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Opponent Testimony for House Bill 188 — Stuart Lukz (House Committee on Development, 10/28/25)

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Opponent testimony for House Bill 188 addressed to the House Committee on Development and dated 10/28/25, from Stuart Joseph Lukz. The testimony urges committee members to vote NO on the bill. It states that the bill would formalize a state partnership with Israel while Ohio communities face deep cuts to food assistance, schools, healthcare and infrastructure. It says the bill would create a commission that excludes Palestinian and Arab-American voices and that the bill lacks oversight, transparency and any guarantee of benefit to Ohioans. It asks the committee to vote NO on HB 188 and support HB 291 instead.

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                           Opponent Testimony for House Bill 188
                            House Committee on Development
                                         10/28/25

                                          Stuart Lukz

Chair Hoops, Vice Chair Lorenz, Ranking Member Brownlee, and Members of the Development
Committee,

Thank you for allowing me to testify today. My name is Stuart Joseph Lukz. The proposals of
House Bill 188 deeply concern me. I urge members of this committee to vote NO on this bill.

This bill would formalize a state partnership with Israel at a time when Ohio communities are
enduring deep cuts to food assistance, schools, healthcare, and infrastructure. This pains me as
both a tutor and scheduler of mental healthcare; I see the daily challenges folks meet under cuts
to medical transportation, telehealth coverage, and Medicaid with new state and federal budgets.

As a Ukrainian and Lebanese American, I’m alarmed that our legislature would create a
commission that hard-codes pro-Israel lobbyists while excluding Palestinian and Arab-American
voices. It lacks oversight, transparency, and any guarantee of benefit to Ohioans.

Israel stands accused by international bodies of war crimes, including the bombing of hospitals,
schools, churches, and mosques. Rewarding that conduct with a state partnership places Ohio on
the wrong side of history.

Ohio’s duty is to invest in our own communities, not to legitimize foreign governments engaged
in systemic human-rights abuses. Please vote NO on HB 188 and support HB 291 instead.

Sincerely,

Stuart Lukz​
Long Grove, IL (Formerly Columbus, OH)​
8474201701

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