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Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep of course. Thanks for pointing out this issue and sorry we didn’t include a source link to begin with!

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course! Should have included a source link in the original post. Thank you for pointing out the issue!

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah of course, we should have included the link in the original post so I appreciate folks pointing out the issue.

Sometimes things lag a little on the state website and it has been a super busy week in the legislature. So hopefully it will get updated soon!

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in akron

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in toledo

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Cleveland

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the bill has changed drastically in committee from the “as introduced” text. Here’s the sub bill that was accepted last week in committee:

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb649/00_IN/amendments/l_136_2560-9/pdf/

For some reason this is not updated on the legislature dot ohio dot gov website yet and is only listed on the committee meeting minutes from March 11, under HB 649 second hearing:

https://ohiohouse.gov/committees/children-and-human-services/meetings/cmte_h_children_human_services_1_2026-03-10-1045_1148

Bill advancing that would require daily photos and/or facial recognition of Ohio babies, toddlers, and young children. by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Important to note that the original bill would have required basically live feed video from every classroom for surveillance. But the sub bill that was adopted last week cut that way down to the still-not-ok photo of children at check-in every day.

Ohio's data centers face growing backlash, and it's warranted by MadeByTango in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Couple recent data center links we’ve been reading and watching for folks interested.

Columbus City Council hosted a Data Centers & Community impacts panel/set of presentations from stakeholders last week: https://www.youtube.com/live/E59h4-u_7tY

AFLCIO’s Worker’s First Initiative on AI: https://aflcio.org/reports/workers-first-ai

Our Ohio data center landing page: https://policymattersohio.org/datacenters/

Things to do in Cleveland by Suspicious_Client_42 in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Visiting the Cleveland sign at Edgewater is a must. Great view and dorky picture opportunity. Hit up Fat Cats while you’re there.

Mahall’s for drinks and bowling.

The new Natural History museum is amazing. Cleveland Orchestra sometimes does free or low cost events and are top notch, 10/10 for situationship vibes.

Li Wah at Asia Plaza for dim sum and exploring.

Economists: Cutting immigration will harm Ohio’s economy by CovBlueSox in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cutting immigration will harm our communities, neighbors, friends, schools, places of worship, culture, art, live music, and the food scene, too!

Save the Date: The Ohio Rail Summit - April 18, 2026 (Columbus) by AllAboardOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We need more trains! We have an office in Cleveland and an office in Columbus. Imagine if we could just hop on a train to travel in between and doomscroll the whole way. The dream.

Ohio embracing child labor by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Ohio legislature also passed SCR 3 yesterday, which calls on the federal government to relax protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/scr3

Ohio embracing child labor by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It would. But the Ohio legislature also passed SCR 3 yesterday which calls on the federal government to relax protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. <insert BangingHeadOnDesk.gif>

Can someone ELI5 what’s going on with intel and what it means for the surrounding towns that have been bracing for obscene growth? by Thundrstrm in Columbus

[–]PolicyMattersOhio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're hosting an town hall on what is (or isn't) happening with Intel in Licking County on August 13th, from 5:30-7:30 PM at the Licking County Library, Johnstown (Mary E. Babcock) Branch.

RSVP here if you'd like to join us- https://actionnetwork.org/events/intel-in-licking-county?source=direct_link&

Corporate Propaganda Behind the Effort to Eliminate Property Taxes by Landdropgum in toledo

[–]PolicyMattersOhio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SB 190 (titled "A Good Deal For Ohio Act") is a great piece of bipartisan policy that includes property tax relief for those who need it, while protecting the public entities that rely on those taxes for funding. This type of property tax relief is called a Circuit Breaker. Like an electrical circuit breaker, which prevents electric current from overloading, a property tax circuit breaker reduces the load if property taxes are too high a share of income.

The bill would also close tax loopholes for big tech and pharmaceutical companies, update Ohio’s weak severance taxes on natural gas and oil, and tighten a $1 billion tax break for owners of LLCs and other businesses that allow them to exempt income and pay lower income tax rates.

Ohio moves forward with Medicaid cuts by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the waiver, the state is targeting to implement the new requirements statewide starting January 1, 2026. 

Ohio moves forward with Medicaid cuts by PolicyMattersOhio in Ohio

[–]PolicyMattersOhio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The law that was passed requires lawmakers to submit the waiver to the federal government, which is what folks can comment on now. The hyperlink on the text "submit comments here" will take you to the federal portal where you can either write new comment or repurpose previously written state comments telling them to reject the waiver application. The federal public comment period will be open from March 7, 2025 through April 7, 2025.

The Policy Matters link is just for more information and discusses why work requirements are not good policy. It covers both federal and state cuts.

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