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Legislative Report October 17, 2026
Prepared by: Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Bill Information
ESTABLISH CHILD CARE CRED PROGRAM
(JOHNSON M)

To establish the Child Care Cred Program and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/27/2025 - House Finance, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Workforce/Education

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE BIOMARKER TESTING COVERAGE
(WHITE A)

To require health benefit plan and Medicaid program coverage of biomarker testing.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/18/2026 - REPORTED OUT, House Health, (Fifth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGULATE IMITATION MEAT, EGG PRODUCTS
(KLOPFENSTEIN R, DANIELS J)

To regulate imitation meat and egg products and to revise various agriculture laws.

  CURRENT STATUS

12/19/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/18/26

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS-REGULATION
(FERGUSON R, LORENZ B)

To require legislative approval of administrative rules and other regulatory actions under specified conditions, to allow a JCARR chairperson to request a third-party fiscal analysis of a rule, and to require state agencies to publicly post policy documents.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/25/2025 - House Government Oversight, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

DRUG PRACTICES-RIGHT TO TRY
(GROSS J, SWEARINGEN D)

Regarding prescribing, dispensing, and administering drugs and to name this act the Jeff, Dave, and Angie Patient Right to Try Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/11/2025 - BILL AMENDED, House Health, (Sixth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

INCORPORATE FEDERAL TAX CHANGES
(ROEMER B, WORKMAN H)

To expressly incorporate changes in the Internal Revenue Code since March 15, 2023, into Ohio law and to declare an emergency.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/7/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. immediately

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: GREEN

ELECTRIC SERVICE LAW CHANGES
(KLOPFENSTEIN R)

To amend the competitive retail electric service law, modify taxation of certain public utility property, and repeal parts of HB6 of the 133rd General Assembly.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/15/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 8/14/25

COMMENTS

Category: Energy

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

UNDERAGE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION-CULPABILITY LEVEL
(BIRD A, WILLIAMS J)

To reduce the mental state, from knowingly to recklessly, that applies to the prohibition against allowing an underage person to possess or consume alcohol in a private or public place.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/12/2025 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Alcohol

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

PROVIDE MEDIGAP POLICY COVERAGE
(CALLENDER J, SWEENEY B)

To provide Medigap policies for Medicare-eligible individuals under the age of 65.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/12/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Insurance, (Fourth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

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)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

PREVENTIVE SCREENING COVERAGE REQUIREMENT
(JARRELLS D, JOHNSON M)

To require health insurers to cover preventive screenings for certain men at high-risk for developing prostate cancer.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/18/2025 - House Insurance, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

INCREASE STATE MINIMUM WAGE
(JARRELLS D, MOHAMED I)

To increase the state minimum wage.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/5/2025 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

TAX DEDUCTION-OVERTIME WAGES
(FISCHER T, SANTUCCI N)

To allow a state income tax deduction for overtime wages.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/2/2025 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ESTABLISH CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAMS
(WHITE A, ROEMER B)

To establish certain child care grant programs, including those related to child care capacity and learning labs, and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/3/2025 - House Finance, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

FIREARM SALES-BACKGROUND CHECK PASSAGE
(THOMAS C, BAKER R)

To prohibit a federally licensed firearms dealer from transferring a firearm unless the transferee passes a background check.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/5/2025 - Referred to Committee House Public Safety

COMMENTS

Category: Merchant Security

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
(STEWART B)

To make appropriations for programs related to transportation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of those programs.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/31/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 3/31/25

COMMENTS

Category: Transportation

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

REVISE, STREAMLINE OCCUPATIONAL REGULATIONS
(FOWLER S, HINER M)

To revise and streamline the state's occupational regulations.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/15/2026 - Senate Government Oversight and Reform, (Fourth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ODOT SECURITY CAMERA REQUIREMENTS
(MCNALLY L, ABDULLAHI M)

To require ODOT to install and maintain security camera systems at rest stops.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/1/2025 - House Transportation, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Transportation

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

BWC BUDGET
(STEWART B)

To make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the Bureau's programs, and to make changes to the Workers' Compensation Law.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/27/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. immediately

COMMENTS

Category: Workers Comp

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

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

COMMENTS

Category: All issues

Staff assigned: Lora Miller/Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

REVISE NON-RECOURSE LITIGATION FUNDING AGREEMENT REGULATIONS
(CRAIG M, THOMAS J)

To revise and supplement state regulations concerning non-recourse litigation funding agreements.

