Columbus — The Ohio Senate has given its OK to legislation that would create an “Entrepreneur-in-Residence” program to provide a link between successful businesspeople and state government.
House Bill 218 passed on a vote of 32-0; pending concurrence by the Ohio House, it will head to Gov. John Kasich for his signature. The legislation requires the Ohio Department of Administrative Services to establish the pilot program, appointing up to five individuals for one-year residencies to “provide for better outreach by state government to small businesses, to strengthen coordination and interaction between state government and small businesses and to make state government programs and functions simpler, easier to access, more efficient and more responsive to the needs of small businesses,” according to an analysis by the state’s Legislative Service Commission.
