H.C.R. No. 19 Summary

• Denounces totalitarian impulses, violent terrorism, xenophobic biases, and bigoted ideologies promoted by white nationalists and neo-Nazi groups.

• Urges law enforcement to recognize white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations and pursue their criminal elements with the same intensity used against other forms of terrorism.

• References the August 12, 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia events as evidence that these organizations pose real threats to social and racial progress based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or immigration status.

• States that while free speech is valued, white nationalist and neo-Nazi agendas conflict with the nation's foundational principles of liberty and justice for all.

• Directs the House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the Governor of Ohio, President of the United States, federal legislative leadership, Ohio's Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media.