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May 20, 2025 Legislative e-Update

By Craig Burford posted 05-20-2025 01:25 PM

  

The most recent OESCA Legislative e-Update is now available.

The May 20, 2025, Legislative e-Update is provided by OESCA to Ohio’s ESCs, their client school districts, and other key education stakeholders.  The e-Update provides information on the pending education bills of interest to Ohio’s public education community introduced during the 135th Ohio General Assembly. Bills are organized by last action date.  There are also links to the state bill page for users to download any bills, analyses, or fiscal notes.  The document ends with the targeted news stories of interest and the latest news from Capitol Square.

The downloadable versions are available at: https://www.oesca.org/viewdocument/legislative-e-update-for-may-20-20?CommunityKey=e25c3e7b-d192-458d-bbfc-018fe042b4c4&tab=librarydocuments

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Legislative Tracking Report: 136th General Assembly

HB294

REGARDING INTRADISTRICT OPEN ENROLLMENT (MATHEWS T, RITTER K) Regarding school district intradistrict open enrollment policies.

 

Current Status:   

5/20/2025 - Introduced

 

Recent Status:   

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-294

 

HB96

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:   

5/30/2025 - Senate Finance, (Eighth Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/29/2025 - Senate Finance, (Seventh Hearing)
5/28/2025 - Senate Finance, (Sixth Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-96

 

SB158

PROHIBIT CELL PHONES-PUBLIC SCHOOLS (TIMKEN J) To generally prohibit student cellular telephone use in public schools.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 30-2

 

Recent Status:   

5/14/2025 - Bills for Third Consideration
5/12/2025 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, Senate Education, (Fourth Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-158

 

HB41

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:   

5/14/2025 - Re-Referred to Committee

 

Recent Status:   

5/13/2025 - REPORTED OUT, House Children and Human Services, (Fourth Hearing)
4/29/2025 - House Children and Human Services, (Third Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-41

 

SB174

REGARDING PARENTING RESPONSIBILITIES-PARENTING PLANS (GAVARONE T, HICKS-HUDSON P) Regarding the allocation of parenting responsibilities in a parenting plan.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

4/30/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)
4/9/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-174

 

SB191

REGARDING CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS (HUFFMAN S) Regarding disadvantaged pupil impact aid for scholarship students attending chartered nonpublic schools and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

 

Recent Status:   

5/7/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-191

 

HB2

ESTABLISH CHILD CARE CRED PROGRAM (JOHNSON M) To establish the Child Care Cred Program and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - Re-Referred to Committee

 

Recent Status:   

5/13/2025 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, House Children and Human Services, (Fourth Hearing)
4/29/2025 - House Children and Human Services, (Third Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-2

 

HB269

REGARDING SUCCESS SEQUENCE, CHARACTER EDUCATION (RITTER K, NEWMAN J) Regarding success sequence and character education curriculum.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education

 

Recent Status:   

5/13/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-269

 

HB57

OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUGS, SCHOOL POLICIES (JARRELLS D, WILLIAMS J) Regarding school policies on the administration of overdose reversal drugs.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education

 

Recent Status:   

5/7/2025 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 96-0
5/7/2025 - Bills for Third Consideration

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-57

 

HB203

INCREASED PENALTIES-SCHOOL ZONES (HALL T, WILLIAMS J) To increase penalties for vehicular assault and vehicular homicide that occur in an active school zone, to require doubled fines for specified traffic violations in an active school zone, and to name this act Aspen Runnels' Law.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/7/2025 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing)
4/2/2025 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-203

 

HB193

REGARDING OHIO ABLE ACCOUNTS (BARHORST T, LORENZ B) Regarding Ohio ABLE accounts and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

5/14/2025 - House Public Insurance and Pensions, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Public Insurance and Pensions
3/24/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-193

 

HB225

EMPLOYMENT-PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (JARRELLS D, YOUNG T) To phase out the subminimum wage for individuals with physical or mental disabilities, to authorize a tax credit for purchases made from nonprofit corporations that hire such individuals, and to name this act the Ohio Employment First and Greater Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act.