  CURRENT STATUS

7/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 10/6/26

COMMENTS

Category: Civil Justice

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: GREEN

RIGHT TO REFUSE MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS
(GROSS J, LEAR B)

To prohibit discrimination against an individual for the refusal of certain medical interventions for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, and to name this act the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/5/2025 - BILL AMENDED, House Judiciary, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

PROHIBIT PUBLIC NUISANCE ACTIONS-PRODUCT LIABILITY
(MATHEWS A, CRAIG M)

To prohibit public nuisance actions concerning product liability.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - Senate Judiciary, (Sixth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Property Tax 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

MILLAGE FLOOR CALCULATION-FIXED SUM LEVIES
(THOMAS D)

To generally include fixed-sum levies in the calculation of a school district's millage floor and to authorize, with limitations, school district fixed-sum levies.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

COMMENTS

Category: 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: GREEN

TAX CREDIT-INDIVIDUAL HEALTH COVERAGE
(CRAIG M)

To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for small employers that cover their employees with an individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement and to prohibit certain acts or practices intended to steer an individual away from employer-provided insurance.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/21/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

ALLOW MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN SALES
(GROSS J, HUMPHREY L)

To authorize the sale of certain homemade foods under a microenterprise home kitchen operation registration.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/3/2026 - Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

LEVY TRANSFER FEE-MONEY TRANSMISSIONS
(KING A, MILLER K)

To levy a transfer fee on money transmissions, to authorize an income tax credit based on the amount of the transfer fees paid, and to name this act Ohio's Withholding Illegal Revenue Entering Drug Markets (WIRED) Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/8/2025 - House Financial Institutions, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGULATE EARNED WAGE ACCESS SERVICES
(WILLIAMS J, UPCHURCH T)

To regulate the provision of earned wage access services.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/5/2025 - BILL AMENDED, House Commerce and Labor, (Fourth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Financial Services

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ADDRESS HUNGER ON CAMPUSES
(BRENNAN S, HOOPS J)

To enact the Hunger-Free Campus Act to establish the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program and designation and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/30/2025 - House Workforce and Higher Education, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REVISE LIQUOR CONTROL, HEMP, MARIJUANA LAWS
(STEWART B)

To revise specified provisions of the liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws and to levy taxes on marijuana.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/7/2025 - House Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE CHIP-ENABLED EBT CARDS
(RADER T, DEETER K)

To require Ohio's SNAP program to begin using chip-enabled EBT cards, to name this act the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2026, and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

AUTHORIZE EMPLOYER-PROVIDED CHILD CARE TAX CREDITS
(WHITE A)

To authorize nonrefundable tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

SNAP REFUNDS AFTER THEFT, FRAUD
(RADER T, TIMS D)

To refund SNAP recipients who have been victims of electronic theft or fraud, to name this act the No Hungry Families Act, and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/2/2025 - House Agriculture, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

ESTABLISH SNAP SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT ALLOTMENTS
(TROY D, WILLIAMS J)

To establish a supplemental benefit allotment for certain recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/13/2025 - House Community Revitalization, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

PHARMACY ACCREDITATION, PBM REQUIREMENTS
(BARHORST T, FISCHER T)

To limit insurer accreditation requirements for pharmacies, to implement drug cost reporting requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, to prohibit certain conduct and contractual arrangements by insurers related to the provision of pharmacist services, and to name this act the Community Pharmacy Protection Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/11/2026 - House Insurance, (Sixth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REVISE ALCOHOL FRANCHISE LAW
(BARHORST T)

To revise the Alcohol Franchise Law.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/9/2025 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Alcohol  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

INHALABLE, INGESTIBLE HEMP REGULATIONS
(FISCHER T, MATHEWS T)

To regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of inhalable and ingestible hemp products.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/7/2025 - House Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

CREATE INCOME TAX EXEMPTION-TIPS
(LORENZ B)

To exempt tips from state, municipal, and school district income taxes.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING USED CATALYTIC CONVERTER SALES
(ROEMER B, PLUMMER P)

Regarding the sale of used catalytic converters.

