Make Your Voice Heard! Livestock Care Standard Board Hearing Wed. Feb. 3

The Ohio Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will be accepting testimony from individuals opposed to Ohio House Bill 414, the implementing legislation for the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board sponsored by Rep. Linda Bolon (D-Colombiana) and Rep. Allan Sayre (D-Dover).

OEFFA Executive Director Carol Goland will be providing testimony at the hearing. We encourage OEFFA members, particularly farmers and ranchers, to call their Representative or attend the hearing.

What You Can Do:
(1) Provide Testimony at the Hearing—To provide testimony, you will need to have 30 printed copies of your testimony written in advance. Bring these with you to provide oral testimony on Wednesday February 3 at 9:30 a.m. at the Ohio Statehouse, Room 313, in Columbus, Ohio.
(2) Call Your Representative—If you can’t attend in person and your representative is a member of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, call them (see contact information below) and tell them what you think.
(3) Email Your Representative—See contact information below.

To read HB 414, go to http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_414.
To find out who your Representative is, go to http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/.
For more information about OEFFA’s position, contact Carol Goland.

House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Rep. John Domenick—District 95—(614) 466-3735, district95@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Allan Sayre—District 96—(614) 466-8035, district96@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Linda Bolon—District 1—(614) 466-8022, district01@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Dan Dodd—District 91—(614) 466-2500, district91@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Jennifer Garrison—District 93—(614) 644-8728, district93@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Dennis Murray—District 80—(614) 644-6011, district80@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Deborah Newcomb—District 99—(614) 466-1405, district99@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Mark Okey—District 61—(614) 466-1464, district61@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Raymond Pryor—District 85—(614) 644-7928, district85@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. W. Carlton Weddington—District 27—(614) 466-5343, district27@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. James Zehringer—District 77—(614) 466-6344, district77@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Richard Adams—District 79—(614) 466-8114, district79@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Troy Balderson—District 94—(614) 644-6014, district94@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Terry Boose—District 58—(614) 466-9628, district58@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Timothy Derickson—District 53—(614) 644-5094, district53@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Dave Hall—District 97—(614) 466-2994, district97@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Margaret Ruhl—District 90—(614) 466-1431, district90@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Jeff Wagner—District 81—(614) 466-1374, district81@ohr.state.oh.us

posted Feb 1, 2010