CENTRAL OHIO -- It's going to be a big week at the Statehouse as lawmakers introduce several new bills.
NBC 4 GOT ANSWERS on the pending legislation.
Senator Jon Husted was set to introduce his bill Tuesday that would change the way the state determines general assembly congressional districts.
The Senate Judiciary Criminal Justice Committee was scheduled hear two new bills Wednesday.
One would require sexually violent predators released from prison to be monitored by global-positioning system devices and to pay for the cost of the GPS devices. The bill also would authorize the civil commitment of certain sexually violent predators.
The committee also was set to hear another bill that seeks to grant civil immunity to physicians who provide emergency services or first aid in compliance with federal law or as a result of a disaster.
A bill that would grant an income-tax credit to college graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math also was set to be discussed Wednesday.
The House Committee for Public Safety and Homeland Security was scheduled to hear a bill that would require all new school buses be equipped with a single, white strobe light that would flash when the bus is transporting passengers.
The strobe lights were designed to promote safety, especially in the dark, as a school bus makes its stops.
NBC 4 asked Central Ohioans if they thought the strobe lights would help protect children.
"Actually, I think it's a great idea," Chris Holley of Mount Sterling said. "Being a tow truck operator, strobe lights seem to help. We have the beacon bar on top of the trucks and you can be seen, so it makes sense."
Pataskala resident Raymond Hough told NBC 4 that he thought police should be responsible for keeping drivers in-check when it comes to obeying school bus laws.
"Get the cops to enforce it more on the cars because otherwise, people ain't gonna pay no attention to them," he said.
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