  CURRENT STATUS

7/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 10/6/26

COMMENTS

Category: Merchant Security 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT DATA REPORTING
(MILLER K)

To require the Medicaid program and certain health insurers to report data about prior authorization requirements and to require an exemption to such requirements for certain providers.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/20/2025 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ALLOW DEALCOHOLIZED WINE DISCOUNTS
(COCKLEY C, SALVO J)

To allow retail liquor permit holders to offer a discount on dealcoholized wine under specified circumstances.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/7/2025 - House Community Revitalization, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Alcohol  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS
(WORKMAN H)

Regarding health insurance and Medicaid program prior authorization requirements.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Insurance 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

APP STORE AGE LIMITS
(MILLER M)

To require app stores to obtain consent from and disclose certain information to parents before permitting minors to download certain apps and to name this act the App Store Accountability Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/13/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Merchant Security  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

EMPLOYER TAX CREDIT-PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
(WILLIAMS J, MILLER M)

To create an income tax credit for employers that provide paid parental leave and to name this act the Paid Parental Leave Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/29/2025 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller 

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE E-VERIFY USE-CONSTRUCTION
(SWEARINGEN D, FISCHER T)

To enact the E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act requiring certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

REGARDING MEDICAL DEBT
(GRIM M, SCHMIDT J)

Regarding medical debt and to name this act the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/11/2026 - BILL AMENDED, House Health, (Sixth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Pharmacy   

Staff assigned: Lora Miller 

Status: YELLOW

REGULATE FOOD ADDITIVES, FLUORIDE, PFAS
(PIZZULLI J, ROBB BLASDEL M)

To prohibit the use of intentionally added PFAS in various products and to name this act the Protecting Utility and Resources for Enhanced Living, Improved Food, and Environment Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/19/2026 - House General Government, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller 

Status: YELLOW

MODIFY PROPERTY TAX ROLLBACKS
(STEPHENS J)

To modify the computation of the owner-occupancy property tax rollback and the applicability of the nonbusiness property tax rollback.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/25/2026 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

PROHIBIT CERTAIN ACTIONS-340B REIMBURSEMENTS
(JOHN M, HOLMES A)

To prohibit drug manufacturers from taking certain actions regarding reimbursements made to 340B covered entities.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/4/2025 - BILL AMENDED, House Insurance, (Fourth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

TIMELY PAY REQUIREMENT-PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION
(ROEMER B, SWEENEY B)

To require owners of private construction projects to timely pay contractors.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/17/2025 - REPORTED OUT, House Small Business, (Fourth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

LEGALIZE, REGULATE INTERNET GAMBLING
(STEWART B, JOHN M)

To legalize and regulate internet gambling in this state, to levy a tax on businesses that provide internet gambling, and to prohibit online sweepstakes games.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/3/2025 - House Finance, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Lottery & Gaming  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

APP STORE AGE VERIFICATION
(WORKMAN H, PLUMMER P)

To establish age verification requirements for software applications.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/13/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Merchant Security  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

UNEMPLOYMENT TAXABLE WAGE BASE INCREASE
(PETERSON B)

To increase the taxable wage base under the Unemployment Compensation Law and require a contributory employer's employees to pay a contribution when the employer has a negative account balance in the Unemployment Compensation Fund.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/18/2025 - House Public Insurance and Pensions, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Unemployment Comp 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS-RISK EVALUATION, MITIGATION STRATEGY
(MATHEWS A, CRAIG M)

To establish conditions on the prescribing of drugs subject to a federal risk evaluation and
mitigation strategy and to name this act the Patient Protection Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Health, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Pharmacy 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

LOCAL REIMBURSEMENT-COMMUNITY RECREATION SPACES
(BREWER D, ROBB BLASDEL M)

To establish a grant program to reimburse local government entities for the acquisition, development, and rehabilitation of community recreation spaces, to name this act the Fit, Safe, and Strong Communities Act, and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/11/2025 - Referred to Committee House Finance

INCREASED PENALTIES-CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ASSAULTS
(JOHNSON M, PLUMMER P)

To enact Andy's Law to increase the penalty for assaulting or causing the death of specified victims at state or local correctional institutions and to make changes to department of rehabilitation and correction policies and procedures.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - Senate Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ELECTRONIC INSTANT BINGO, RETAILER VLT CHANGES
(DOVILLA M, MANNING G)

