Who Writes Ohio’s Laws? Not Who You Think

A great article on Cleveland.com today titled: “Meet the people who actually write Ohio’s laws (and they’re not lawmakers)” takes a look at the Legislative Service Commission (LSC).

LSC staffers are the ones who write the bills that become law. The LSC takes lawmakers’ ideas for bills and translates them into the official legal wording.  They also write analyses on every piece of legislation, as well as on the governor’s massive state budget plan every two years. If a lawmaker has a question about a bill or a policy, LSC (which is staffed by law school graduates) provides an answer.