 

Current Status:   

5/21/2025 - House Commerce and Labor, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/14/2025 - House Commerce and Labor, (Second Hearing)
5/7/2025 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-225

 

HB264

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:   

5/20/2025 - House General Government, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/14/2025 - Referred to Committee House General Government
5/13/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-264

 

HB125

SCHOOL ABSENCES-4-H, FFA (HALL T, CREECH R) Regarding excused absences from school to participate in 4-H and FFA programs.

 

Current Status:   

5/13/2025 - House Education, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/6/2025 - House Education, (Second Hearing)
3/11/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-125

 

HB187

REQUIRE SCHOOLS PROVIDE MOMENT OF SILENCE (CLICK G, SYNENBERG E) To require rather than permit school districts to provide a moment of silence each school day.

 

Current Status:   

5/13/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
3/19/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-187

 

HB127

WITHHOLDING SCHOOL DIRECTORIES-PUBLIC RECORDS (MATHEWS A, ODIOSO M) To permit schools to withhold directory information and to remove directory information from the public record definition.

 

Current Status:   

5/13/2025 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Education, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/6/2025 - House Education, (Second Hearing)
3/25/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-127

 

HB114

KINDERGARTEN ADMISSION AGE REQUIREMENTS (BIRD A, RITTER K) Regarding age requirements for kindergarten admission.

 

Current Status:   

5/13/2025 - REPORTED OUT, House Education, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/6/2025 - BILL AMENDED, House Education, (Second Hearing)
3/25/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-114

 

HB145

INCREASE MINIMUM SCHOOL HOURS (BIRD A) Regarding the minimum number of hours in a school year.

 

Current Status:   

5/20/2025 - House Education, (Fourth Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/13/2025 - House Education, (Third Hearing)
5/6/2025 - House Education, (Second Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-145

 

SB163

VARIOUS REGULATIONS-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (BLESSING III L, JOHNSON T) To require AI-generated products have a watermark, to prohibit simulated child pornography, and to prohibit identity fraud using a replica of a person.

 

Current Status:   

5/7/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

4/9/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)
4/2/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-163

 

HB3

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ACT (WILLIS B, THOMAS C) To address school bus safety, to designate this act as the School Bus Safety Act, and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

5/7/2025 - Re-Referred to Committee
4/30/2025 - Re-Referred to Committee

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-3

 

SB190

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

 

Recent Status:   

5/6/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-190

 

SB62

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY-PENALTIES, MONTH DESIGNATION (GAVARONE T) To authorize a civil penalty system related to drivers who illegally pass a school bus but cannot be identified, to designate the month of August as "School Bus Safety Awareness Month," and to designate this act as the School Bus Safety Act.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

3/5/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)
2/19/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-62

 

HB186

LIMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX INCREASES (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 and to require a corresponding adjustment in the school funding formula.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

4/9/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)
4/2/2025 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-186

 

HB154

SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVAL-CRA EXEMPTIONS (THOMAS D, GLASSBURN C) To require school district approval of residential community reinvestment area property tax exemptions.

 

Current Status:   

5/7/2025 - House Local Government, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

4/2/2025 - House Local Government, (First Hearing)
3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Local Government

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-154

 

SB35

SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING-ADULT GUARDIANSHIP (CIRINO J, REYNOLDS M) To establish supported decision making as a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for adults with developmental disabilities.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

3/5/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)
2/19/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-35

 

HB155

PROHIBIT DEI-PUBLIC SCHOOLS (LEAR B, WILLIAMS J) To prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.

 

Current Status:   

5/20/2025 - House Education, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

5/6/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)
3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-155

 

HB80

INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION BUDGET (STEWART B) To make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of Commission programs.

 

Current Status:   

5/6/2025 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

4/29/2025 - Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology, (First Hearing)
4/9/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-80

 

HB205

REGARDING STUDENT TEACHERS' FINANCIAL SUPPORT (BRENNAN S, JONES D) To enact the Future Educators Support Act regarding financial support for student teachers, teaching as an in-demand job, and school district staffing surveys.

