COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democratic leaders within the Ohio Home have filed an official protest over the passing of Home Invoice 6.
The invoice is on the middle of a $60 million federal bribery investigation, which has resulted within the arrest of former Ohio Home Speaker Larry Householder and 4 others.
HB 6, a roughly $1 billion monetary bailout for Ohio’s two nuclear energy crops, was signed into legislation in July 2019.
It added a brand new payment to each electrical energy invoice within the state and directed over $150 million a 12 months by 2026 to the crops close to Cleveland and Toledo.
Federal prosecutors allege that from March 2017 to March 2020, Householder and others acquired tens of millions of {dollars} in trade for assist in passing HB 6.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has mentioned he helps a repeal of the legislation.
The total textual content of the protest by Minority Chief Emilia Sturdy Sykes, Assistant Minority Chief Kristin Boggs, Minority Whip Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson and Assistant Whip Rep. Richard Brown may be learn right here.
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