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OH SR93

Resolution

Status

Introduced

4/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kent Smith

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Origin

Senate

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Calls on state and federal legislators to support a U.S. Constitutional amendment that would abolish corporate personhood and eliminate the legal doctrine treating money as protected speech

  • Responds to the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) decision, which removed legal limits on corporate and individual spending in elections

  • Urges other communities and jurisdictions across the country to adopt similar resolutions supporting the "Move to Amend" campaign

  • Supports public education efforts to increase awareness of what the resolution describes as threats to democracy posed by corporate personhood

  • Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit copies to the Ohio House Speaker and Ohio's congressional delegation

Legislative Description

Support amendment: abolish corporate personhood, money as speech

Last Action

Referred to committee: Government Oversight and Reform

4/9/2025

Committee Referrals

Government Oversight and Reform4/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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