The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Agriculture and Conservation Committee on the policies in House Bill 175, which would assert the Ohio General Assembly’s constitutional policymaking duties, by adopting a commonsense definition of “waters of the state” through the legislative process.
DEPC event on Criminal Justice Reform in Ohio and original resources on Drug Sentencing Reform in Ohio
I am very excited that next week the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law is hosting a virtual panel discussion, titled
Ohio has a long history of criminal justice reform and drug sentencing reform, and yet few can be pleased that Ohio still has the 12th highest incarceration rate in the country and one of the highest rates of overdose deaths. With the passage of HB1 and the failure of SB3 at the end of 2020, many are left wondering what can and cannot be achieved through legislative reforms in Ohio. Please join us for a discussion of Ohio’s recent reform history, what we might expect in the near future, and how research and experience in other states can inform reform efforts in the Buckeye State.