To expand the locations and manner in which electronic instant bingo may be conducted, to authorize and establish regulations for retailer video lottery terminals, and to levy a tax on electronic instant bingo.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/17/2025 - House Finance, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Lottery & Gaming 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke  

Status: YELLOW

GRANT ELIGIBILITY-CALL CENTER RELOCATION
(MCNALLY L, KISHMAN M)

To enact the Consumer Protection Call Center Act regarding the eligibility of employers that relocate a call center to a foreign country to receive state grants, loans, and other benefits.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/30/2025 - House Technology and Innovation, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE EVICTION RECORD SEALING
(UPCHURCH T, BREWER D)

To require eviction records to be sealed after three years.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/15/2025 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary

COMMENTS

Category: 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke 

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG READERS
(SIGRIST M, ABRAMS C)

Regarding prescription drug readers for visually impaired patients.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/8/2026 - BILL AMENDED, House Insurance, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Pharmacy 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

REDUCTION-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TIMEFRAME
(TESKA M)

To reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/18/2026 - House Public Insurance and Pensions, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Unemployment Comp 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

INSURANCE PROHIBITION-COPAY REQUIREMENT
(SCHMIDT J)

To prohibit health plan issuers from requiring or inducing providers to collect copayments and other cost sharing amounts.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/21/2025 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Insurance 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

REGULATE SALE-RAW MILK
(DEETER K, DEAN L)

To regulate the sale of raw milk and to name this act the Farm-to-Consumer Access to Raw Milk Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/25/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Agriculture, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

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)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

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

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

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

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

BAN HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT REDUCTION-CERTAIN FACTORS
(HOOPS J)

To prohibit third-party payers from reducing reimbursement to health care providers based on certain factors.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/21/2025 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Pharmacy 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

PROHIBIT ROAD APPLICATION-OIL, GAS WELL BRINE
(RADER T, BRENNAN S)

To expressly prohibit the surface application of brine from oil and gas wells on roads.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/15/2025 - House Natural Resources, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Energy 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: RED

LAW CHANGES-NURSING CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS
(DEETER K, STEWART B)

To revise the law governing the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results and to declare an emergency.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

COMMENTS

Category: Criminal/Civil Justice 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: GREEN

INCREASE CIVIL ACTION DOLLAR CAPS
(STEWART B)

To increase the dollar caps on noneconomic damages and punitive or exemplary damages in civil actions and to provide a procedure for the Department of Taxation to make annual adjustments of those caps based on the consumer price index.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/5/2025 - House Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Civil Justice 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

AUTHORIZE ONLINE RAFFLES-CHARITABLE GAMING LAW
(CRAIG M, THOMAS D)

To authorize online raffles and make related changes to the Charitable Gaming Law and to declare an emergency.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/14/2026 - Senate Select Committee on Gaming, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Energy

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

CREATE FOOD DESERT GRANT PROGRAM
(UPCHURCH T, WILLIAMS J)

To create a food desert elimination grant program and to make an appropriation.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/18/2025 - House Community Revitalization, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

ACCEPT CASH PAYMENTS REQUIREMENT
(THOMAS D)

To require governmental entities and private sellers to accept cash as payment in certain circumstances.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/19/2026 - House General Government, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

LAW CHANGES-CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATIONS
(MILLER M, ROBB BLASDEL M)

To revise the law governing childhood immunizations and exemptions and to name this act the Parental Clarity on Health Options and Information on Conscientious Exemptions "C.H.O.I.C.E." Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/25/2026 - House Health, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING KRATOM PRODUCT SALES
(ODIOSO M, LORENZ B)

Regarding sales of kratom products.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/18/2026 - House Agriculture, (Third Hearing)

RETAIL THEFT PROHIBITION-ACTING IN CONCERT
(WILLIAMS J)

To enact the Retail Theft Prevention Act to prohibit groups acting in concert to commit retail theft.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/8/2026 - House Small Business, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Organized Retail Crime 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING OVERTIME, MINIMUM WAGE DISTINCTIONS
(MCNALLY L)

Regarding the distinction between employees and independent contractors under Ohio's overtime and minimum wage laws.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/4/2026 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: RED

