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OH SR180
Resolution
Status
8/3/2023
Primary Sponsor
Kent Smith
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AI Summary
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Calls on state and federal legislators to support a constitutional amendment abolishing corporate personhood and the doctrine of money as speech
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Argues that corporations are human-made legal entities that should not have constitutional rights equal to human persons or authority exceeding the people's authority
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Criticizes the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision for allowing unlimited spending by wealthy individuals, corporations, and entities in elections, creating unequal political influence
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States that money is property, not speech, and that treating campaign spending as speech allows those with the most wealth to have unfair political advantage contrary to the principle of one person, one vote
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Directs the Senate Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the Ohio House Speaker and congressional delegation, and encourages other communities and jurisdictions to adopt similar resolutions
Legislative Description
Support amendment re corporate personhood, money as speech
Last Action
Referred to committee: Government Oversight
9/13/2023