Crystal Lett News

COLUMBUS - Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Hilliard) joined a bipartisan coalition of state legislators from all 50 states urging the Trump administration to withdraw a proposal that would shift decisions about more than $1.1 trillion in annual federal funding away from community needs and toward political priorities.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lett (D-Columbus) today announced the passage of Senate Bill 450, the state's biennial capital appropriations budget. The bill allocates nearly $4B for the maintenance, renovation, and construction of state-owned infrastructure, including colleges, universities, school districts, and other community projects.  

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) and Mike Odioso (R-Green Twp) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 585, legislation that modernizes Ohio’s approach to housing and community development opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. 

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) today announced that The Ohio Department of Development (DOD) awarded a $200,000 tech start-up grant to LittleSeed Inc. in Hilliard to commercialize technology for a child-safe comfort device that helps children manage anxiety, pain and nausea. The grant will go toward the development of tech that provides a more soothing experience for children receiving pediatric care.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Crystal Lett (D-Columbus), alongside State Rep. Mike Odioso (R-Green Twp), State Senator George Lang (R-West Chester), and State Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus), are proud to announce the creation of the bipartisan, bicameral Developmental Disabilities (DD) Legislative Caucus.

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader, Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Assistant Minority Leader Phil Robinson (D-Solon), Minority Whip Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D- Gahanna), Representative Anita Somani (D- Dublin), Representative Karen Brownlee (D- Symmes Township), Representative Crystal Lett (D- Hilliard), Representative Munira Abdullahi (D- Columbus) and Representative Tristan Rader (D- Lakewood) today unveiled innovative and timely legislation that will reduce Ohioans’ rising healthcare, childcare, energy, housing, and consumer goods costs. 

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.