{"id":143446,"date":"2021-06-03T00:42:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T05:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143446"},"modified":"2021-06-04T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:02:08","slug":"riedel-plummer-introduce-first-responders-bonus-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/06\/03\/riedel-plummer-introduce-first-responders-bonus-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"House consider 1st responders bonus bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — State Representatives Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) and Phil Plummer (R-Dayton) announced Wednesday in a Statehouse press conference the introduction of legislation offering law enforcement and first responders a one-time bonus award for their work during the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Representative Craig Riedel speaks during a Statehouse press conference Wednesday to announce the introduction of a bill that would provide one-time bonuses to first responders. photo provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis bill provides an excellent use of federal funds to support our first responders and law enforcement in Ohio,\u201d said Riedel. \u201cThese dedicated Ohioans put their lives at risk to keep our state safe, especially over the past year and a half. This is a way for the State of Ohio to say to law enforcement and first responders that we have your back because we know you have ours!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligible individuals include police officers, firefighters, State Highway Patrol officers, county deputy sheriffs, Bureau of Criminal Identification agents, jail officers, volunteer firefighters, and emergency medical technicians.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Ohio, we strongly support our brave first responders,\u201d said Plummer. \u201cThe goal of this legislation is to provide a small token of gratitude to these men and women for their tireless work during the pandemic and their service each day to our communities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the bill, those eligible for the bonus award must have been continuously employed from March 1, 2020 and not subject to any form of disciplinary action. Full-time first responders would receive $1,000, and part-time and volunteer first responders would receive $500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Each employer is required to certify who is eligible to the Attorney General within 30 days of the bill\u2019s effective date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the press conference, Reps. Riedel and Plummer were joined by Attorney General Dave Yost who explained his office\u2019s role in distributing these funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMore law enforcement officers died in the line of duty last year than any previous year, with the leading cause of death being COVID-19,\u201d Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. \u201cThis premium pay sends a strong message to all Ohioans and to those who shoulder the burden of keeping our community safe that we value and appreciate what law enforcement officers do as the bedrock of a civilized society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill with 14 co-sponsors was dropped today following the press conference. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Independent staff and submitted information COLUMBUS — State Representatives Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) and Phil Plummer (R-Dayton) announced Wednesday in a Statehouse press conference the introduction of legislation offering law enforcement and first responders a one-time bonus award for their work during the pandemic.  \u201cThis bill provides an excellent use of federal funds to support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 21:45:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}