POLICY TRACKER
Here are the executive orders and legislation we are tracking so far:
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
| DATE | TITLE | SUMMARY | DETAILS |
| 1/20/2025 | Return to In-Person Work | Trump ordered a hiring freeze despite warnings from the government’s top watchdog agency that such blanket freezes exacerbate workforce shortages and contribute to skills gaps. The directive said, “As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on January 20, 2025, may be filled, and no new position may be created except as otherwise provided for in this memorandum or other applicable law. Except as provided below, this freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational and programmatic funding. | |
| 1/20/2025 | Hiring Freeze | Freezes hiring of Federal civilian employees. Freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational and programmatic funding. The order does not apply to military personnel of the armed forces or to positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety. Moreover, nothing in this memorandum shall adversely impact the provision of Social Security, Medicare, or Veterans’ benefits. | |
| 1/20/2025 | Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce | From AFGE: Trump reinstated his controversial excepted service hiring authority, Schedule F, to include any career federal job connected to federal policy. The order is part of an effort to corrupt the federal government by attempting to eliminate employees’ due process rights so employees can be fired for political reasons. It will potentially remove hundreds of thousands of federal jobs from the nonpartisan, professional civil service and make them answerable to the will of one man. |
For a complete list of executive orders, visit https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/president-donald-trump-executive-orders-list
OHIO SENATE | 136TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY • FIRST SESSION
| TITLE | SUMMARY | BILL NO. | POSITION |
| Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act | Targets public colleges and universities. Among its provisions, the bill seeks to ban faculty strikes outright, stripping workers of a key tool to advocate for fair wages and working conditions. It also eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, calling it "institutionalized discrimination," and imposes additional oversight on trustees to enforce what proponents call "intellectual diversity." | SB 1 | OPPOSE |
| Prohibit paid public employee leave for certain union activities | Prohibit public employers from providing or agreeing to a provision in a collective bargaining agreement that provides, paid leave or any other form of compensation for a public employee to engage in either of the following activities: (1) Political activities performed by, or on behalf of, an employee organization that involve advocating for the election or defeat of any political candidate; (2) Lobbying activities performed by, or on behalf of, an employee organization that involve attempting to influence the passage or defeat of federal or state legislation, local ordinances, or any ballot measure. | SB 8 | OPPOSE |