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Sponsor Testimony - Jon Cross, House Bill 215 (Ohio House Economic and Workforce Development Committee)

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Sponsor testimony of Jon Cross, State Representative for the 83 House District, on House Bill 215, to the Ohio House Economic and Workforce Development Committee, following remarks by Rep. Wilkin. The testimony gives an example of a Big Box store deemed essential and allowed to remain open during a state of emergency, compared with a locally owned jewelry store. It says the legislation allows small businesses to stay open provided they meet the proper guidelines and safety standards. It describes the bill as a simple solution to protect small businesses and states that local mom and pop stores have been hurt by government mandated shut downs.

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  83 House District                                                                               Chairman
    Hancock, Hardin,
   And Logan Counties                                                                    Finance Subcommittee on Higher
                                                                                                   Education
  Columbus Office
    Vern Riffe Center                                                                           Committees
    77 S. High Street
        13th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6111                                                                   Economic and Workforce
     (614) 466-3819                                                                              Development
     (800) 282-0253                                                                                Finance
  (614) 719-0000 (Fax)                                                                       Higher Education and
  Rep83@ohiohouse.gov                                                                          Career Readiness
   www.ohiohouse.gov                                                                              Insurance

                                                   Jon Cross
                                            State Representative


                Thank you Rep. Wilkin. Chairman Edwards, Vice Chair Powell, Ranking Member
         Upchurch, and my colleagues on the Ohio House Economic and Workforce Development
         Committee, thank you for the opportunity for to give sponsor testimony on House Bill 215,
         which is so important to small businesses in these difficult times.

                Rep. Wilkin did a great job explaining the bill and I’m going to provide the committee
         with some examples. A simple example:

                Big Box store is deemed essential and allowed to remain open during a state of
         emergency. I could go to Big Box store with hundreds if not 1,000's of people per day yet, I
         cannot go to my locally owned jewelry store who serves a fraction of the people on a daily basis
         yet depend heavily on those clients. This legislation allows them to stay open provided they meet
         the proper guidelines and safety standards.

         (Rep. Cross will provide some other examples from small businesses).

                 This bill provides a simple solution to protect our small businesses right now and in the
         future. The local mom and pop stores have been terribly hurt in these last year due to government
         mandated shut downs. We want to give them the same treatment as large corporations are given.

                  Thank you Mr. Chairman and we would be happy to answer any questions.

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