Better late than never, Friend!

Since his arrest in July 2020, Householder had refused to bow to calls for him to voluntarily resign his seat.  

But now, after almost a year of inaction, the Ohio House voted today to expel indicted former House Speaker Larry Householder. 

The vote was a whopping 75-21!

We are one step closer to justice

Householder had been removed from the Speakership and was not serving a role on any standing committee. Every day he was in the Ohio House served as a reminder of the scandal surrounding the passage of House Bill 6.

His continued presence sent a strong signal that while bribery and back room deals were welcome in Ohio, clean energy development is not.

Read executive director Rachael Belz full statement.

Now we need to finish the job

Making Ohioans subsidize the OVEC coal plants may be the worst of House Bill 6 because they are a double whammy for consumers: higher electric bills and more air pollution. An OVEC executive conceded in a hearing on Tuesday that repealing the subsidy wouldn’t cause the plants to close.

Ohioans shouldn’t be paying more each month to bail out two dirty, inefficient, expensive 1950s coal plants for the next decade. These plants should be retired, not bailed out. SB117 is the first step in that process.

Thanks for all that you do!

Thanks to all of us who sent emails, made calls and wrote letters that helped to make it happen. In his testimony yesterday, Rep. Householder referenced the messages he had been hearing:  "... and they always say the same thing, 'Repeal HB6 and resign!'"

It took a year, but we did it!

Would you also chip in with a special gift to help us continue to this work to root out corruption, retire these dirty coal plants and protect ratepayers and the health of every Ohioan?

Ohio Citizen Action