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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Anti-human trafficking bill could get Senate vote
Bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on human trafficking - Senate Bill 235 - could get a vote in the full Senate next week
If that happens, the bill to crack down on the sex trade and slave labor would go to the House where chances for passage are considered good.
Gov. Ted Strickland’s signature would be required for the bill to become law before the legislature goes out of session at the end of the year.
Strickland still is reviewing the proposal but wants to make sure the state has “stringent laws against human trafficking,” said Allison Kolodziej, the governor’s spokeswoman.
It would make human trafficking a stand-alone felony.
Sen. Teresa Fedor, D-Toledo, joint sponsor of the bill with Sen. Tim Grendell, R-Chesterland, said on Wednesday that the bill will get a fourth hearing next Tuesday before the Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee.
If approved by the committee, the bill could go to the Senate floor as early as next Wednesday.
Senate President Pro Tem Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond, said there are continuing discussions on the bill involving Fedor, Grendell and Sen. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, to work through several issues.
“We’ll assess it to see if it’s something we want to bring to the floor,” said Niehaus.
“I’m cautiously optimistic,” said Fedor.
Fedor called it a “common sense approach to a widespread problem in Ohio.”
University of Dayton students and the New Abolitionist Movement on campus have been active backers of the bill.
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Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, a University of Dayton Law School graduate, announced Tuesday that he would seek a record fourth consecutive term next year.
“Working with and working for the people of Columbus has been the honor of my life, but we have more to do,” Coleman, 56, a Democrat, said in prepared statement.
“We need to keep fighting for our neighborhoods and for jobs while operating a responsive, efficient government for its people.”
According to the Columbus Dispatch, a fourth term for Coleman would match the record of M.E. “Jack” Sensenbrenner who served nonconsecutive terms between 1954 and 1972. Coleman would become the state capital’s longest consecutively serving mayor.
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