Representative Kent Smith - District 8
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COLUMBUS – State Rep. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) last week voted in favor of House Bill (HB) 377, bipartisan legislation to release the second, $442 million batch of local government funding from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan to Ohio’s cities, villages and townships serving 50,000 people or less.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS—State Rep. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) today announced Bill Faith (Executive Director at Coalition on Housing and Homeless in Ohio), Lisa Hamler-Fugitt (Executive Director at Ohio Association of Foodbanks), and Heather Taylor- Miesle (Former Executive Director at Ohio Environmental Council) as recipients of the Jane B. Sheats Community Impact Award, named after the first African American woman in the United States to chair a county board of elections.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS—State Reps. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) and Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) announced today, Earth Day, that they plan to introduce legislation to gradually transition Ohio's state fleet to 100% electric vehicles by Jan. 1, 2030.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS– State Reps. Willis Blackshear (D-Dayton) and Kent Smith (D-Euclid) yesterday gave sponsor testimony before the House State and Local Government Committee on House Bill (HB) 331, which would require certain law enforcement officers to wear a clearly visible badge and identification while on duty.
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