Senate Committee to Amend Sub. HB274 Tuesday: But Does it Matter?

The Senate Judiciary Committee (Civil Justice), chaired by Senator Jeff Jacobson, has announced that it will have a sixth hearing, and a possible vote, on an as-yet-to-be-seen, Amended Sub. HB274.

The hearing will occur on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. in the Senate Finance Hearing Room.

Two questions loom large in advance of this hearing:
1) Does it matter? House Speaker Larry Householder says the Senate Committee has had six months, and that they're out of time. He plans on adjourning the House tomorrow.

2) Will the Amended Sub. HB274 bill be better, or even worse than Sub. HB274? Multiple reports say the Senate is still working to meet a lengthy new list of new demands from Gov. Bob Taft. Those involve locking guns in moving vehicles, safe-storage education and offers of trigger locks whenever Ohioans buy a gun or apply for a permit.

Unless the Finan/Jacobson/Taft tide reverses flow, it appears the only hope for HB274 Tuesday is an "as-passed-by-the-House" amendment on the Senate floor.