Desiree Tims News

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Member of the Select Committee on Data Centers Representative Glassburn (D–North Olmstead) House Energy Committee Ranking Member Representative Rader (D–Cleveland), and the members of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus leadership team today sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine urging immediate action to establish a statewide utility rate class for large data centers in order to protect Ohio families and businesses from looming electricity rate increases.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Desiree Tims (D-Dayton) 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 Rep. Desiree Tims (D-Dayton) today released the following statement regarding the passing of Dayton’s Bishop Richard E. Cox: 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Desiree Tims (D-Dayton) today announced that she will introduce legislation that allocates $1M from the state to supplement income for eligible TSA households amid the partial government shutdown.

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Assistant Minority Whip Desiree Tims (D-Dayton), and Representative Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today unveiled legislation aimed at lowering rising energy costs for Ohio families and bringing much-needed relief to household budgets across the state. The Ohio House Democrats legislation would:  

COLUMBUS – Asst. Minority Whip Desiree Tims (D-Dayton) today slammed House Bill (HB) 698, the SB 1 Compliance Supplemental Appropriation Act, calling it an obstructive governmental overreach into Ohio’s public colleges and universities. 

COLUMBUS – Asst. Minority Whip Desiree Tims (D-Dayton) today slammed House Bill (HB) 698, the SB 1 Compliance Supplemental Appropriation Act, calling it an obstructive governmental overreach into Ohio’s public colleges and universities. 

COLUMBUS — Asst. Minority Whip Desiree Tims (D-Dayton) today condemned the Trump administration’s goal of ending the temporary protected status for Haitians living in the United States. Although the deportations have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, the legal status of Springfield’s 15K Haitians remains unstable as the community braces for a potential ICE raid.

COLUMBUS — Assistant Minority Whip Desiree Tims (D-Dayton) and Assistant Minority Leader Phil Robinson (D-Solon) recently introduced House Bill (HB) 545, the School Busing Improvement Act, to ensure public school students are prioritized in school busing. HB 545 is assigned to the House Education Committee and will receive its first hearing on Wednesday, February 4th at 9:45 am where Rep. Tims and Rep. Robinson will provide sponsor testimony.

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus today released the following statement on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: