Sean P. Brennan News
COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Brennan (D-Parma) today announced his collaboration with State Rep. D.J. Swearingen (R-Huron) to introduce HB 599 – a bill to make the walleye the official fish of the state of Ohio.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) today announced funding for the Cuyahoga County Fair. These allocations are part of a larger $10M in grants for all 94 county and independent fairs across the state. Funding was awarded by Ohio’s County and Independent Fair Grant Program, with the intent to provide local agricultural societies with the capital to make improvements such as upgrades to grounds, electrical and sanitation systems, machinery and equipment, and ADA accommodations.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) announces the passage of House Bill (HB) 380, a road naming omnibus bill. HB 381, included in this omnibus bill, would designate the interchange of I-480 and West 150th Street in Cleveland as the “Louis P. Shuster Interchange” after Louis Paul Shuster. He was a proud member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) as well as a father, a brother, a son, and veteran.
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COLUMBUS — State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) this week announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 130 out of the Ohio House Medicaid Committee. If enacted, this bill would require the Department of Medicaid to take a consumer-focused approach and notify Ohioans in layman’s terms of the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program at the time of application and when they are approved to be a Medicaid recipient.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS - State Rep. Sean Brennan (D-Parma) today announced that nearly $29.5M in awards have been announced to help improve housing access in Ohio.
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COLUMBUS — State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) this week submitted an amendment to House Bill (HB) 96, Ohio’s 2026-2027 operating budget, that would strip language authorizing the Ohio Treasurer of State’s office to issue and sell bonds in the amount of up to $600 million to assist in funding a new Cleveland Browns Stadium in the City of Brook Park.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) today announced the approval of several funding requests to provide election-related resources ahead of the November 2024 general election.
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COLUMBUS — State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Don Jones (R-Freeport), both former teachers, have recently introduced House Bill (HB) 205 which would address an issue of great importance to the future of education: investing in student teachers.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Jean Schmidt’s (R-Loveland) bill, House Bill (HB) 466, has passed the House of Representatives with an 88-1 vote.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Rep. Brennan (D-Parma) today applauds the announcement of 22 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to be built along Ohio’s interstates, state routes, and US routes thanks largely to the second round of federal funding from President Joe Biden’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program.
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COLUMBUS – State Reps. Daniel Troy (D-Willowick) and Sean Brennan (D-Parma) Wednesday provided sponsor testimony in the Ohio House Higher Education Committee on House Bill (HB) 462. If enacted, the legislation would re-establish the Ohio Student Choice Grants Program that existed for approximately 20 years, but was eliminated in 2009 due to a state budget crunch.
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COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) today announced the passage of his first bill out of the Ohio General Assembly. House Bill (H.B.) 195 will create an adaptive mobility automobile dealer license. The bill is a bipartisan collaboration with his colleague Rep. Steve Demetriou (R-Bainbridge Township).
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) today announced that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry awarded $300K to the City of Parma Heights through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Urban Forestry Program.
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COLUMBUS — State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Jeff LaRe (R-Violet Twp) Tuesday provided sponsor testimony in the Ohio House Medicaid Committee on House Bill (HB) 130. If enacted, this bill would require the Department of Medicaid to take a consumer-focused approach and notify Ohioans in layman’s terms of the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program at the time of application and when they are approved to be a Medicaid recipient.
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COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Brennan (Parma) today announced that the Parma and Cleveland Metroparks Police Departments are set to receive more than $70,000 to help cover the costs associated with body-worn cameras.
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COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 15, which eliminates a hidden charge Ohioans have been paying on their electric bills every month since 2020, as a result of HB 6 of the 133rd General Assembly. Rep. Brennan has championed this effort since joining the Ohio House of Representatives in 2023.
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COLUMBUS — State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Adam Mathews (R-Lebanon) have recently introduced House Bill (HB) 143 to relieve Ohioans from rising property taxes. This legislation would create an advanced homestead exemption for certain long-term homeowners.
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COLUMBUS — State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) and Tracy Richardson (R-Marysville) Tuesday provided sponsor testimony in the Ohio House Education Committee on House Bill (HB) 117. If enacted, the bipartisan legislation would require public schools to adopt a policy establishing a time and manner for the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and make the policy publicly available.
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COLUMBUS — State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) today announced an update on the implementation of the Federal Social Security Fairness Act.
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COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (Parma) today helped pass the bipartisan Ohio Transportation Budget (House Bill 54) through the Ohio House of Representatives. The budget’s appropriation of $11.5B is a significant investment into the future of Ohio jobs, connecting the workforce to the worksite, and the bill will improve roads, bridges, and transit systems across Ohio.
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