Michele Lepore-Hagan News

COLUMBUS – State Representative Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) Monday announced the approval of funds by the state Controlling Board to further aid Ohio’s response to the health and economic hardships caused by the pandemic, as well as programs addressing homelessness and foster care.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) today gave sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 335, legislation that would protect victims of domestic abuse and first responders by requiring anyone subject to a temporary civil or criminal protection order to surrender their firearms to a law enforcement agency or sell them to a federally licensed gun dealer.

COLUMBUS—Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) today voted in favor of the Fair School Funding Plan, House Bill (HB) 305, bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. John Patterson (D-Jefferson) that would transform the way Ohio’s schools are funded. Democratic lawmakers have long fought to reform the state’s school funding formula, which the Ohio Supreme Court has found unconstitutional four times, beginning with the DeRolph decision in 1997.

COLUMBUS –Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) today issued a statement on the current status of Academic Distress Commissions in Ohio after the governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 89 into law last week.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) today gave sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 607, her legislation with joint sponsor Rep. Stephanie Howse (D-Cleveland) to create the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force. The goal of the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force would be to determine the extent of the pay disparity between men and women in Ohio, identify the causes and develop recommendations for legislative action to decrease the pay disparity.

State Representatives Paula Hicks-Hudson (D - Toledo), Catherine D. Ingram (D-Cincinnati), Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown), and Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Cleveland), members of a Democratic caucus election policy working group,issued statements on the underwhelming voter turnout revealed by the official canvass results in Ohio. 

COLUMBUS – State Representative Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) and House Democrats Monday announced the approval of funds by the state Controlling Board to further aid Ohio’s response to the health and economic hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) today issued a statement as House GOP lawmakers voted Thursday to fast track Senate Bill (SB) 311, which would curb executive authority from the state health director to issue orders during public health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) today gave sponsor testimony on HB 529, legislation that would require one-time performance audits of school districts with a current Academic Distress Commission (ADC).

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) today gave sponsor testimony on HB 536, The Consumer Protection Call Center Act, legislation that would require notification of relocation of call centers in Ohio and disqualification of tax benefits.