Dear Neighbor,
It's an honor to serve as your State Representative for the 63rd Ohio House District.
I invite everybody to read more about what I'm working on at the Statehouse by visiting my webpage here, or checking out my previous newsletters here.
God Bless,
Adam Bird
State Representative
Ohio's 63rd House District
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House Bill 84 - The Innocence Act
Rep. Bird is a co-sponsor of House Bill 84 – the Innocence Act – legislation that will help protect Ohio children from accessing online materials that are obscene or harmful to juveniles.
The Innocence Act aims to shield Ohio’s youth from being exposed to adult content by requiring any entity that publishes obscene or harmful content online to verify the age of its users. The bill also establishes criminal penalties for deepfake pornography where a person’s image or likeness is used in sexual imagery or videos without their consent, allowing prosecutors to bring charges against anyone who superimposes another person’s likeness into sexually explicit content.
If enacted, House Bill 84 would do the following:
- Require any entity that sells, delivers, furnishes, disseminates, provides, exhibits, or presents any material or performance that is obscene or harmful to juveniles to perform a geolocation check on all users
- Require a covered entity to submit an affidavit to the Attorney General stating its compliance with these age verification requirements
- Allow the Attorney General to investigate reasonable allegations of violation of the age verification requirements, and endows the Attorney General with exclusive enforcement authority for these age verification requirements
- Enable the Attorney General to pursue civil penalties of up to $100,000 for each day that a covered entity fails to comply with these age verification requirements
House Bill 84 awaits consideration in the Ohio Senate.
Sun Meals in Clermont County
Rep. Bird is pleased to share that there are several locations in Clermont County offering free meals for children 18 and younger. You can find a full list of locations offering free meals in the area and across Ohio here.
Beehive Industries Expands to Southwest Ohio
Governor DeWine announced this week that Beehive Industries, an American manufacturer of advanced 3D-printed jet engines for uncrewed aerial defense applications, plans to expand its operations in Southwest Ohio. This announcement will create over 200 jobs and invest $70 in the area. Rep. Bird is pleased to see yet another company choose Southwest Ohio to do business.
Southern Ohio Chamber of Commerce Event
Rep. Bird was honored to attend and speak at the gathering of southern Ohio Chambers of Commerce representing Clermont, Brown, Adams, Clinton, and Highland counties. Ohio continues to make intentional policy changes that make Ohio a great state to do business in!
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