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Legislative Report June 14, 2026
Prepared by: Jay Smith
Bill Information
ELIMINATE REPLACEMENT PROPERTY TAX LEVY AUTHORITY
(MATHEWS A, HALL T)

To eliminate the authority to levy replacement property tax levies.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/8/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

PHASE DOWN INCOME TAX-2.75%
(MATHEWS A, LAMPTON B)

To phase-down the state income tax to a flat rate of 2.75% over two years.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/26/2025 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

EXPAND HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION-DISABLED VETERANS
(RICHARDSON T, DOVILLA M)

To increase the enhanced homestead exemption for certain disabled veterans.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/19/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)

OBSCENE MATERIAL AGE REQUIREMENTS, PROHIBITIONS
(DEMETRIOU S, WILLIAMS J)

To establish the Innocence Act Enforcement Fund, designate specified provisions of law as the Innocence Act, and clarify the Attorney General's enforcement authority.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/25/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

TEMPORARY PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION
(SCHMIDT J)

To authorize a temporary property tax reduction.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/21/2025 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

OPERATING BUDGET
(STEWART B)

To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/1/2025 - Consideration of Governor's Veto; Senate Overrides Veto on Item 66, Vote 21-11

INCREASE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AMOUNT, INCOME LIMIT
(TROY D, HALL T)

To increase the homestead exemption amount and income limit.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/7/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)

DIGITAL ASSET MINING, TAXATION, REGULATION
(DEMETRIOU S)

To enact the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act to address mining, taxation, and regulation
of digital assets.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/25/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology

PROPERTY TAX RATIO PROCESS MODIFICATIONS
(THOMAS D, HALL T)

To modify the process for making property tax sales-assessment ratio studies.

  CURRENT STATUS

12/19/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/20/26

ALLOW LEVY REQUEST DECLINATION
(LORENZ B)

To authorize a taxing authority to decline to submit a requested library levy or general health district levy to voters.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/29/2025 - REPORTED OUT, House Local Government, (Fourth Hearing)

REDUCE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAXES
(HOOPS J, THOMAS D)

To authorize a reduction in school district property taxes affected by a millage floor that would limit increases in such taxes according to inflation, to modify property tax reductions for residential property, to modify the process for certifying property tax abstracts, and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

12/19/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. immediately

US, OHIO FLAG PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS
(MATHEWS T, WILLIS B)

To prohibit the state or a political subdivision from purchasing a United States or Ohio flag that was not made in the United States.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/19/2026 - BILL AMENDED, House Government Oversight, (Fifth Hearing)

CHANGES-AUDITOR OF STATE
(THOMAS D)

To make various changes regarding the Auditor of State.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/3/2025 - House General Government, (Third Hearing)

LAW CHANGES-INDECENT EXPOSURE
(KING A, WILLIAMS J)

To enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/15/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

LIMIT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS-ELECTIONS
(FISCHER T, MATHEWS A)

To prohibit certain government publications concerning candidates or ballot issues during the 30 days before an election.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/2/2026 - BILL AMENDED, House General Government, (Second Hearing)

CYBERSECURITY REQUIREMENT-POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
(MATHEWS A, GHANBARI H)

To require political subdivisions to adopt a cybersecurity program.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/17/2025 - House Technology and Innovation, (Second Hearing)

LAW CHANGES-COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSIONS
(THOMAS D)

To modify the law governing county budget commissions and property taxation.

  CURRENT STATUS

12/19/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/20/26

RESTRICT DISRUPTIVE RECORD REQUESTS
(ISAACSOHN D, RAY S)

To restrict harassing or disruptive public records requests and permit private contractors to respond to voluminous public records requests.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 78-18

LIMIT INSIDE MILLAGE REVENUE INCREASES
(THOMAS D)

To limit revenue increases from inside millage levies occurring due to a reappraisal or update.

  CURRENT STATUS

12/19/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/20/26

INCREASE TAX APPROVAL THRESHOLD
(KING A, THOMAS D)

To increase the approval threshold required for passage of local taxes subject to voter approval.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/18/2025 - Referred to Committee House General Government

TAX RATE LISTING-BALLOTS
(DANIELS J, WORKMAN H)

To require tax rates to be expressed as a percentage of true value on tax bills and ballot language.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - House Ways and Means, (Fourth Hearing)

CREATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE DATABASE
(YOUNG T, PETERSON B)

To create the Ohio Local Government Expenditure Database and require political subdivision participation, to require the state retirement systems to participate in the Ohio State Government Expenditure Database, and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/2/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES BY 2030
(CLICK G, WILLIS B)

To disallow and, by 2030, eliminate property taxes levied for a continuing period of time and to name this act The Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy – Act One: Discontinuing the Continuum.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/20/2026 - House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)

ALLOW PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION BY INITIATIVE
(CLICK G, THOMAS D)

To reduce unvoted property taxes by initiative and to name this act the Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy – Act Two: Arresting Inside Millage.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/15/2025 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means

INCREASE PROPERTY TAX PASSAGE THRESHOLDS
(CLICK G, NEWMAN J)

To increase the approval threshold required for passage of certain property taxes and to name this act the Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy – Act Three: The Triumph of the Taxpayer.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/15/2025 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means

LIMIT DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX LIEN ENFORCEMENT
(THOMAS D, MATHEWS A)

To prohibit enforcement of delinquent property tax liens against certain owner-occupied homesteads.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/11/2026 - House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)

