Cecil Thomas News

COLUMBUS – State Rep Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 2, the state's biennial state capital budget, in both the Ohio House of Representatives & Senate.

COLUMBUS – Assistant Minority Whip Michele Grim (D-Toledo) and State Rep. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down a Trump era federal ban on bump stocks. 

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) today announced that nearly $29.5M in awards have been announced to help improve housing access in Ohio. The funding is part of the first round of the Welcome Home Ohio program, which is investing a total of $100M in grants over two years to help landbanks purchase, rehabilitate, or build qualifying residential properties for income-eligible Ohioans. 

COLUMBUS - House Democratic Whip Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Assistant Minority Whip Michele Grim (D-Toledo) and State Rep. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) today conveyed their stance against House Bill (HB) 472 following its first hearing in the Ohio House Homeland Security Committee. The anti-voter legislation deliberately creates extreme barriers for voters to safely and freely cast their ballots. 

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park) and Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati), co-founders of the Gun Violence Prevention Caucus, yesterday celebrated the success of the inaugural Gun Violence Prevention Summit (GVPS) hosted Thursday by the House Democratic Caucus at the Ohio Statehouse.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Cecil Thomas yesterday announced that the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill (HB) 2, appropriating $2B of state funds for economic development and community investments that will help drive economic growth and generate opportunities across Ohio.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) and Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) this week introduced House Bill (HB) 309, which would create a 10-day waiting period when purchasing a firearm, as well as ensure that permits to carry firearms in public do not exempt purchasers from the 10-day window.

COLUMBUS– The House Democratic Cincinnati Delegation today commend the recent Hamilton County ruling that the state of Ohio cannot block the City of Cincinnati from regulating guns, finding that an Ohio law violates the city’s “home rule” authority.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) and Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) today provided sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 170, which would establish a legal process for temporarily removing firearms from the possession of people who are displaying signs of being a danger to themselves or others, known commonly as Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) or “red flag” laws. 

COLUMBUS—State Rep. Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park) and Rep. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati), founders of the bicameral Ohio Gun Violence Prevention Caucus, released the following statement on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.