To amend section 3353.07 of the Revised Code to require the Ohio Government Telecommunications service to broadcast all standing committee meetings of the Ohio House of Representatives as they occur.

Section 1. That section 3353.07 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3353.07.  (A) There is hereby created the Ohio government telecommunications service. The Ohio government telecommunications service shall provide the state government and affiliated organizations with multimedia support including audio, visual, and internet services, multimedia streaming, and hosting multimedia programs.

Services relating to the official activities of the general assembly and the executive offices provided by the Ohio government telecommunications service shall be funded through grants to a public television broadcasting station that will manage the staff and provide the services of the Ohio government telecommunications service. The Ohio educational television stations shall select a member station to manage the Ohio government telecommunications service. The Ohio government telecommunications service shall receive grants from, or contract with, any of the three branches of Ohio government, and their affiliates, to provide additional services. Services provided by the Ohio government telecommunications service shall not be used for political purposes included in campaign materials, or otherwise used to influence an election, legislation, issue, judicial decision, or other policy of state government.

(B)(1) There is hereby created the legislative programming committee of the Ohio government telecommunications service that shall consist of the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, and minority leader of the house of representatives, or their designees, and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives as nonvoting, ex officio members. By a vote of a majority of its members, the program committee may add additional members to the committee.

(2) The legislative programming committee shall adopt rules that govern the operation of the Ohio government telecommunications service relating to the general assembly and any affiliated organizations.

(C) In addition to any broadcasting of sessions or committees of the general assembly required pursuant to the rules adopted under division (B) of this section, the Ohio government telecommunications service shall broadcast all standing committee meetings of the Ohio house of representatives with both audio and visual feeds. The broadcast shall be made available publicly at the time the committee meeting is conducted and shall be archived on the web site of the Ohio government telecommunications service for future public access and use.

Visual coverage for committees shall focus on individual members speaking and shall not consist of a single wide angle shot of a committee or committee room as a whole.

Section 2.  That existing section 3353.07 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.