REGARDING REGIONAL COUNCILS, METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATIONS
(DOVILLA M, STEWART B)

Regarding regional councils of government and metropolitan planning organizations.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/3/2026 - House Local Government, (Third Hearing)

CREATION-GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMISSION
(HINER M, MATHEWS T)

To create the State Government Efficiency Commission.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/13/2025 - House General Government, (First Hearing)

LEVY REQUIREMENT-PROPERTY TAX APPROVAL
(LEAR B, RITTER K)

To require certain subdivisions to obtain the approval of the body that created the subdivision before levying a property tax.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/4/2026 - House Local Government, (First Hearing)

VARIOUS CHANGES-VOTER IDENTIFICATION
(COCKLEY C, SALVO J)

To require photo identification to cast absent voter's ballots, with certain exceptions, to allow electors to apply for those ballots through a secure online portal, and to waive fees for an identification card or vital statistics record and permit the storage of documents for individuals experiencing homelessness.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 60-34

PROHIBIT PUBLIC EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION PAYMENTS
(THOMAS D)

To prohibit a public employer from paying employee contributions to a state retirement system.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/25/2026 - House Public Insurance and Pensions, (Third Hearing)

ALLOW PROPERTY TAX DEFERMENT
(MATHEWS A, WILLIAMS J)

To allow eligible homeowners to defer the payment of a portion of their property taxes.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/18/2026 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)

COUNTY AUTHORIZATION-REAPPRAISAL EXEMPTION
(KING A)

To authorize counties to temporarily exempt a portion of property's increased value from taxation following a reappraisal and to name this act the Calculated Adjustments for Property Surges (CAPS) Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/3/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Ways and Means, (Sixth Hearing)

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS-PREVAILING WAGE
(LEAR B, CRAIG M)

To allow political subdivisions, special districts, and state institutions of higher education to elect to apply the Prevailing Wage Law to public improvement projects and to increase the threshold amount that triggers application of the Law for certain state public improvements.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/15/2025 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

ESTABLISH COUNTY BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEES
(MATHEWS T, THOMAS D)

To establish and convene a Blue Ribbon Committee in each county to review and assess each taxing unit within the county and each county program or department to identify duplication of services and generally to streamline and improve county efficiency and effectiveness.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/4/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Local Government, (Third Hearing)

CREATE PILOT PROGRAM-SUBDIVISION CONSOLIDATION GRANTS
(DANIELS J, DOVILLA M)

To create the Political Subdivision Consolidation Incentive Grant Pilot Program and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/18/2026 - House Local Government, (First Hearing)

REGARDING LIBRARY DATABASE PROVISIONS
(RITTER K, NEWMAN J)

Regarding the provision of online library database resources by public schools, public libraries, and state agencies.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/3/2026 - House Finance, (First Hearing)

LAW CHANGES-TAX APPEALS
(THOMAS D, WILLIAMS J)

To modify the law governing tax appeals and property tax complaints.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means

REGARDING MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION
(THOMAS D, MATHEWS A)

Regarding municipal incorporation.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/4/2026 - BILL AMENDED, House Local Government, (Second Hearing)

LAW CHANGES-PROPERTY TAXES
(THOMAS D, GLASSBURN C)

To modify the law governing property taxes and other local taxes.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)

PUBLIC TESTIMONY REQUIREMENT
(THOMAS D, CRAIG M)

To require a public body to allow for public commentary and testimony before taking formal action on any item.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/17/2026 - House General Government, (Second Hearing)

TAX ENFORCEMENT MODIFICATION
(CLICK G, THOMAS D)

To modify the tax enforcement authority of the department of taxation and the board of tax appeals.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)

POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HEALTH PLANS
(THOMAS D)

To allow a political subdivision to participate in the same state health plan offered to state employees.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/18/2026 - Referred to Committee House Local Government

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT-LIMIT PROPERTY TAXES
(FISCHER T, LEAR B)

Proposing to amend Section 2 of Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to limit property taxes, whether voted or unvoted, to one and one-quarter per cent or, for certain owner-occupied homes, one per cent of real property's true value.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/15/2025 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means

PHASE DOWN OHIO INCOME TAX
(LANG G, HUFFMAN S)

To phase-down the state income tax to a flat rate of 2.75% over two years.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Ways and Means

REGARDING CERTIFICATE, WORK REQUIREMENTS-UNDER AGE 16
(SCHAFFER T)

Regarding age and schooling certificate requirements and work hours for a person under sixteen years of age.

  CURRENT STATUS

12/3/2025 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR

INTENTION TO REFORM-STATE PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
(ROMANCHUK M)

To declare the General Assembly's intent to enact legislation to reform the law governing the state's public retirement systems.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/12/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology

MODIFY VARIOUS VOTING PROCEDURES
(GAVARONE T, BRENNER A)

To require verification of an elector's citizenship before the elector may vote and to modify procedures regarding voter registration, voter roll maintenance, absent voting, and election petitions.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/5/2025 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate General Government, (Fifth Hearing)

A GOOD DEAL FOR OHIO ACT
(BLESSING III L)

To modify the law governing property, income, sales and use, severance, and lodging taxes; to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to public and chartered nonpublic school students; to increase the Local Government Fund; to modify funding for the Low- and Moderate-income Housing Trust Fund; and to name this act A Good Deal for Ohio.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/7/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

REGARDING CLOSING-PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH
(CUTRONA A)

Regarding the closing of a public library branch and the forfeiture of public library funds for doing so.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/20/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Local Government, (First Hearing)