Bride Rose Sweeney News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) announced today that her bipartisan House Bill 203 passed the House Commerce and Labor Committee by a 10-3 vote. Jointly sponsored by Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield), the legislation will ensure that contractors working on private construction projects are paid in a timely manner. The sponsors were pleased to see the strong bipartisan support from the committee.

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Democratic leadership and members, Reps. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus), Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park), Tavia Galonski (D-Akron), Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake), Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland), Michele Grim (D-Toledo), Ismail Mohamed (D-Columbus), Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson), today released the following statement on the deadly surprise attack by Hamas militants who fired thousands of rockets from Gaza toward central and southern Israel, leading to multiple Israeli civilian casualties and injuries.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Juanita O. Brent (D-Cleveland) and Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) joined United Auto Workers (UAW) union members on the picket lines at the Stellantis Assembly Center in Toledo this week.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today testified in the House Pensions Committee on House Bill (HB) 261, bipartisan legislation to allow Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers to be covered under the public safety division of the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS).

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and the Democratic Cuyahoga County Delegation today sent a letter to the CEOs of CSX Transportation, Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corporation, requesting action regarding the maintenance and recent violations of railroad bridges in Cleveland the companies own. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today released a statement regarding the signing of the state operating budget (HB 33) into law. 

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) and Thomas F. Patton (R-Strongsville) this week introduced the Brenna Brossard SUDEP Awareness Act, bipartisan legislation to raise awareness around Sudden Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). 

COLUMBUS –State Reps. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) and Bill Roemer (R-Richfield) have introduced “prompt pay” legislation that would require owners of private sector construction projects to pay prime contractors in 30 days or less after invoices are provided. 

State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) announced the designation of October 26th as "Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Awareness Day." 

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Democrats today celebrate the passage of the bipartisan Operating Budget (HB 33) by the House of Representatives. The revised two-year budget bill outlines spending of $88 billion in state dollars, prioritizing improvements in public education funding and teacher pay, expansion of Medicaid coverage and other healthcare areas, expansion in childcare capacity and programs, and upgraded funding for local government infrastructure projects.