Tristan Rader News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) Wednesday applauded the bipartisan passage of House Bill (HB) 303 through the Ohio House of Representatives. This bill is a community energy pilot program to build community energy projects across the state of Ohio. Community energy projects, that include small-scale solar gardens and rooftop solar, bring power generation to the local level and save consumers money in transmission costs.

COLUMBUS — Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) Wednesday condemned the passage of anti-voter Senate Bill (SB) 293 which places new burdens on voters by adding unnecessary hurdles to the voting process, shortening the time available for Ohioans to make their voices heard, and weakening essential accountability measures. 

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown)  and Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) Wednesday provided sponsor testimony in the House Energy Committee on House Bill (HB) 467, a bill banning public utilities from rate recovery for political expenditures, requiring greater political expenditure reporting, and fining utilities for violations. It is clear Ohio’s current regulatory framework has not worked in preventing previous violations which amounted to millions in illicit contributions. This bill’s goal is to change that, to be a guardrail and protect consumers from unnecessary riders and tariffs on their utility bills.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today offered sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 439 before the Ohio House Natural Resources Committee. The 

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) and Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) today gave sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 399 before the House Natural Resources Committee.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today released a legal memo from the nonpartisan Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC) that details the devastating consequences of a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate property taxes in Ohio.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) and Ty Mathews (R-Findlay) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 293, bipartisan legislation designating a statewide “NASA Day of Remembrance” in Ohio.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) and Munira Abdullahi (D-Columbus) today announced legislation to repeal a 2016 state law that restricts Ohio state agencies and public universities from who they can contract with based on their personal and political beliefs and activities.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) and Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) Monday introduced two new bills concerning public utilities. One bill is to designate Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) and Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) vehicles as emergency vehicles in certain emergency situations. The other is to protect public utility customers from political expenditures.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today announced that he has been appointed as ranking member for the House Energy Committee for the remainder of the 136th General Assembly.