 

Current Status:   

5/6/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

4/2/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
3/31/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-205

 

SB7

REGARDING INSTRUCTION-SUBSTANCE USE (JOHNSON T) Regarding instruction for public and chartered nonpublic school students in the harmful effects of substance use.

 

Current Status:   

4/30/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education

 

Recent Status:   

4/9/2025 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 33-0
4/9/2025 - Bills for Third Consideration

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-7

 

HB48

TAX CHANGES-529, ABLE CONTRIBUTIONS (MATHEWS A, SANTUCCI N) To modify the income tax deductions for contributions to 529 plans and ABLE accounts.

 

Current Status:   

4/30/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Fourth Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/26/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)
3/19/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-48

 

HB190

PUBLIC SCHOOLS-GENDER PRONOUN USE (NEWMAN J, WILLIAMS J) To enact the Given Name Act regarding the use of gender pronouns in public schools.

 

Current Status:   

4/29/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
3/24/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-190

 

HB7

PFCC ELIGIBILITY-FOSTER, KINSHIP CARE (WHITE A, RAY S) To make foster caregivers and kinship caregivers eligible for publicly funded child care.

 

Current Status:   

4/29/2025 - House Children and Human Services, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/11/2025 - House Children and Human Services, (Second Hearing)
2/4/2025 - House Children and Human Services, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-7

 

HB153

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS-PARTY DESIGNATION (LEAR B, HALL T) To require state and school district board members to be nominated by primary election and to appear on the ballot with a party designation.

 

Current Status:   

4/29/2025 - House General Government, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House General Government
3/6/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-153

 

HB26

REQUIRE STATE, LOCAL IMMIGRATION COOPERATION (WILLIAMS J, FISCHER T) To require state and local authorities to cooperate with the federal government in the enforcement of immigration laws, to prescribe funding reductions for noncompliance, to name this act the Protecting Ohio Communities Act, and to declare an emergency.

 

Current Status:   

4/29/2025 - House Public Safety, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

2/5/2025 - Referred to Committee House Public Safety
1/28/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-26

 

HB189

REGARDING SCHOOL BEHAVIORAL THREAT MANAGEMENT (HALL T, GHANBARI H) Regarding a statewide behavioral threat management operational process for public and chartered nonpublic schools.

 

Current Status:   

4/29/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
3/19/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-189

 

SB173

REGARDING SCHOOL DISTRICT TERRITORY ANNEXATIONS (SCHAFFER T, BRENNER A) Regarding school district territory annexations.

 

Current Status:   

4/9/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education

 

Recent Status:   

4/8/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-173

 

SB168

SCHOOL DISTRICT ACQUISITION-PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM FACILITIES (INGRAM C) Regarding school district acquisition of preschool classroom facilities.

 

Current Status:   

4/9/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

 

Recent Status:   

4/2/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-168

 

HB32

MONTH DESIGNATION-CELEBRATING DISABILITIES (JARRELLS D, COCKLEY C) To designate the month of July as Celebrating Disabilities Month.

 

Current Status:   

5/21/2025 - House Health, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

4/9/2025 - House Health, (Second Hearing)
4/2/2025 - House Health, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-32

 

HB28

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)

 

Recent Status:   

3/26/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Ways and Means
3/19/2025 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 62-30

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-28

 

HB191

SET MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY (MILLER J, GRIM M) To require that all school district and educational service center teachers be paid a salary of at least $50,000.

 

Current Status:   

4/8/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
3/24/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-191

 

SB34

ENACT HISTORICAL EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS ACT (JOHNSON T) To enact the Historical Educational Displays Act regarding the display of certain historical documents in public schools.

 

Current Status:   

4/8/2025 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Education, (Fifth Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

4/1/2025 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Education, (Fourth Hearing)
3/11/2025 - Senate Education, (Third Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-34

 

HB119

HIGH SCHOOL EXIT ORIENTATION CHANGES (WILLIAMS J, SANTUCCI N) To enact the Graduation Readiness and Development (GRAD) Act regarding exit orientation programs at public high schools and to designate September as "Workforce Development Month."