AFTERMARKET VEHICLE PARTS DISCLOSURE, CHOICES
(JOHNSON M)

To require certain disclosures, allow consumer choice concerning the use of aftermarket motor vehicle parts, to require the offering of coverage for original equipment manufacturer parts, and to name this act the Auto Insurance Transparency Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

COMMENTS

Category: Automotive 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ESTABLISH DIGITAL KIOSK REGULATION
(KISHMAN M, MILLER M)

To establish regulations for digital asset kiosks and require they be registered as money transmitters.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/20/2026 - House Financial Institutions, (Third Hearing)

ALGORITHM PRICING REGULATION
(COCKLEY C, FISCHER T)

To regulate the use of pricing algorithms.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/11/2026 - House Technology and Innovation, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE CASH PAYMENTS BE ROUNDED TO NICKEL
(ROEMER B, HALL T)

To require that cash payments to the state and local governments be rounded to the nearest nickel.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

TAX EXEMPTION-VENDING MACHINES
(LEAR B, THOMAS D)

To exempt certain vending machine food purchases from sales and use tax.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - REPORTED OUT, House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)

TEMPORARY REDUCTION-FUEL TAX
(MATHEWS T)

To temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates and to declare an emergency.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/13/2026 - Referred to Committee House Finance

ESTABLISH FAMILY, MEDICAL LEAVE BENEFITS
(RUSSO A, BRENNAN S)

To establish family and medical leave insurance benefits.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/20/2026 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

REGARDING SAFETY REQUIREMENTS-STUFFED TOYS
(THOMAS D)

Regarding health and safety requirements for stuffed toys.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/8/2026 - House Small Business, (First Hearing)

SET PRESCRIPTION DRUG PAYMENT LIMITS
(HALL D)

To establish the Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Prescription Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council, to authorize the establishment of upper payment limits on certain prescription drug products, to repeal the law establishing the Prescription Drug Transparency and Affordability Advisory Council, and to name this act the Prescription Relief and Inflation Cost Elimination or P.R.I.C.E. Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/20/2026 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

MODIFY REFERENDA, INITIATIVE REQUIREMENTS
(MATHEWS T)

To modify local referenda and initiative signature requirements.

  CURRENT STATUS

8/6/2026 - Introduced

REVISE PHARMACIST NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY DISPENSING LAWS
(BIRD A, JOHN M)

To revise the law governing pharmacist dispensing of nicotine replacement therapy and to authorize pharmacists to dispense oral contraceptive therapy pursuant to protocols developed by the State Board of Pharmacy.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/8/2026 - Introduced

REGULATE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS
(NEWMAN J, WILLIS B)

To regulate the use of automated license plate recognition systems and mass surveillance technology and to name this act the Stop Flock Abuse Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/14/2026 - Introduced

REGULATE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS
(DEAN L)

To regulate the use of automated license plate recognition systems and mass surveillance technology and to name this act the Ohio Freedom from Mass Surveillance Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/14/2026 - Introduced

LIMIT USE-AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS
(CLICK G)

To limit the use of automated license plate recognition systems and mass surveillance technology for one year, to abolish the General Assembly limitations governing such systems and technology at that time, and to name this act the 1984 No More Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/14/2026 - Introduced

VARIOUS CHANGES-MOTOR FUEL TAXES
(WHITE A, THOMAS J)

To temporarily reduce certain motor fuel taxes, to levy a temporary retail tax on certain motor fuel, to require gas stations to provide itemized receipts to customers, to make appropriations to supplement the loss of motor fuel tax revenues and to make payments to gas stations, and to declare an emergency.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/30/2026 - House Finance, (First Hearing)

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

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation  

Staff assigned: Lora Miller  

Status: YELLOW

URGE EXPANDED DOMESTIC DRONE MANUFACTURING
(MATHEWS T)

To urge the State of Ohio to expand the manufacturing of domestic drones to ensure competitiveness and national security against the increased presence of Chinese-manufactured drones.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/8/2025 - House Public Safety, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Economic Development

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

URGE CONGRESS-FOOD SAFETY
(SANTUCCI N, GROSS J)

To urge Congress to investigate the U.S. food supply to safeguard the future of our country by ensuring that all dangerous toxins and chemicals are removed from our food.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/26/2025 - House Agriculture, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

LAW CHANGES-PUBLIC UTILITIES
(REINEKE W)

Regarding public utilities law, to make changes regarding utility tangible personal property taxation, and to repeal parts of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Energy

COMMENTS

Category: Energy

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

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

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: GREEN

PROHIBIT EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-UNION ACTIVITIES
(HUFFMAN S)

To prohibit a public employer from providing paid leave or compensation for a public employee to engage in certain union activities.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/19/2025 - Senate Government Oversight and Reform, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

INCORPORATE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE CHANGES
(BLESSING III L)

To expressly incorporate changes in the Internal Revenue Code since March 7, 2025, into Ohio law and to declare an emergency.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/5/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. immediately

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: GREEN

REVISE NON-RECOURSE LITIGATION FUNDING AGREEMENTS
(WILSON S, LANG G)

To revise and supplement state regulations concerning non-recourse litigation funding agreements.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/18/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Fifth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

PROHIBIT POST-EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
(BLESSING III L, DEMORA B)

To prohibit agreements that restrain engaging in a lawful profession or business after the conclusion of an employment relationship.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/5/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REVISE ALCOHOL FRANCHISE LAW
(BRENNER A)

To revise the Alcohol Franchise Law.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/3/2026 - BILL AMENDED, Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity, (Fifth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Alcohol

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE RETAILERS-CASH PAYMENT OPTION
(BLESSING III L, INGRAM C)

To require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay by cash in transactions of two hundred dollars or less.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/15/2025 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Consumer Protection

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

LABOR LAW NOTICES-POST ONLINE
(WILSON S, LANG G)

To allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/21/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 7/21/25

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

DETERMINE LIABILITY-INJURY FROM FOOD
(DEMORA B)

To provide for a reasonable expectation test in determining liability for injury caused by consumption of food containing a substance injurious to health and for the jury to make that
determination.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/12/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: RED

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

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
(SCHAFFER T)

To establish legislative oversight of executive action regarding voluntary federal unemployment compensation programs.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/11/2025 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING CIVIL ACTIONS-VANDALISM, RIOTS
(SCHAFFER T)

Regarding civil actions by persons who suffer injury or loss due to vandalism or riot activity.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/19/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Civil Justice

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

LAW CHANGES-MARIJUANA, LIQUOR, HEMP
(HUFFMAN S)

To revise specified provisions of the liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws, and to make an appropriation, and to amend section 4506.01 of the Revised Code effective December 31, 2026, to revise the law governing commercial driver's
licenses.

  CURRENT STATUS

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

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: GREEN

EXEMPT FIREARMS-SALES, USE TAX
(CUTRONA A, SCHAFFER T)

To exempt from the sales and use tax the sale of certain firearms and ammunition and to authorize refundable tax credits for small arms and ammunition manufacturing projects.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/11/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

MODIFY VARIOUS VEHICLE LAWS
(LANG G)

To modify the law governing ancillary product protection contracts, vehicle value protection agreements, and uninsured drivers.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/18/2025 - Referred to Committee House Insurance

COMMENTS

Category: Transportation

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ENACT OHIO FAIRNESS ACT
(ANTONIO N)

To enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/12/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Government Oversight and Reform

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ESTABLISH SYSTEM-REPORT WAGE DISCRIMINATION
(HICKS-HUDSON P, SMITH K)

To require the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to establish a system for individuals to anonymously report wage discrimination.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/26/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

ESTABLISH OHIO HEALTH CARE PLAN
(HICKS-HUDSON P, DEMORA B)

To establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/3/2026 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGULATE PRICING ALGORITHMS
(BLESSING III L, BLACKSHEAR W)

To regulate the use of pricing algorithms.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/4/2025 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

AUTHORIZE COUNTIES-IMPLEMENT FUEL QUALITY TESTING
(INGRAM C, BLACKSHEAR W)

To authorize a county to implement a motor fuel quality testing program.

  CURRENT STATUS

2/25/2025 - Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Transportation

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REGULATE HEMP, CANNABINOID PRODUCTS
(HUFFMAN S, WILKIN S)

To generally prohibit the sale of intoxicating hemp products, except for sales at licensed dispensaries; to regulate drinkable cannabinoid products, and to levy taxes on drinkable cannabinoid products and other intoxicating hemp products that may be
sold.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/7/2025 - Referred to Committee House General Government

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

OHIO PROPERTY PROTECTION ACT
(JOHNSON T)

To modify the law that prohibits certain governments, businesses, and individuals from acquiring certain real property and to name this act the Ohio Property Protection Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/27/2025 - BILL AMENDED, Senate General Government, (Fourth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

MAKE CHANGES-PUCO NOMINATING COUNCIL, PROCESS
(HICKS-HUDSON P, DEMORA B)

To make various changes to the Public Utilities Commission nominating council and nomination process.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/5/2025 - Senate Public Utilities, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Public Utilities

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING EV CHARGING STATIONS
(REINEKE W)

Regarding electric vehicle charging stations and to make corrections to provisions of Senate Bill 103 of the 136th General Assembly.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/24/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/23/26

COMMENTS

Category: Transportation

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REGULATE EARNED WAGE ACCESS SERVICES
(LANG G)

To regulate the provision of earned wage access services.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/30/2025 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (Fourth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Financial Services

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

EXEMPT LOGISTICS BUSINESSES-SALES, USE TAXES
(WILKIN S, LANG G)

To exempt from sales and use tax items purchased by a logistics business to transport manufactured products, general merchandise, and grocery products.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/18/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

TAX CREDIT-EMPLOYER GROUP HEALTH PLAN PREMIUMS
(KOEHLER K)

To authorize a refundable tax credit for a portion of employer group health plan premiums.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/18/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Taxation

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

PROHIBIT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND QUESTIONS-EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS
(CRAIG H, BLESSING III L)

To prohibit private employers from including on an employment application any question concerning the criminal background of the applicant.

  CURRENT STATUS

3/3/2026 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Workforce Development, (Fifth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: RED

RENAME DOD TO HOUSING, DEVELOPMENT
(REYNOLDS M, CRAIG H)

To rename the Department of Development to the Department of Housing and Development and to otherwise modify the law related to housing.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/13/2025 - Senate Housing, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

LAW CHANGES-WASTE MANAGEMENT
(REINEKE W)

To make changes to the laws governing the transfer and disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition debris and to provide for new procedures governing a county's withdrawal from a joint solid waste management district.

  CURRENT STATUS

7/1/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/30/25

COMMENTS

Category: Environmental 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: GREEN

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)

COMMENTS

Category: 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

REDUCE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS-WRITTEN, ORAL CONTRACT
(LANG G)

To reduce the statute of limitations for bringing an action upon a written or oral contract.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/27/2026 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary

COMMENTS

Category: Civil Justice

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, MEDICATION SWITCHING
(LISTON B, JOHNSON T)

Regarding prescription drugs and medication switching under health benefit plans.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 33-0

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE PERMISSION-ODJFS SNAP EXCLUSION
(SCHAFFER T, JOHNSON T)

To require the Director of Job and Family Services to seek permission to exclude certain items from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/28/2025 - Senate Health, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Food Safety 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REGARDING HEALTH INSURANCE RECOUPMENT
(BLESSING III L)

Regarding the timeframe for health insurer recoupment from health care providers.

  CURRENT STATUS

7/8/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 10/7/26

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

VARIOUS REGULATIONS-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
(BLESSING III L, JOHNSON T)

To require AI-generated products to have a watermark, to prohibit simulated child pornography, and to prohibit identity fraud using a replica of a person.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/2/2026 - House Technology and Innovation, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

PROHIBIT FEES-HEALTH INSURER, MEDICAID ELECTRONIC CLAIMS
(MANNING N)

To prohibit fees for electronic claims submission by health insurer and the Medicaid
program.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/2/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Medicaid

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

REQUIRE PARENTAL CONTROLS-APP STORES
(REYNOLDS M)

To require application stores to obtain consent from and disclose certain information to
parents before permitting minors to download certain applications and to name the act the App Store Accountability Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/14/2026 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (Third Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Merchant Security  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

AGE VERIFICATION-SOFTWARE APPS
(PATTON T)

To establish age verification requirements for software applications.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - REPORTED OUT, Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (Fifth Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Merchant Security  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

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

COMMENTS

Category: Health & Wellness

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

AUTHORIZE PHARMACISTS-TREAT CERTAIN RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
(ROMANCHUK M)

To authorize pharmacists to screen, test, and provide treatment for certain respiratory health conditions.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 31-2

COMMENTS

Category: Pharmacy 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

FINE EMPLOYER-LOST WORKERS' COMP APPEAL
(PATTON T)

To impose a fine against an employer who appeals specified awards of workers' compensation related to cancer incurred while performing official duties as a firefighter if the employer loses the appeal.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/2/2026 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (Second Hearing)

AUTHORIZE DISPENSING IVERMECTIN WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION
(LANG G, JOHNSON T)

To authorize the dispensing of ivermectin without a prescription.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/15/2026 - Senate Health, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Pharmacy 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

LICENSURE-DEBT SERVICES PROVIDERS
(LANG G)

To provide for the licensure of debt services providers.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/9/2026 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Financial Institutions 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke 

Status: YELLOW

INCREASE DAMAGES CAPS-CIVIL ACTIONS
(BLESSING III L)

To increase the dollar caps on noneconomic damages and punitive or exemplary damages in civil actions and to provide a procedure for the Department of Taxation to make annual adjustments of those caps based on the consumer price index.

  CURRENT STATUS

5/20/2026 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Civil Justice 

Staff assigned: Lora Miller

Status: YELLOW

DECLARE ENERGY SITING POLICY
(LANG G, ROMANCHUK M)

To declare the state's energy siting policy.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/10/2026 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 24-9

COMMENTS

Category: Energy  

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke 

Status: YELLOW

REVISE EDUCATION, WORKFORCE ROI INITIATIVE
(KOEHLER K)

Regarding the Education and Workforce Return on Investment Initiative, a middle school career
exploration course requirement, and student career and academic plans.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/8/2026 - House Education, (Second Hearing)

REQUIRE RAPE DRUG TESTING DEVICES-BARS, RESTAURANTS
(DEMORA B, BLESSING III L)

To require bars or restaurants to have date rape drug testing devices available for their customers' use.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/3/2026 - BILL AMENDED, Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity, (Second Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category: Alcohol 

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke 

Status: RED

ELIMINATE CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM-MEDICAID PROGRAM
(BLESSING III L, LISTON B)

To eliminate the care management system from the Medicaid program and to name this act the Medicaid Savings Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

4/14/2026 - Senate Medicaid, (First Hearing)

REGARDING MEDICAL DEBT
(PATTON T)

Regarding medical debt and to name this act the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/2/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

HEALTH, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS-STUFFED TOYS
(KOEHLER K)

Regarding health and safety requirements for stuffed toys.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/2/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate Health

REGULATE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS
(CUTRONA A)

To regulate the use of automated license plate recognition systems, mass surveillance technology, and captured surveillance data.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/30/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

VARIOUS CHANGES-MOTOR FUEL TAXES
(REYNOLDS M, TIMKEN J)

To temporarily reduce certain motor fuel taxes, to levy a temporary retail tax on certain motor fuel, to require gas stations to provide itemized receipts to customers, to make appropriations to supplement the loss of motor fuel tax revenues and to make payments to gas stations, and to declare an emergency.

  CURRENT STATUS

9/30/2026 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government

URGE CONGRESS, GOVERNOR-ELECTRIC GRID INVESTMENT
(JOHNSON T)

Urging Ohio electric utility stakeholders, the Governor, and the Congress of the United States to invest resources into the security, reliability, and resiliency of the state and national interconnected electric grids against natural and man-made threats.

  CURRENT STATUS

10/15/2025 - ADOPTED BY HOUSE; Vote 93-0

COMMENTS

Category: Energy

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

URGE CONGRESS-CHANGE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
(SCHAFFER T)

To urge Congress to make changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow a person under 16 years of age to be employed between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. during the school year.

  CURRENT STATUS

11/5/2025 - ADOPTED BY HOUSE; Vote 61-31

COMMENTS

Category: Labor Relations

Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke

Status: YELLOW

MODIFY PROCESS-INITIATIVE PROPOSED STATUTES
(BLESSING III L)

Proposing to amend Sections 1b and 1g of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to modify the process for statutes proposed by initiative petition.

  CURRENT STATUS

6/17/2025 - Senate General Government, (First Hearing)

COMMENTS

Category:

Staff assigned:

Status: YELLOW