Timothy E. Ginter News

With the start of a new general assembly, a challenging yet essential task awaits: crafting the biennial state operating budget. The Ohio House and Senate are heavily involved in the process of creating and revising this package of bills that allocates the state’s financial resources with regard to thousands of funding priorities. It is no easy task, to be sure, and one that necessitates months of deliberation before the final bills go to the Governor’s office to be signed into law.

COLUMBUS—State Representative Tim Ginter (R-Salem) today announced the passage of legislation that makes changes to drug trafficking and possession laws regarding cocaine. House Bill 4 restores the statutory penalties for possession of cocaine and clarifies the penalties for the trafficking of cocaine.

COLUMBUS—Speaker of the Ohio House Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) has appointed Representative Tim Ginter (R-Salem) as Chair of the Advisory Board of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (GOFBCI).

COLUMBUS—Speaker of the Ohio House Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) today announced that State Representative Tim Ginter (R-Salem) has been appointed to serve on four Ohio House committees.

During my first term as your state representative, I had the privilege to serve as Vice Chair and later Chair of the Community and Family Advancement Committee. Recently, Speaker of the House Clifford A. Rosenberger reappointed me as Chair of the Community and Family Advancement Committee. I am incredibly honored to be named chair, during the 132nd General Assembly, of a committee that handles bills that directly impact our communities and families.

Today, Speaker of the Ohio House Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) appointed Representative Tim Ginter (R-Salem) as Chair of the House Community and Family Advancement Committee.

State Representatives Tim Ginter (R-Salem) and Anne Gonzales (R-Westerville) today announced that the Ohio House has concurred on changes made by the Ohio Senate to House Bill 18. The legislation prohibits landlords from restricting the display of the American and Ohio flags, service flags, and the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

The Ohio House of Representatives today concurred on amendments made by the Ohio Senate to legislation that revises Ohio’s child abuse and neglect reporting law. Included among the changes made by the Senate was language from House Bill 69, otherwise known as the Heartbeat Bill.