Bill Roemer News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield) announces Sub. House Bill 291, that includes several road-naming bills, passed within the Ohio House. The bill includes Roemer’s House Bill 263 to designate a mile-long portion of County Road 321 in Stark County as “Army Sgt. Vernon R. Judd Memorial Highway.”

The Ohio House of Representatives today passed House Bill 228, sponsored by State Representative Bill Roemer (R–Richfield), which would streamline filing processes for municipal net profits taxes. Currently, businesses can opt into a system run by the Ohio Department of Taxation to pay their municipal net profits tax to the state, which then distributes the revenue to the localities to which the taxes are owed. However, those businesses are still required to notify each municipality in which they owe tax when they opt into the system. 

State Rep. Bill Roemer’s (R-Richfield) legislation to boost the state healthcare workforce has now cleared both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly. The emergency legislation, House Bill 6, is a timely bill due to the ongoing issues surrounding the pandemic. Roemer spoke to it on the House floor.

State Rep. Bill Roemer’s (R-Richfield) has announced that KyotoCooling, a provider of water-free cooling technology for data centers, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Norton. The company, in partnership with several local stakeholders and JobsOhio, decided to expand within the 38th Ohio House District.

State Rep. Bill Roemer’s (R-Richfield) legislation recently passed within the Ohio House, which seeks to boost the state’s healthcare workforce and services. The emergency legislation, under House Bill 6, acts as a timely bill due to the ongoing issues surrounding the pandemic. Roemer, the joint sponsor of the bill, spoke to it on the House floor.

Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) appointed State Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield) as Chair of the Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services for the 134th General Assembly. 

Gov. Mike DeWine recently signed into law House Bill 442, which will create flexibility for students to take the Certified Public Accountants’ (CPA) exam earlier, and ease a number of other occupational licensing requirements in Ohio. After the enactment of legislation in 2019 to require all licenses be regularly reviewed by the state Legislature, the review process culminated in a wide-ranging set of recommendations, which were codified after being amended into House Bill 442.

State Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield) announced today that he will again decline employee benefits from the state of Ohio, worth over $16,000 of taxpayers’ funds. The package offered includes life, health, vision, dental insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, as well as enrollment in the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).  

State Rep. Bill Roemer (R–Richfield) voted to support Senate Bill 310, which passed out of both chambers of the General Assembly. The legislation is the two-year state construction budget that includes funding for a variety of initiatives across the state and aid for local projects throughout Stark and Summit Counties.