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Section 101.68(B) of the Revised Code requires that when reports must be submitted to the General Assembly, copies of the reports must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Service Commission (LSC). Section 101.68(C) requires LSC to monthly inform each member of the General Assembly of the reports received. Below is the annotated bibliography of reports recently submitted to LSC. The bibliography, compiled by the LSC Library staff, also includes other documents that may be of interest to legislators. The links to electronic copies of the documents are included; click "View Report" to open a document. Please call the LSC Library at (614) 466-5312 if you would like to receive more information about this document.
CAPITAL CRIMES: STATE AND FEDERAL CASES, 2022, 421 pages
Report required by R.C. 109.97(B); provides legislative history of capital punishment in Ohio; explains the statutes, executive clemency review, the law as it relates to individuals with disability, and DNA testing; presents statistics, including demographic characteristics, about individuals receiving death sentences; includes case history sheets for every case that resulted in a death sentence since 1981, noting state and federal procedural events.
RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO FOR THE 2021 COMPLIANCE YEAR, March 2023, 12 pages
Report required by R.C. 4928.64; addresses compliance activities in meeting benchmarks for renewable energy resources, solar, and nonsolar, describes the average annual renewable energy credits costs purchased by utilities and companies, and describes reported strategies for utility and company compliance or activities to encourage the use of renewable energy resources to satisfy the state's electricity demand.
ANNUAL REPORT, 2022: EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE OPERATIONS OF THE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, 134TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, JANUARY 1, 2022-DECEMBER 31, 2022, March 31, 2023, 31 pages
Report required by R.C. 171.04; includes progress of each fund on achieving 30-year funding plans, information on the retirement systems' investment performance, and the status of health care funds; summarizes enacted pension legislation; summarizes pending pension-related issues, as identified in 2014, the agency's recommendations, and the status of any actions taken in the 134th General Assembly; describes documents statutorily required to be submitted to the Council by the retirement systems; describes reports prepared by the Council; includes status sheet of pension legislation for the 134th General Assembly.
FINAL REPORT, March 10, 2023, 14 pages
Report required by Section 751.10 of H.B. 110 of the 134th General Assembly; the task force was charged to make recommendations on how county departments of job and family services, child support enforcement agencies, public children services agencies, and county OhioMeansJobs centers can streamline access to information across IT systems; system-based subgroups discuss county-level suggestions for potential legislative, system, or training solutions; the Department of Job and Family Services and Department of Medicaid provide summaries of actions taken to address the Task Force's concerns.