Representative Michael D. Dovilla - District 17

State Representative Mike Dovilla (R-Berea) today voted in support of House Bill 3 – the "School Bus Safety Act," which establishes new measures to enhance school bus safety, increase penalties for violations, provide grant funding for schools to apply for equipment specific to their school’s needs, and educate the public about school bus-related laws.

COLUMBUS – State Representative Mike Dovilla (R-Berea) today voted in support of the E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act, or H.B. 246, legislation to ensure all workers hired in Ohio for covered construction projects are legally authorized to work in the United States.

State Representative Mike Dovilla (R-Berea) has introduced legislation to address serious gaps in Ohio’s Medicaid eligibility verification process, following preliminary findings from a legislative probe revealing the state may be disbursing more than $6 billion annually to individuals who do not meet program requirements.

COLUMBUS— State Representative Mike Dovilla (R-Berea) is sounding the alarm over what he calls a “troubling abdication of oversight” in Ohio’s Medicaid system, following an ongoing legislative inquiry that revealed billions in potentially improper benefit payments. Preliminary findings suggest the state may be disbursing more than $6 billion annually to ineligible recipients—a figure Rep. Dovilla says demands urgent scrutiny.