Testimony & Public Comments

The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee on the policies in Senate Bill 79, and urged the state to remove barriers created by bureaucratic occupational licensing requirements that keep Ohioans from earning a living in their chosen profession. “The Buckeye Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Brookings Institute, and the Obama Administration do not often all agree on an issue. However, we have all agreed on the need to relieve the burdens created by bureaucratic occupational licensing that afflict workers and families with low- to middle-incomes.”

The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee, where it urged the state to remove barriers to employment for thousands of cosmetologists across Ohio. The policies, included in House Bill 189 would make Ohio more competitive, more prosperous, and more attractive to entrepreneurs and their employees. “With Ohio law currently requiring cosmetologists to have 10 times the training of basic EMTs, the need for licensing reform doesn’t get much clearer.”