Ohio ACLU’s List of Progressive and Regressive Ohio Legislation – for this year and next

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The Ohio ACLU issued a 2011-2012 Ohio General Assembly  Legislative Summary of civil rights legislation, plus a look at bill topics going forward.  The bills and bill topics are labelled as progressive or regressive.  Included on the list for this year are:

  • Voting rights legislation (passed & repealed and pending)
  • Reproductive rights legislation (pending)
  • Criminal justice reform (passed)
  • Employment discrimination laws favorable to employers (pending)

The pending issues listed above may be addressed in next year’s General Assembly.  A few more of the issues the legislature is expected to address next year include:

  • A law similar to Arizona’s anti-immigration legislation
  • Public assistance drug testing
  • Adding  sexual orientation and gender identity to employment and housing anti-discrimination laws
  • Death penalty reform

 

 

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