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

2/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
2/24/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-119

 

HB165

REGARDING IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING-EDUCATORS (MILLER J, BREWER D) Regarding implicit bias training for licensed educators and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
3/12/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-165

 

HB164

REINSTATE JOINT EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (ROBINSON P, MILLER J) To reinstate the Joint Education Oversight Committee and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education
3/12/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-164

 

HB79

INCREASED PENALTY-ASSAULTING SPORTS OFFICIALS (ROEMER B, MILLER J) To increase the penalties for assault if the victim is acting as a sports official or the assault is committed in retaliation for the victim's actions as a sports official.

 

Current Status:   

3/26/2025 - House Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/19/2025 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing)
3/5/2025 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-79

 

HB30

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)

 

Recent Status:   

2/5/2025 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means
2/3/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-30

 

SB113

PROHIBIT DEI-PUBLIC SCHOOLS (BRENNER A) To prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.

 

Current Status:   

3/25/2025 - Senate Education, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/4/2025 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)
2/26/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-113

 

SB19

REGARDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS-ACADEMIC INTERVENTION (BRENNER A) With regard to academic intervention services at public schools and the establishment of mathematics improvement and intervention plans.

 

Current Status:   

3/25/2025 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Education, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

2/11/2025 - Senate Education, (Second Hearing)
1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-19

 

SB144

REGARDING EDUCATOR LICENSE GRADE BANDS (INGRAM C) Regarding educator license grade bands.

 

Current Status:   

3/25/2025 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education
3/11/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-144

 

SB141

AUTHORIZE TAX LEVIES-PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS (HICKS-HUDSON P) To authorize counties and other political subdivisions to place on the ballot tax levies supporting pre-kindergarten programs and to establish conditions on a county's use of moneys derived from the levied tax.

 

Current Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Local Government

 

Recent Status:   

3/11/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-141

 

HB179

STATEWIDE SCREENING-PROPERTY TAX REDUCTIONS (STEPHENS J) To create a statewide screening system for certain property tax reductions and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means

 

Recent Status:   

3/17/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-179

 

HB172

REQUIRE PARENTAL CONSENT-MINORS' MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE (NEWMAN J) To prohibit the provision of mental health services to minors without parental consent.

 

Current Status:   

5/21/2025 - House Health, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Health
3/12/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-172

 

HB150

SCHOOL REPORTING-YOUTH LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS (MCNALLY L, WHITE E) To enact the Clock Out Kids Act to require school employees to report certain minor labor law violations, to increase penalties for certain minor labor law violations, and to create the Minor Labor Law Enforcement Fund; and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

3/19/2025 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

 

Recent Status:   

3/4/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-150

 

HB117

SCHOOL REQUIREMENT-PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (RICHARDSON T, BRENNAN S) To enact The Pledge of Allegiance Act to require the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.

 

Current Status:   

5/20/2025 - House Education, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

3/11/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing)
2/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Education

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-117

 

SB66

SCHOOL DISTRICTS-MILLAGE CALCULATION (O'BRIEN S, LANG G) To include emergency levies, substitute levies, all inside millage, and school district income taxes in the calculation of a school district's effective millage floor.

 

Current Status:   

3/4/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

2/25/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)
2/18/2025 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-66

 

SB107

REQUIRE PARTY DESIGNATION-SCHOOL BOARDS BALLOTS (BRENNER A) To require state and school district board members to appear on the ballot with a party designation.

