Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. News

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) and the House last week voted in favor of his bipartisan legislation House Bill (HB) 497, which would remove the state mandated student retention provisions of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee (TGRG). The bill also only requires students to take the third-grade English language arts assessment (ELA) once per year, but maintains the remediation provisions or support programs for struggling readers that are part of the TGRG.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) this 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.

COLUMBUS – Today, House and Senate Democrats issued a joint response to Gov. DeWine’s State of the State speech. 

COLUMBUS— Today, State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) sent a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine urging him to veto Senate Bill (SB) 215, legislation that undermines public safety laws that currently require permits for people who carry hidden, loaded handguns in public.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) issued a statement today following the House passage of House Bill (HB) 109, Republican legislation that would increase penalties and create new criminal offenses related to riots.

State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) will host three stops on the Ohio House Democrats’ Ohio Promise: Opportunity Agenda Tour: 

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today called on Gov. DeWine to veto several state budget provisions he says fail to meet the expectations of Ohioans as the state begins to emerge and build back from the pandemic.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) issued a statement following the passage of the state operating budget, House Bill (HB) 110, which included the Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP), an improved public school funding formula that better addresses the needs of Ohio students, teachers, and communities, as well as $250 million for broadband development in underserved areas.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) issued a statement today applauding the passage of Sub-House Bill (HB) 82, which was amended in the Senate, adding provisions of a compromise plan for changing the state report card system to improve rating Ohio schools. It now heads to the governor to be signed into law.