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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Speaker says change in how bills are introduced will encourage bipartisanship. |
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By Bill Cohen - February 12, 2007 |
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The Ohio House of Representatives is tweaking the way bills are introduced, and the Speaker of the House hopes it will encourage more cooperation between his fellow majority Republicans and minority Democrats. Jon Husted says for the first time, two lead sponsors, not just one, will be allowed to put their names on each legislative proposal. Husted tells statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen that will open the door for a Democrat and a Republican to equally share credit for a bill.
Sometimes, in the past, when a member of the majority party has come up with a good idea and sponsored a bill to implement it, a member of the majority has introduced a similar or identical measure and then taken credit for it, after it was passed. Husted says this new system of allowing two main sponsors of each bill could avoid the old partisan fighting. |
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Speaker Jon Husted (R-Kettering) with Bill Cohen (1:40) 
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