Am. S. B. No. 219 Summary

• Renames the "Ohio Commission on African-American Males" to the "Commission on African-Americans" across multiple sections of Ohio Revised Code.

• Reduces commission membership from not more than twenty-five to twelve members, maintaining appointed positions from state departments and general assembly while adjusting private sector and nonprofit sector representation.

• Changes commission office location from Columbus to the Ohio State University Bell National Resource Center.

• Modifies member appointments so the Ohio State University Bell National Resource Center appoints two members from private corporate or nonprofit sectors (reduced from four and two respectively) and one member with philanthropic experience.

• Requires existing members from private corporate, public, and nonprofit sectors to cease membership upon the bill's effective date, with new members to be appointed within thirty days for three-year terms.