 

Current Status:   

2/26/2025 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate General Government, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

2/19/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government
2/18/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-107

 

HB106

SCHOOL SAFETY-PANIC ALERTS, FIREARM DETECTION (KING A, MILLER M) To enact Alyssa's Law to establish a pilot grant program for public and chartered nonpublic schools to purchase panic alert systems or contract for artificial intelligence firearm detection software and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

2/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Finance
2/18/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-HB-106

 

SB68

ESTABLISH NONCHARTERED ED SAVINGS ACCT PROGRAM (ROMANCHUK M) To establish the Nonchartered Educational Savings Account Program and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

2/25/2025 - Senate Finance, (Second Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

2/18/2025 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing)
2/12/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-68

 

SB109

PROVIDE BREAKFAST, LUNCH-SCHOOL STUDENTS (BLESSING III L, SMITH K) To provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to public and chartered nonpublic school students, and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

2/19/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

 

Recent Status:   

2/18/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-109

 

SB32

ESTABLISH CHILD CARE CRED PROGRAM (REYNOLDS M, SCHAFFER T) To establish the Child Care Cred Program and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

2/18/2025 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance
1/22/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-32

 

SB44

ALLOW CONCURRENT SCHOLARSHIPS-EDCHOICE, SPECIAL NEEDS (O'BRIEN S) To permit students to concurrently receive an Educational Choice scholarship or Pilot Project scholarship and either an Autism or Jon Peterson Special Needs scholarship and to make an appropriation.

 

Current Status:   

2/18/2025 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

2/12/2025 - Re-Referred to Committee
1/29/2025 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-44

 

SB93

DECLARE INTENT-NEW SCHOOL FINANCING SYSTEM (BRENNER A) To declare the General Assembly's intent to establish a new school financing system that provides a statewide per-pupil funding payment to public and chartered nonpublic schools based on a single statewide property tax and increased state sales tax.

 

Current Status:   

2/12/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

 

Recent Status:   

2/10/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-93

 

SB49

ELIMINATE RIGHT OF REFUSAL-SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY (INGRAM C) To eliminate the right of first refusal for certain schools in the acquisition of school district real property.

 

Current Status:   

2/11/2025 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education
1/28/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-49

 

SB48

AUDITING CHARTERED NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS (INGRAM C) Regarding the auditing of chartered nonpublic schools.

 

Current Status:   

2/11/2025 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education
1/28/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-48

 

SB47

REQUIRE SCHOOL DISCLOSURE-FOR-PROFIT STATUS (INGRAM C) To require disclosure of the for-profit status of community school operators and post-secondary educational institutions on various promotional materials and contracts for employment.

 

Current Status:   

2/11/2025 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)

 

Recent Status:   

1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Education
1/28/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-47

 

SB13

ESTABLISH FOSTER TO COLLEGE PROGRAM (REYNOLDS M) To establish the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program, to require the Department of Education and Workforce to hire a full-time school foster care liaison, and to make an appropriation for the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program.

 

Current Status:   

1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

 

Recent Status:   

1/22/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-13

 

SB12

COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS-PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARITABLE FUNDS (WILSON S, CIRINO J) To permit community foundations to create component funds of any charitable funds received by public schools and to classify some funds held by a community foundation as institutional funds.

 

Current Status:   

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

 

Recent Status:   

1/29/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance
1/22/2025 - Introduced

 

State Bill Page:   

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA136-SB-12

Latest News from Capital Square

BALLOT ISSUES

Attorney General Dave Yost on Friday accepted the petition title and summary of a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio. The amendment, "Abolishment of Taxes on Real Property," would add a Section 14 to Article XII of the Ohio Constitution. "Having carefully examined this submission, I conclude that the title and summary are fair and truthful statements of the proposed constitutional amendment," Yost wrote in a response letter sent to the petitioners.

Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate the collection of property taxes in Ohio were cleared to begin collecting signatures Wednesday after the Ohio Ballot Board decided the issue is one amendment. Timberlake Mayor John Marra, representing the committee, told the board that the proposed amendment has one clear, unified objection - to eliminate the taxation of real property in Ohio. He said it is focused, concise and does not contain any unrelated provisions.

