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January 11, 2021
WELCOME TO THE 134TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Welcome to the 134th General Assembly! Lawmakers elected in November were officially sworn-in on January 4th. Both the House and Senate will have their retreats later this month to map out their plans for the next two years. The next issue of Legislative Update will be published once the legislature starts holding committee meetings and legislative sessions.

This issue includes a wrap-up of the 133rd General Assembly and information on the state's broke and broken unemployment compensation system.
A (NOT-SO-FOND) FAREWELL TO THAT WHICH DEFINED THE OHIO LEGISLATURE
Two things perhaps best defined the 133rd General Assembly, the two-year state legislative session that began in January 2019 and ended at the end of 2020. One of those two things was, obviously, the coronavirus. The other was intraparty squabbling, specifically within the Republican Party. It was par for the course, then, that, right up until the legislature’s very last day of business at the Statehouse on December 22, these two factors reigned supreme.

Read Part 1 here.

Read Part 2 here.
OHIO'S BROKE UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM STICKS BUCKEYE STATE EMPLOYERS WITH A $1.3 BILLION TAB -- AND IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE

All employers in the Buckeye State are looking at higher payroll taxes for 2022 thanks to Ohio’s now insolvent unemployment compensation trust fund that was ill prepared to cover the costs of benefits during an economic downturn.

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Keith Lake, Vice President, Government Affairs
Kevin Boehner, Director, Small Business & Workforce Policy
Kevin Shimp, Director, Labor & Legal Affairs
Tony Long, Director, Tax & Economic Policy
Stephanie Kromer, Director, Energy & Environmental Policy