Sean P. Brennan News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) today celebrated the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) recent announcement of $7.6 million in funding through its Routes to School Program, including two major investments in the City of Cleveland. These projects aim to make it safer and easier for students in grades K–12 to walk or bike to school.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) today raised serious constitutional concerns about a provision buried in the Senate version of House Bill (HB) 96, Ohio’s proposed 2026-2027 biennium operating budget. Specifically, Rep. Brennan criticized a controversial escheatment provision that fundamentally alters the state’s treatment of unclaimed funds—calling it a violation of the Ohio Constitution’s single-subject rule.

COLUMBUS— State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Twp.) today announced the Ohio House of Representatives’ passage of House Bill (HB) 168. The bipartisan bill would bring Ohio’s child enticement statute into compliance with constitutional standards while strengthening protections for children across the state.

COLUMBUS – Members of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus today held a press conference detailing the dangerous impacts House Bill (HB) 335 would have on the crucial funding for public schools, police and fire departments, county budgets and critical services Ohioans rely on.

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.