Lobbyist Insight

Ohio · Jan-Apr12 – Sep-Dec15

Barbara R. Sears

Identified in the Open States roster as Republican, House, district 47, 46 · roster lists service 2011 to 2016. Filings here begin earlier, so that term list is incomplete rather than a mismatch.

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 31 lobbying expenditure filings, from 15 different organisations or lobbyists.

Disclosed value of the items naming them: $2,289.

What this is and is not. These are items that lobbyists and their employers reported spending, naming this person as a recipient. The filings themselves never say whether a named person is a legislator, a member of staff, a family member or a guest at the same event — Texas codes every one of them "INDIVIDUAL" — so any role shown above comes from matching the name against a published roster, and its absence means only that no match was found. Nothing here is a payment to them.

Who reported spending on them

Organisation or lobbyistItemsDisclosed
Health Council of Northwest Ohio8$175
Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association4$302
Ohio Chamber of Commerce3$672
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce3$49
Owens Community College2$21
Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities2$277
General Motors, LLC1$14
Ohio Council of Community Schools1$500
University of Toledo1$13
Ohio Christian Alliance1$33
National Rifle Association of America1$65
The Ohio State University1$8
Ohio Counseling Association1$37
Health Policy Institute of Ohio1$65
Council of Smaller Enterprises1$58

What it was for

CategoryItems
meal/beverage/svc chg3
Baseball tickets2
Lodging at Legislative Conference at Salt Fork2
award2
lunch2
food/bev1
Meeting1
Meal/Beverage1
Valentine Theatre Gala--one seat at table1
Legislative Breakfast1
HCNO Annual Legislative Symposium Meal/Beverage/Dessert1
luncheon1