FY26-27 PROPOSED BUDGET

Periodic agreement on topics from career awareness and exploration funding to the Educational Savings Account (ESA) provision added to HB96 (Stewart) by the House to the cap on school districts' funding reserves punctuated the melange of opinions on Ohio's education needs among groups including the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Ohio Excels, Buckeye Institute and the Ohio Federation of Teachers during budget testimony before the Senate Education Committee on Monday. In addition, Michelle Francis of the Ohio Library Council (OLC) asked the Senate to restore Gov. DeWine's proposal to set the Public Library Fund (PLF) percentage at 1.75 percent of the General Revenue Fund (GRF), as opposed to the House provision turning PLF funding into a line item. Francis said the House proposal reduces state funding for Ohio's public libraries by more than $90 million over the biennium as compared to DeWine's proposal.

Following accelerating progress in plugging abandoned orphan wells throughout Ohio, a new fund created in HB96 (Stewart) could slow the state's efforts due to resulting administrative processing time under the proposed FY26-27 budget. HB96 creates the Oil and Gas Resolution and Remediation Fund (OGRRF) as a custodial fund to be used to fund the state's efforts to plug orphan wells. Appropriations to the fund would include the amount of money in the existing Oil and Gas Well Fund (Fund 5180) that is in excess of the total amount appropriated to that fund for that fiscal year. Fund 5180 contains oil and gas severance taxes collected by the state from persons or firms that extract certain natural resources within Ohio as well as certain fines, permitting and waste disposal fees. Under budget bill 134-HB110 (Oelslager), all money in Fund 5180 was temporarily required to be used for the state's orphan well plugging efforts and land restoration.

Provisions in the House-passed budget, HB96 (Stewart), would establish new workforce development efforts within the Ohio Department of Development (DOD) and Department of Higher Education (ODHE), as well as new funding for the Ohio Oil and Gas Career Jumpstart Program at three career centers. As part of the Individual Microcredential Assistance Program (IMAP) within DOD, the House budget would create an "Institutional Platinum Provider Program" (IPPP) for state institutions of higher education under which they could receive advance payment to train individuals earning microcredentials. It further raises the total advance payment or reimbursement amount an IPPP participant can receive from $500,000 to $1 million. There would also be a "Platinum Provider Program" for technical centers, state institutions of higher education, and private businesses or institutions participating in IMAP under which eligible participants could receive one or more advance payments to train individuals to earn a microcredential.

EDUCATION

The State Board of Education Monday reviewed the paths out-of-state applicants can take to obtain a teaching license in Ohio, heard a call to give more attention to the computer science teacher pipeline and discussed members' objections to budget language that would shrink the body and eliminate elected representation. Superintendent Paul Craft and Curtis Hewitt, associate director in the Office of Licensure and Educator Effectiveness, provided an overview of how the board handles licensure applications from out-of-state individuals. Craft said out-of-state applicants generally end up with one of three licenses: a two-year resident educator license; a five-year professional license; or the one-year out-of-state license.

Parma Education Association member Jeff Wensing was elected to a three-year term as Ohio Education Association (OEA) president recently at OEA's Representative Assembly. Sylvania Education Association member Dan Greenberg was elected to a three-year term as vice president. Both will take office on July 15, 2025.

As the Legislature continues work on FY26-27 budget bill HB96 (Stewart), the Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) is not only providing input on the upcoming budget but also continuing its work on initiatives in the current operating budget 135-HB33 (Edwards). Jeremy Varner, DEW deputy director of workforce readiness and career-technical education (CTE), told attendees at the department's bimonthly public meeting on Thursday that the $300 million included in HB33 is already showing results. Those funds were designated largely to establish or expand CTE programs throughout the state, and Varner said the state has seen an enrollment increase of 10 percent in CTE programs over the last four years.

ELECTIONS 2026

In a near unanimous vote taken behind closed doors, the Ohio Republican Party voted Friday to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy for governor and Jon Husted for U.S. Senate, making the move nearly a year ahead of the May 5, 2026 primary. Held in Columbus, the meeting of the party's State Central Committee went into executive session to discuss and vote whether to issue the endorsements. According to party rules, two-thirds of the committee must vote in favor of issuing an endorsement in order to endorse in a race that does not involve an incumbent.

