COLUMBUS– State Representatives John Rogers (D-Mentor-On-The-Lake) and Jeff Crossman (D-Parma) yesterday gave sponsor testimony before the Ohio House Insurance Committee on House Bill (HB) 589, to create the Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Act. This legislation would require certain business interruption insurance coverage policies to cover losses due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. John Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) yesterday voted in support of Senate Bill (SB) 310, legislation appropriating over $350 million in federal CARES ACT funding to counties, municipalities and townships to support necessary COVID-19 related expenses. The legislation also re-appropriates $1.28 billion in State Capital Budget funding for projects that are currently underway, allowing their completion despite delays caused by the ongoing public health emergency. Additionally, this bill includes $3.2 million more in state funding for nursing home facilities.

COLUMBUS - State Representative John Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) today issued the following statement after voting against House Bill (HB) 680, an elections bill that does little to help the state's Boards of Elections to safely conduct a presidential election amid the worst global pandemic in more than a century.

COLUMBUS– State Reps. John Rogers (D-Mentor-On-The-Lake) and Doug Green (R-Mt. Orab) today gave sponsor testimony for House Bill (HB) 437 before the House Ways and Means Committee. This bipartisan legislation would grant an expanded homestead exemption for the widow or widower of a uniformed services member who died in the line of duty, or due to an injury incurred in the line of duty.