FWIW...
I was at a Kiwanis Downtown luncheon last month and the speaker was deputy registrar to Mike Rankin, Ohio BMV director. He went on and on about an "interpol"-style shared directory between states for drivers license information, new DHS requirements for getting state IDs and DLs, and a database for family information in case you're in an accident (so police/EMS know who to contact). WHATEVER...
Anyway, at the end of the program he was taking questions, and of course all the old suits in the room were going on about how much regulations stink and illegal immigrants are ruining it for everyone blah blah blah. I raised my hand...
"Sir, can you comment on the possibility of repealing the front plate requirement in the State of Oh..."
He cuts me off, somewhat politely. Gives an answer clearly delivered many times before - and he was tired of explaining again - why any house bill against front plates will get defeated. Mike Rankin himself is a huge Corvette guy, and they all admit that OSHP and every police group in the state is against it, as well as MADD, SADD, DARE, whatever...
Not sh!tting on your efforts...just offering my first-hand experience where I myself trying tried to push the issue.
CLIFFS: I got the distinct impression first-hand that the front plate requirement in the State of Ohio is here to stay for the next several years at least...