Representative Kent Smith - District 8

Rep. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) voted in opposition Wednesday to House Bill (HB) 157, legislation that would prohibit the collection of income taxes from workers who aren’t physically in an office inside the city or village limits. 

COLUMBUS- State Reps. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) and Michael Skindell (D-Lakewood) today gave sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 302, legislation that would change the minimum wind farm setback distance. This bill would return the setback rule to the pre-2014 standard which measured from a home, not a property line, and restore the minimum to 1,125-feet.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) announced today that House Bill (HB) 2, a long-held Democratic priority that creates the Ohio Residential Broadband Expansion Program, was signed into law. The program is specifically designed to bring broadband access to unserved residential households in both rural and urban areas of the state. The bill funds $20 million in grants for this year. 

Today, Rep. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) applauded the House passage of legislation that would allow more health professionals to administer the coronavirus vaccine, extend professional licenses and help low-income Ohioans pay for utilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.