Sean P. Brennan News

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) today announced that $1.6 million in grant funding from the Ohio EPA for recycling and litter prevention will be awarded to Northeast Ohio. These grants are available to local governments and nonprofits to purchase equipment for collecting and processing recyclable products and construction and demolition debris. This funding will help communities provide litter prevention cleanup programs, education and outreach, scrap tire collections, recycling market development, and expansion of recycling facilities and infrastructure.  

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) yesterday voted against concurrence with the Ohio Senate’s version of the state operating budget, House Bill (HB) 96. Rep. Brennan remains deeply concerned about the budget’s failure to fully fund public education, healthcare, childcare, and property tax relief.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Tex Fischer (R-Boardman) have introduced House Bill (HB) 265 - bipartisan legislation to close a dangerous loophole in Ohio law by regulating submetering companies—unregulated entities that resell electricity, water, and gas to tenants in multi-unit housing.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) today introduced House Bill (HB) 312 – a bill to make the walleye the official fish of the state of Ohio. The sponsors previously introduced the bill in the 135th General Assembly, which passed the House floor by a vote of 94-4. However, the bill did not pass the Ohio Senate before the end of the general assembly.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) on Tuesday provided sponsor testimony on House Bill 318 – a bill that would revise Medicaid estate recovery program law and bring much-needed balance and fairness to the Medicaid Estate Recovery process here in Ohio.  The sponsors were inspired to collaborate on this idea after Rep. Brennan’s advocacy for stronger notification requirements to those applying for Medicaid and are at risk of being subject to their assets or estates being recovered for the cost of services provided.

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) Tuesday announced that the public comment period on the proposal to change the State Implementation Plan for the E-Check Ease Act, incorporated into the state’s transportation budget, is now open.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) today released the following statement following the recent Ballot Board meeting that advanced the Citizens for Property Tax Reform’s proposed constitutional amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio:

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Darnell T. Brewer (D-Cleveland) and Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) today called on their House and Senate colleagues to fulfill Ohio’s constitutional mandate and fully fund public schools. The failure of school levies in Garfield Heights and Parma demonstrate the need for the fair school funding formula. By scrapping this funding plan, the Ohio House has pitted homeowners against school children, forcing voters to choose between public education and property taxes. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) today released the following statement concerning Issue 2’s resounding passage by Ohio’s voters:

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Jeff LaRe (R-Violet Twp) today announced the bipartisan passage of House Bill (HB) 130 out of the Ohio House of Representatives. The bill will require the Department of Medicaid to take a consumer-focused approach and notify Ohioans in layman’s terms about the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program at the time of application and when they are an approved Medicaid recipient.