Jamie Callender News

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) announces that he supported and the General Assembly approved House Bill 614, which provides $650 million of federal CARES Act funding to local communities across Ohio for COVID-19 pandemic-related expenses. The funding will be made available to counties, municipalities, and townships.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) announces that the state Controlling Board recently approved COVID-19 relief funding, some of which will be allocated to local governments within the 61^st Ohio House District. This will support a range of pandemic-related expenses, including the work of first responders and other local services that have been vital in areas across Ohio.

State Reps. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and John M. Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) announced the state Controlling Board’ s approval of two capital funding measures that include engineering building renovations and workforce based training equipment for Lakeland Community College (LCC). 

Legislation that will help Lake County schools has been signed into law, State Representative Jamie Callender (R-Concord) announced today.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and Lakeland Community College are announcing the approval of more than $1.8 million in state capital funding by the State Controlling Board earlier today. These funds will be used to update equipment in Lakeland's Engineering Technology classrooms with equipment found in today's manufacturing industry.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) voted in favor of various pieces of legislation during House session today including House Bills 163, 624, 673, and 679.  The bills address several important issue areas such as clarifying statistics released from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) regarding COVID-19, ramping up the healthcare workforce and access, enabling healthcare providers to fully utilize modern telemedicine, and ensuring that smaller governments are treated more fairly by larger governments regarding water access.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord), co-chairman of the House Finance Committee, voted to pass Senate Bill 310, which will provide federal COVID-19 relief funding to local governments. Callender acknowledged how this support will go toward areas within the 61^st House District.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord), co-chair of the House Finance Committee, met with his colleagues yesterday to hear several bills before the committee. In particular, Callender raised several questions and concerns on the process regarding Senate Bill 310, which seeks to distribute federal COVID-19 funding to local subdivisions through county auditors.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) joined his House colleagues today in 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. Callender is a co-sponsor of the legislation.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and the Ohio State Controlling Board on Monday approved additional federal funding to help protect Ohioans as the state reopens businesses. Funding to assist law enforcement in addressing the medical needs of inmates was also included in the proposal.