Jamie Callender News

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. 

Yesterday, State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) had the opportunity to co-chair the House Finance Committee. The body was the first standing legislative committee to convene since the Legislature was last in session due to the shutdown back in March amid the coronavirus outbreak.

State Representative Jamie Callender (R-Concord) today helped lead the House of Representatives passage of major legislation to bring greater oversight to state health department pandemic orders.

The Finance Committee will be the first House Committee to convene since the legislative chamber was last in session in March amid the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus outbreak. State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) called for the committee to meet upon its return to the Statehouse.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and the Ohio State Controlling Board approved many items at today’s meeting, which included more coronavirus-relief and transit funding to help improve areas across the state. However, Callender did oppose several other measures on the agenda pertaining to higher education.