Attorney General Dave Yost recently announced the publishing of his new book. He said that the book will "tell you who I am, and how I got that way ... and more than a little about how I think about freedom, accountability and government." Stand: An Ohio Life is "a memoir that comes directly and honestly from Yost's heart, a testament to his journey of growing faith and humanity that shapes enduring values, such as fighting the abuse of power, embracing the dignity and responsibility of the individual, and allowing free speech and the free exercise of religion," according to the book's description.

The following endorsements were made over the week:

The congressional campaign of Republican Kevin Coughlin announced the endorsements of Auditor of State Keith Faber, U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Novelty) and U.S. Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Amelia).

Former Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton's gubernatorial campaign announced Wednesday that Shelby Foster has been hired as campaign finance director. Foster most recently ran the campaign finance operation for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Susan Crawford, who won her campaign earlier this year. According to Acton's campaign, Foster's team raised $24 million, which set a new record for a judicial candidate in the United States.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY/STATEHOUSE

Rep. Rodney Creech (R-West Alexandria) lost all his committee assignments Tuesday, including as chair and member of the House Agriculture Committee. Creech was also removed as member of the House Commerce and Labor Committee, House Local Government Committee and House Public Safety Committee, according to the Tuesday House Journal. House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) declined to take questions on the matter during a press conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis regarding congressional term limits Tuesday. However, the Dayton Daily News reported Tuesday afternoon that Creech was the subject of an investigation about alleged sexual misconduct involving a minor that ended with no criminal changes but did mention concerns about his behavior.

Creech's removal set off a shuffling of other committee posts. Rep. Don Jones (R-Freeport) is now chair of the House Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel (R-Columbiana) moved up from vice chair to chair on the House Natural Resources Committee, which Jones had led. Rep. Tex Fischer (R-Youngstown) succeeds Robb Blasdel as natural resource vice chair. Fischer was appointed to replace Creech on the House Commerce and Labor Committee but removed from the House General Government Committee. Rep. Jeff LaRe (R-Canal Winchester) was appointed as member and vice chair of general government but removed from the House Financial Institutions Committee.

Huffman addressed the Creech saga Wednesday, saying he received the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) file and was briefed on it earlier this month, and earlier this week met with Creech to suggest he resign. He said he did not think Creech could effectively do his job with these allegations in the public sphere.

The Buckeye State should join the Sunshine State in calling for a convention of states to impose term limits on members of Congress, House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday. The current structure of Congress creates perverse incentives for U.S. representatives and U.S. senators, said DeSantis, who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before becoming governor.

Wednesday’s House session included passage of HB184 (Stewart-T. Mathews), which would bar name, image and likeness (NIL) deals from extending past a college athlete’s intercollegiate eligibility; SCR5 (Koehler), urging the federal government to support Ohio’s Medicaid work requirements waiver request; HB144 (Click-Lorenz), which would expand who is eligible for inclusion in the communication disability database maintained by the Ohio Department of Public Safety; and road naming bills HB56 (Ray) and HB228 (Williams-Rogers).

Wednesday’s Senate session included passage of SB158 (Timken), to generally prohibit student cell phone use during the school day; SB63 (Gavarone-DeMora), to bar ranked choice voting; road naming bill SB95 (Reynolds-Craig); and SR22 (Schaffer), urging federal action to reduce processing time for veterans’ disability benefit claims.

In other action, the House Children and Human Services Committee reported out HB2 (Johnson) to establish the child care cred program; and HB41 (A. White-Roemer) to establish the child care grant programs; House Education Committee reported out HB114 (Bird-Ritter) regarding kindergarten admission age requirements; and HB127 (A. Mathews-Odioso) regarding school directories; the House General Government Committee reported out SB21 (Brenner-Reineke) designating Rutherford B. Hayes Day; the House Government Oversight Committee reported out HB29 (Humphrey-John) dealing with feminine hygiene products in correctional facilities; and HCR6 (J. Miller-Holmes) encouraging America 250-Ohio efforts; the House Public Safety Committee reported out HB44 (J. Miller-K. Miller) dealing with law enforcement hiring; the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee reported out HB95 (A. White-Stewart) dealing with the Ohio Veterans Educational Council; and HB98 (Santucci-Williams) to establish the community connectors workforce program.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

The Ohio Developmental Disabilities (DD) Council recently released a new Notice of Funds Available for projects dedicated to improving access to services and supports for underserved families. The Outreach Committee of the council is seeking applications to address gaps in services for individuals with developmental disabilities and families from marginalized communities. Multiple awards -- in the range of $20,000 to $90,000 -- will be made available for this project.

