Rachel B. Baker News

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) and Sharon Ray (R-Wadsworth) today gave sponsor testimony before the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee on House Bill (HB) 5, bipartisan priority legislation that modernizes Ohio’s adoption process and prioritizes the best interest of the child.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) today announced that she is the recipient of  the 2023 Elected Women of Excellence Award from the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL).

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Anita Somani (D-Dublin), Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) and Beth Liston (D-Worthington) issued a joint statement following the passage of State Issue 1 by Ohio voters. 

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) and Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) this week introduced House Bill (HB) 309, which would create a 10-day waiting period when purchasing a firearm, as well as ensure that permits to carry firearms in public do not exempt purchasers from the 10-day window.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) and Sharon Ray (R-Wadsworth) this week gave sponsor testimony before the Ohio House Behavioral Health Committee on House Bill (HB) 300, bipartisan legislation that creates a pilot program for remote treatment of opioid use disorder.  

COLUMBUS– State Rep. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) announced today the passage of House Bill (HB) 188, legislation that would designate the second full week in June as Ohio Nursing Assistants Week.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) this week introduced House Bill (HB) 287, which would create the Terrace Park License Plate. Twenty dollars of every license plate sold at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles would go directly to the Terrace Park Recreation Commission to offer scholarships to young athletes and maintain athletic facilities in the Village of Terrace Park.

COLUMBUS– The House Democratic Cincinnati Delegation today commend the recent Hamilton County ruling that the state of Ohio cannot block the City of Cincinnati from regulating guns, finding that an Ohio law violates the city’s “home rule” authority.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) today denounced flyers left on the driveways of Anderson Township and Walnut Hills residents over the weekend containing messages of white supremacy and hate speech.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati) Monday announced that the Controlling Board has approved $6M to develop, create, and implement a statewide public awareness campaign for the 988 Crisis and Suicide Lifeline in Ohio. The 988 hotline saw 12,000 contacts per month in its first year, which was funded exclusively with one-time federal dollars. Monday’s approval includes both state GRF funds and a federal mental health block grant.