Crystal Lett News

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) today voted “NO” on House Bill (HB) 249, the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act. HB 249 would modify language around public obscenity and adult cabarets in the Ohio Revised Code. Drag performances would remain legal in “adult cabarets” but would be prohibited in other locations if the performance is deemed “harmful to minors” or “obscene” and occur where at least one minor could be present. 

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) and Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) Friday introduced legislation that would require data centers to report monthly and yearly water consumption and to prohibit data centers from including water consumption information in nondisclosure agreements with political subdivisions. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) today urged fellow legislators to join her in opposing House Bill (HB) 1, which received its 4th hearing today in the House Public Safety Committee. HB 1, also known as the Ohio Property Protection Act, establishes a radius of property ownership exclusion for people from countries deemed “foreign adversaries” by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. If the bill passes, people with nationalities from the list would be prohibited from owning property within 10 miles of “critical infrastructure” and would have two years to vacate their current residence. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Munira Abdullahi (D-Columbus) and Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) last week introduced legislation to prevent health insurance companies from disregarding the professional judgment of licensed medical providers, including expert diagnoses and prescribed treatments. 

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) and Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) today introduced a bipartisan bill aimed to prevent drink spiking incidents and inform law enforcement of trends and data related to the issue. Drink spiking is the practice of putting an illicit substance in someone’s drink without their knowledge and usually co-occurs with other crimes such as sexual violence and theft. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) today released the following statement regarding the recent actions of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE):

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) today condemned the passage of anti-voter Senate Bill (SB) 293 which places new burdens on voters by adding unnecessary hurdles to the voting process, shortening the time available for Ohioans to make their voices heard, and weakening essential accountability measures. 

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) and Mike Odioso (R-Green Twp) today introduced bipartisan Connie’s Law, which strengthens economic independence and workforce participation among Ohioans with disabilities by modernizing eligibility for the Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities Program and the Ohio Workability Program. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) joined the House Democratic Caucus Tuesday, urging Governor DeWine to preserve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for 1.4M Ohioans. In two days, more than half million children, more than 250,000 seniors, and an estimated 45,000 veterans are at risk of going hungry when the federal government defaults on its November deposit to fully fund SNAP benefit cards due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans' refusal to end the federal government shutdown.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) today announced that the Ohio Controlling Board approved $2M in funding for the second year of a three-year expansion of the Queens Village and Cradle Cincinnati model, programs designed to combat infant mortality and support mothers and families across Ohio.