Bill on camp background checks stalls in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Another camp season is passing by without the state having the authority to enforce background checks on employees at residential camps across Ohio.
A bill that would add teeth to enforcement provisions in current law stalled when the state Legislature broke for the summer in June without passing it.
Bill sponsor State Sen. Steve Stivers, a Republican who is running for Congress to replace U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce, said in late April he hoped he could pass the bill before the start of summer camp season.
It’s failure to pass has become fodder for election-year politics. The Women’s Caucus of the Ohio Democratic Party sent a letter to Stivers earlier this month telling him, "Because of your failure to act, Columbus kids are still at risk."
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