D. J. Swearingen News

State Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) voted to support House Bill 13 - one of the Ohio House’s priority pieces of legislation - that will help to expand broadband to the nearly one million Ohioans lacking a reliable internet connection, including 300,000 households having no broadband options. The significant legislation passed in the Ohio House earlier today.

As joint sponsors, State Representatives Jeff LaRe (R-Violet Township) and D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) today voted to support their bill that will bring revenue and safety to businesses. The legislation passed in the Ohio House with a vote of 84-8.

Since returning to the Statehouse a few weeks ago, the Ohio House of Representatives have been hard at work as significant, bipartisan legislation have been recently passed for the people across our state. As your State Representative, I wanted to give you an update on these bills and the Business Expansion and Safety Act, which I have been recently testifying on and supporting down at our Capitol.

State Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) joined his House colleagues today in unanimously passing House Bill 405, the Family Forward Act, which creates the Adoption Linked Deposit Program to help remove financial barriers for families wanting to adopt. Swearingen is a co-sponsor of the legislation.

Today, JobsOhio launched its new Community Bank Loan Guarantee initiative– a partnership to address supporting small business clients by maintaining operations and payrolls as they’ve been drastically affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. State Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) applauds the effort and implores employers to seek if they are eligible through these banks.

The Ohio 2020 Economic Recovery Task Force is inviting small businesses from around the state to share their story about the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, State Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) announced today.

Today, Speaker Householder appointed state Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) to the Ohio House 2020 Economic Recovery Task Force, a bipartisan panel tasked with studying how to help Ohio’s economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Swearingen indicated his interest at getting to work on the panel in an effort to find solutions for his district.

State Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) voted in favor of House Bill 197, which addressed many issue-areas affected during the coronavirus outbreak. The measure passed out of both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly. Swearingen spoke on the House floor regarding provisions on Ohio’s primary election.

State Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) has released the following statement amid concerns of the coronavirus: