Bill InformationPROPERTY, INCOME TAX CHANGES
(MATHEWS A)To modify the law regarding property taxation and income tax rates.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Fifth Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Taxation
Status: GREEN
Staff assigned: Lora Miller
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT
(PAVLIGA G, MCNALLY L)To authorize a nonrefundable tax credit for
the construction or rehabilitation of certain
federally subsidized rental housing and to
authorize a uniform method for the tax valuation
of most such housing.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Economic and Workforce Development, (Fourth Hearing)
LEGISLATIVE INTENT-ECONOMIC BOYCOTTS
(YOUNG T, KING A)To declare the General Assembly's intention to enact legislation regarding financial institutions and other businesses that conduct economic boycotts or discriminate against certain companies or customers based on certain factors.
CURRENT STATUS2/16/2023 - Referred to Committee House Financial Institutions
COMMENTSCategory: Miscellaneous
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
REFORM OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
(JONES D, DOBOS D)To rename the Department of Education as the Department of Education and Workforce; to create the position of Director of Education and Workforce; and to reform the functions and responsibilities of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CURRENT STATUS3/21/2023 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (Fourth Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Education
Status: GREEN
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
REDEFINE HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE
(MILLER J, WEINSTEIN C)To redefine "hybrid motor vehicle" under the motor vehicle law for purposes of the additional registration fee applicable to those vehicles and to delay the effect of those changes until January 1, 2024.
CURRENT STATUS2/16/2023 - Referred to Committee House Homeland Security
COMMENTSCategory: Transportation
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
ETHICS, FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REFORM
(MERRIN D)To enact the Ethics and Financial Disclosure Reform Act to revise the law governing ethics and lobbying.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Government Oversight, (Second Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Miscellaneous
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Lora Miller
OHIO COMPUTER CRIMES ACT
(SWEARINGEN D)To enact the Ohio Computer Crimes Act.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Criminal Justice, (Fourth Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Merchant Security
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
(EDWARDS J)To make appropriations for programs related to transportation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of those programs.
CURRENT STATUS3/23/2023 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; Senate Insists on its Amendments and Requests a Committee of Conference.
COMMENTSCategory: Transportation
Status: GREEN
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
WORKERS' COMPENSATION BUDGET
(EDWARDS J)To amend Section 5 of S.B. 331 of the 133rd General Assembly to rename the Bureau of Workers' Compensation the Department of Workforce Insurance and Safety, to rename other entities who carry out workers' compensation functions in this state, to amend the version of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date, and to make appropriations for the Department for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the Department's programs.
CURRENT STATUS3/23/2023 - Re-Referred to Committee
COMMENTSCategory: Workers Comp
Status: GREEN
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION BUDGET
(EDWARDS J)To make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of Commission programs.
CURRENT STATUS3/23/2023 - Re-Referred to Committee
COMMENTSCategory: Workers Comp
Status: GREEN
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
FY24-25 OPERATING BUDGET
(EDWARDS J)To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
CURRENT STATUS3/30/2023 - House Finance, (Sixth Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Taxation
Status: GREEN
Staff assigned: Lora Miller & Alex Boehnke
MEDICAL IDENTIFYING DEVICES
(MIRANDA J)To revise the law governing medical identifying devices and to name this act Paige's Law.
CURRENT STATUS2/16/2023 - Referred to Committee House Health Provider Services
COMMENTSCategory: Health & Wellness
Status: RED
Staff assigned: Lora Miller
UTILITY BILLING TRANSPARENCY
(SKINDELL M)To enact "The Consumer Utility Billing Transparency Act" requiring the itemization of all riders, taxes, and other costs on certain utility bills.
CURRENT STATUS2/16/2023 - Referred to Committee House Public Utilities
COMMENTSCategory: Public Utilities
Status: RED
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
FORMULA RETAIL, FOOD SERVICES
(SKINDELL M)To regulate employment practices of formula retail and food services establishment employers and contractors and to require the purchaser of a formula retail or food services establishment to retain certain employees.
CURRENT STATUS2/16/2023 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor
COMMENTSCategory: Food Safety
Status: RED
Staff assigned: Lora Miller
LAKE ERIE NATURAL GAS
(SKINDELL M)To ban the taking or removal of oil or natural gas from and under the bed of Lake Erie.
CURRENT STATUS3/29/2023 - House Energy and Natural Resources, (First Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Environment & Energy
Status: RED
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
EMINENT DOMAIN LAW CHANGES
(KICK D, CREECH R)To modify the law regarding eminent domain.
CURRENT STATUS3/14/2023 - House Civil Justice, (Second Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Miscellaneous
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
TOBACCO PRODUCT BAD DEBTS
(HALL T, STOLTZFUS R)Regarding the deduction and recovery of bad debts for cigarette and tobacco and vapor products taxes.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Fourth Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Tobacco/Vapor
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
PENALTY REDUCTIONS DUE TO CHANGES IN LAW
(SEITZ B, WILLIAMS J)To provide that if a penalty for an offense has been imposed on an offender and if the penalty for that offense is subsequently reduced by a change to the Revised Code or Constitution, the penalty previously imposed on the offender may be reduced.
CURRENT STATUS2/28/2023 - Referred to Committee House Criminal Justice
COMMENTSCategory: Criminal/Civil Justice
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Lora Miller
COMMUNITY CONNECTORS WORKFORCE PROGRAM
(SANTUCCI N)To establish the Community Connectors Workforce Program and to make an appropriation.
CURRENT STATUS2/28/2023 - Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education
COMMENTSCategory: Labor Relations
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
AUTHORIZE PRESCRIBING OFF-LABEL DRUGS
(GROSS J, LOYCHIK M)To authorize the prescribing of off-label drugs and if prescribed, to require their dispensing and to name this act the Dave and Angie Patient and Health Provider Protection Act.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Health Provider Services, (First Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Health & Wellness
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Lora Miller
DATA STORAGE
(HALL T, WHITE A)To modify the law governing data storage and notifications issued by state agencies.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House State and Local Government, (Second Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Merchant Security
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
To establish requirements and prohibitions governing the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in Ohio.
CURRENT STATUS2/28/2023 - Referred to Committee House Aviation and Aerospace
COMMENTSCategory: Miscellaneous
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES
(SEITZ B, SWEENEY B)To permit electric distribution utilities to establish energy efficiency and demand reduction portfolios.
CURRENT STATUS2/28/2023 - Referred to Committee House Public Utilities
COMMENTSCategory: Public Utilities
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
PHARMACIST CARE
(LIPPS S)Regarding pharmacist care.
CURRENT STATUS2/28/2023 - Referred to Committee House Health Provider Services
COMMENTSCategory: Health & Wellness
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Lora Miller
LIQUOR CONTROL LAWS
(LARE J)To revise specified provisions of the liquor control laws.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Alcohol
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Alex Boehnke
PAY STUB PROTECTION ACT
(JARRELLS D, LIPPS S)To enact the Pay Stub Protection Act requiring employers to provide earnings and deductions statements to each of the employer's employees.
CURRENT STATUS3/22/2023 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
(YOUNG B, ROEMER B)Regarding the sale of used catalytic converters, and to make an appropriation.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Criminal Justice, (First Hearing)
EQUAL PAY ACT
(MIRANDA J, BRENT J)To address wage disparities in public and private employment and to name this act the Ohio Equal Pay Act.
CURRENT STATUS3/22/2023 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor
REMOTE WORKERS - MODIFIED MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX
(ROBB BLASDEL M, MATHEWS A)To allow businesses with remote workers to use a modified municipal income tax apportionment formula.
CURRENT STATUS3/21/2023 - Introduced
REQUIRE 60 PERCENT VOTE-CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
(STEWART B)Proposing to amend Sections 1b, 1e, and 1g of Article II and Sections 1 and 3 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to require a vote of at least 60% of the electors to approve any constitutional amendment and to modify the procedures for an initiative petition proposing a constitutional amendment.
CURRENT STATUS3/22/2023 - House Constitutional Resolutions, (First Hearing)
REFORM OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
(REINEKE W)To rename the Department of Education as the Department of Education and Workforce; to create the position of Director of Education and Workforce; and to reform the functions and responsibilities of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Economic and Workforce Development, (Second Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Education
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Alex Boehnke
HOMEMADE SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR
(HOAGLAND F)To allow a person to distill, serve, and ship homemade spirituous liquor without a liquor permit.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources, (First Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Alcohol
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Alex Boehnke
YOUTH WORKING HOURS
(SCHAFFER T)To allow a person under sixteen years of age to be employed after 7 p.m. during the school year.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Labor Relations
Status: YELLOW
Staff assigned: Alex Boehnke
MERCHANT TRANSACTIONS-CASH PAYMENTS
(BLESSING III L)To require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay by cash.
CURRENT STATUS2/22/2023 - Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity, (First Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Consumer Protection
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Lora Miller
TAX EXEMPTION-BABY PRODUCTS
(SCHAFFER T)To exempt certain baby products from sales and use tax.
CURRENT STATUS2/28/2023 - Senate Ways and Means, (Fourth Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Taxation
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Lora Miller
TAX REDUCTION-MOTOR FUEL
(HUFFMAN S)To reduce the tax rate on certain motor fuel.
CURRENT STATUS2/28/2023 - Senate Transportation, (First Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Transportation
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Alex Boehnke
DATA ANALYSIS TRANSPARENCY-ELECTIONS
(GAVARONE T)To enact the Data Analysis Transparency Archive (DATA) Act to establish the Office of Data Analytics and Archives in the Office of the Secretary of State and to modify requirements for the Statewide Voter Registration Database and other election records.
CURRENT STATUS3/14/2023 - Senate General Government, (Second Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Miscellaneous
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Alex Boehnke
DIGITAL FAIR REPAIR ACT
(BLESSING III L)To enact the Digital Fair Repair Act.
CURRENT STATUS3/28/2023 - Senate Financial Institutions and Technology, (Third Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Consumer Protection
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Lora Miller
ELECTRONIC TAX PAYMENTS, STATE TREASURER
(GAVARONE T)Regarding the Treasurer of State and the electronic payment of taxes.
CURRENT STATUS3/29/2023 - Senate Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)
COMMENTSCategory: Taxation
Status: YELLOW
Staff Assigned: Lora Miller
HIGHER EDUCATION OPERATIONS ENHANCEMENT
(CIRINO J)To enact the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
CURRENT STATUS3/29/2023 - Senate Workforce and Higher Education, (Second Hearing)
REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACY OPERATIONS
(REYNOLDS M)To authorize the operation of remote dispensing pharmacies.
CURRENT STATUS3/23/2023 - Introduced