SB 1 Opponent Hearing: March 11 at 9:00 am
The opponent hearing for Senate Bill 1 in the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11 at 9:00 am in Room 017 (basement) of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

We encourage you to resubmit your Senate testimony to the House (simply send the new witness slip and update the committee information at the top of your testimony). There ended up being over 1,000 opponent testimonies in the Senate, and we need to have a strong showing in the House, too.

Testimony Submission Instructions and Resources
In order to submit your testimony, you must fill out the committee witness slip and send it with your testimony file to the committee chair’s office no later than Monday, March 10 at 9:00 am.

–Committee Witness Slip

–Testimony Template (This is a shared document. Go to File, Download to create and save your own document.)

-Email: OHRWorkforceAndHigherEducationCommittee@ohiohouse.gov

–SB 1 Toolkit

Send the witness slip and testimony as separate PDF files.

In-Person Testimony Will Be Limited
Chair Tom Young announced that witnesses will be limited to three (3) minutes of verbal testimony, and that the hearing will last for no more than three (3) hours. This means that there will be a limited number of witnesses who will have the opportunity to speak before the committee.

Other Actions
Visit our SB 1 toolkit for links to our Action Network pages, as well as a list of State Representatives to target with phone calls and social media action.

Over the next two weeks, it is especially important to call the Republican members of the committee (listed below) and voice your concerns about the ways the bill would erode union rights, academic freedom, tenure and other job protections, as well as scholarships and programs for under-represented students.

Tom Young, Chair (R) (614) 466-6504

Kevin Ritter, Vice Chair (R) (614) 466-2158

Michael Dovilla (R) (614) 466-4895

Marilyn John (R) (614) 466-5802

Gayle Manning (R) (614) 644-5076

Tracy Richardson (R) (614) 466-8147

Nick Santucci (R) (614) 466-5441

Josh Williams (R) (614) 466-1418

Heidi Workman (R) (614) 466-2004

Thank you to the many faculty who organized and participated in our March 4 Day of Action! It was a huge success with thousands of faculty, students, staff, and community members participating in the various activities that occurred across the state, including the huge speak out event at Ohio State University (pictured below).

Let’s keep on fighting the good fight!