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This past April Ohio Roofing Contractors 
Association President, Fred Horner, and ORCA 
Director, Kara Markley, offered testimony to 
the Ohio Senate Workforce Development 
Committee on Senate Bill 125 to create a 
commercial roofing license within the Ohio 
Construction Industry License Board. 
They were joined by Roof Consultant, Bill 
Kilcoyne and Sam Gmetro of the Northern Ohio 
Fire Fighters Association in support of the bill. The 
Midstate’s Council of Roofers, NECA of Greater 
Cincinnati, the National Insurance Crime 
Bureau, and H J Becker Roofing offered written 
testimony in support of the bill. 
To see video of the testimony on the Ohio 
Channel, go to:
https://www.ohiochannel.org/video/ohio-senate-
workforce-development-committee-4-1-2025 
Thanks to Committee Chairman, Senator Kyle 
Koehler for setting the hearing and bill sponsor, 
Senator Tom Patton for his leadership on this 
important legislation! 
ORCA Testifies on Roofing Licensing
ORCA Board Member, Kara Markley, 
joins ORCA President, Fred Horner, to 
offer testimony to the Ohio Senate
ORCA Board Member, Kara Markley, ORCA President, Fred 
Horner, ORCA Executive Director, Valerie Pope, and ORCA 
Government Affairs Consultant, Chris Sinagra
 
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