Sean P. Brennan News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) today responded to Governor Mike DeWine’s proposal to return an additional $1 billion in dividends to Ohio employers through the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), saying that while financially responsible management of the system should be recognized, Ohio must also modernize its workers’ compensation laws to better support employees who experience work-related psychological trauma.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) has introduced House Bill (HB) 365, the Property Tax Refund Act. HB 365 provides meaningful property tax relief to homeowners and renters while protecting funding for local schools, police and fire departments, libraries, and other essential community services.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) today applauded the enactment of legislation containing key provisions from his bipartisan initiative to ensure that patriotic youth organizations have access to share information with students in Ohio schools. The measures, originally introduced by Rep. Brennan and Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R–Haviland) as House Bill 468 during the 135th General Assembly, were recently incorporated into Substitute Senate Bill 19 and signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) today said recent allegations that a White House employee used privileged access to President Donald Trump’s prepared remarks to reportedly earn more than $100,000 on a prediction market platform, show why Ohio needs stronger ethics laws for governing public employees and event-based wagering.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) and Sean Brennan (D-Parma) today announced the introduction of House Joint Resolution (HJR) 8 to place a ballot initiative granting 16-year-olds the right to vote in Ohio elections before voters in the November election.  

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) today applauded Governor Mike DeWine for signing House Bill (HB) 479 into law. HB 479 invests Ohio’s budget surplus in property tax relief, healthcare services, community projects, and other priorities that will benefit families and communities across the state.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) today announced the completion of a bipartisan reading of the Declaration of Independence by members of the Ohio House of Representatives, a project he conceived and organized to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) and Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) today applauded Governor Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill (HB) 173, legislation that would have weakened consumer protections for Ohioans living in sub-metered apartments and condominiums and small businesses.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D–Parma) today applauded the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision rejecting Nationwide Energy Partners’ request for reconsideration and reaffirming its unanimous ruling that submetering companies are public utilities subject to oversight by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO).