Senator Hersl Craig presented sponsor testimony to the Senate Transportation Committee for Senate Bill 189, which would create a specialty vehicle license plate honoring the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus.

"This bill would create a specialty, vehicle license plate honoring 1 of Ohio's most cherished institutions, the Center of Science and Industry, better known as COSI," Senator Hersl Craig told the committee in the bill's first hearing. Craig said COSI welcomes more than 660,000 visitors a year, has been repeatedly recognized in USA Today readers' polls, and that proceeds from a $25 specialty plate would support COSI's operations and educational programming.

Craig described the plate as a way for Ohioans to express pride in COSI and as an investment in STEM education and youth programming. Committee members offered thanks for the testimony; there was no committee debate recorded and no vote at this first hearing.