Chris Glassburn News

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Member of the Select Committee on Data Centers Representative Glassburn (D–North Olmstead) House Energy Committee Ranking Member Representative Rader (D–Cleveland), and the members of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus leadership team today sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine urging immediate action to establish a statewide utility rate class for large data centers in order to protect Ohio families and businesses from looming electricity rate increases.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today announced the introduction of House Bill (HB) 879 aimed at protecting the sanctity of Ohio’s cemeteries. The bill would classify the theft of items from a gravesite as vandalism, a fifth-degree felony.   

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today announced the introduction of House Bill (HB) 878, designed to safeguard Ohio’s most vital natural resource. HB 878 would establish increased civil penalties for repeat offenders of illegal dredge dumping in Lake Erie, raising the maximum fine to $37,500 per day and per violation.     

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today announced the introduction of House Bill (HB) 883, which would require Medicaid to reimburse EMS providers for treatment-in-place services. This proposal would establish a new reimbursement rate for services provided by EMS that did not result in transportation to a hospital.   

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today announced the passage of Senate Bill 450, the state's biennial capital appropriations budget. The bill allocates nearly $4B for vital statewide infrastructure including $475K directly targeting community projects across House District 15. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted), today announced, in an effort to attract more experienced public sector employees to Ohio, the introduction of House Bill (HB) 877, to remove the existing five-year cap on the purchase of pension service credit for out-of-state service across all of Ohio’s retirement systems. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today announced the introduction of House Bill (HB) 884, focused on restoring the state’s commitment to the Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP). HB 884 would require updates to the base cost variables in the state’s funding formula, ensuring that the state’s financial contribution reflects the current cost of education in Ohio. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today announced the introduction of House Bill (HB) 882 to establish a gap-funding mechanism for local governments to temporarily offset lost revenue from delinquent property taxes while helping Ohio homeowners avoid foreclosure.

COLUMBUS– State Reps. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) and David Thomas (R-Jefferson) recently offered sponsor testimony before the Ohio Ways and Means Committee in support of House Bill (HB) 608, bipartisan legislation to strengthen taxpayer protections and modernize the administration of Ohio’s property tax system. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today announced the introduction of House Bill (HB) 881, aimed at increasing the state share of the property tax burden by establishing fixed credits of $1,000 for homeowners and a $600 credit for renters.