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Marilyn Slaby (R)
District 38

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5085

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Fred Strahorn (D)
District 39

Minority Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1607

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Michael Henne (R)
District 40

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-8051

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Jim Butler (R)
District 41

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6008

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Niraj J. Antani (R)
District 42

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6504

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Jeffery S. Rezabek (R)
District 43

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2960

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Michael Ashford (D)
District 44

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1401

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Teresa Fedor (D)
District 45

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6017

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Michael Sheehy (D)
District 46

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1418

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Derek Merrin (R)
District 47

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1731

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Kirk Schuring (R)
District 48

Speaker Pro Tempore
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 752-2438

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Thomas West (D)
District 49

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8030

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Christina Hagan (R)
District 50

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9078

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Wes Retherford (R)
District 51

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6721

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Margaret Conditt (R)
District 52

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8550

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Candice Keller (R)
District 53

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5094

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Paul Zeltwanger (R)
District 54

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6027

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Nathan H. Manning (R)
District 55

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5076

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Daniel Ramos (D)
District 56

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5141

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Dick Stein (R)
District 57

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9628

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Michele Lepore-Hagan (D)
District 58

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9435

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John A. Boccieri (D)
District 59

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)-466-6107

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John M. Rogers (D)
District 60

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7251

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Ron Young (R)
District 61

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6074

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Scott Lipps(R)

District 62

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6023

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Glenn W. Holmes (D)
District 63

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3488

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Michael J. O’Brien (D)
District 64

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5358

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John Becker (R)
District 65

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8134

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Doug Green (R)
District 66

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6034

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Andrew Brenner (R)
District 67

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6711

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Rick Carfagna (R)
District 68

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1431

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Stephen D. Hambley (R)
District 69

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8140

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Darrell Kick (R)
District 70

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2994

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Scott Ryan (R)
District 71

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1482

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Larry Householder (R)
District 72

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2500

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Rick Perales (R)
District 73

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6020

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Bill Dean (R)
District 74

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1470

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Kathleen Clyde (D)
District 75

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2004

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Sarah LaTourette (R)
District 76

Assistant Majority Floor Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5088

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Timothy O. Schaffer (R)
District 77

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8100

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Ron Hood (R)
District 78

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1464

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Kyle Koehler(R)
District 79

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2038

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Stephen A. Huffman (R)
District 80

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8114

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Robert McColley (R)
District 81

Assistant Majority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3760

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Craig S. Riedel (R)
District 82

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-5091

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Robert Cole Sprague (R)
District 83

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3819

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Keith Faber (R)
District 84

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6344

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Nino Vitale(R)
District 85

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1507

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Dorothy Pelanda (R)
District 86

Majority Floor Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8147

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Wesley A. Goodman (R)
District 87

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6265

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Bill Reineke (R)
District 88

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1374

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Steven M. Arndt (R)
District 89

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
614-644-6011

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Terry Johnson (R)
District 90

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2124

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Clifford A. Rosenberger (R)
District 91

Speaker of the House
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3506

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Gary Scherer (R)
District 92

77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-7928

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Ryan Smith (R)
District 93

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1366

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Jay Edwards (R)
District 94

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-2158

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Andy Thompson (R)
District 95

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-8728

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Jack Cera (D)
District 96

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3735

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Brian Hill (R)
District 97

77 S. High St
13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-6014

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Al Landis (R)
District 98

77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8035

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John Patterson (D)
District 99

77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-1405

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Ohio State Senate

Senate District 1

Cliff Hite (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8150
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Senate District 2

Randy Gardner (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8060
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Senate District 3

Kevin Bacon (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8064
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Senate District 4

William P. Coley, II (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8072
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Senate District 5

Bill Beagle (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6247
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Senate District 6

Peggy Lehner (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4538
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Senate District 7

Steve Wilson (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-9737
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Senate District 8

Lou Terhar (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8068
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Senate District 9

Cecil Thomas (D)
Statehouse
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5980
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Senate District 10

Bob D. Hackett (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-3780
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Senate District 11

Edna Brown (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5204
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Senate District 12

Matt Huffman (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7584
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Senate District 13

Gayle Manning (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-7613
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Senate District 14

Joe Uecker (R)
Statehouse
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8082
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Senate District 15

Charleta B. Tavares (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5131
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Senate District 16

Stephanie Kunze (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5981
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Senate District 17

Bob Peterson (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8156
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Senate District 18

John Eklund (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-7718
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Senate District 19

Kris Jordan (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8086
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Senate District 20

Troy Balderson (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8076
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Senate District 21

Sandra Williams (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4857
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Senate District 22

Larry Obhof (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7505
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Senate District 23

Michael J. Skindell (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5123
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Senate District 24

Matt Dolan (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8056
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Senate District 25

Kenny Yuko (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4583
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Senate District 26

Dave Burke (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8049
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Senate District 27

Frank LaRose (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-4823
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Senate District 28

Vernon Sykes (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-7041
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Senate District 29

Scott Oelslager (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-0626
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Senate District 30

Frank Hoagland (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-6508
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Senate District 31

Jay Hottinger (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5838
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Senate District 32

Sean O’Brien (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)466-7182
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Senate District 33

Joseph Schiavoni (D)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, 3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-8285
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