HIGHER EDUCATION

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio recently sent a letter to the presidents of Ohio's public colleges and universities, encouraging them to avoid "unintentional complicity in President Trump's inhumane and unlawful immigration policies…We urge leadership at Ohio's public colleges and universities to protect the safety and legal rights of their international students from government overreach," ACLU of Ohio Legal Director Freda Levenson said. "We have seen the federal government manipulate universities into carrying out their unlawful immigration enforcement by suddenly and without notice terminating thousands of international students' statuses across the state. Ohio's educational institutions have no duty to act as an enforcer of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and doing so undermines the integrity of these institutions."

Miami University (MU) recently named Chris Makaroff, former dean of its College of Arts and Science (CAS), interim provost while the university undergoes a national search to permanently fill the role.

Makaroff replaces Elizabeth Mullenix, who announced earlier she would step down as provost and executive vice president to return to teaching in the College of Creative Arts, according to the university.

Makaroff has 35 years of experience holding roles as educator and administrator at MU. He joined the university in 1989 as an assistant professor before becoming dean of CAS in 2015. He served in the position until 2024.

Central State University (CSU) recently named Shuna McMichael as the new assistant vice president for sponsored programs administration effective the beginning of June, according to the university. As a certified research administrator, McMichael has held roles in interdisciplinary research environments throughout the Southern California region, with expertise in supporting research growth at predominantly undergraduate institutions. Her career has involved research leadership, operations, regulatory compliance and administrative oversight, and she has more than two decades of experience in establishing, leading and managing dynamic research enterprises, CSU said.

Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) recently announced a public-private partnership with GRP|WEGMAN, which the university says will provide "clean solar power to the university at the most competitive market price" and will deliver Ohio's largest onsite campus solar initiative, according to a statement released by the university. The project will make OWU a leader among Ohio's universities in carbon reduction, delivering over 82 percent reduction in carbon emissions associated with electrical power consumption on campus. The project is the "most ambitious carbon reduction and onsite solar energy project in Ohio higher education history," the university says.

Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) raised over $50 million in three months to fund its new fine arts infused John Milligan Library, according to a statement released by the university. OWU graduates and trustees John Milligan and Kathryn Bradford Milligan invested $20 million in the library project, making it the largest gift in OWU's history.

PENSIONS

The recently hired governance advisor to State Teacher Retirement System (STRS) trustees unveiled Thursday an initial list of about 20 areas flagged as problems in trustee and staff questionnaires. Meanwhile, trustees went in and out of closed-door executive session discussions related to personnel throughout the day.

PEOPLE

The public is invited to a bill signing ceremony for legislation that honors former Speaker Jo Ann Davidson. Gov. Mike DeWine is scheduled to sign SB14 (Reynolds) on Monday, May 19, at 1 p.m. in his ceremonial office at the Statehouse, according to the office of bill sponsor Sen. Michele Reynolds (R-Canal Winchester). The bill designates Sept. 28 as Jo Ann Davidson Day in Ohio, recognizing Davidson's "pioneering leadership and legacy.”

POLITICS

The Ohio Democratic Party is expected to meet next month to select a replacement for Liz Walters, who announced that she is resigning next month to take a job with a Washington, D.C.-based analytics firm. Sen. Bill DeMora (D-Columbus), a long-time party operative who has run campaigns and has served as executive director of the party, is among the candidates for the chair's position. Also announcing a bid is Tamie Wilson, who has unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) for several cycles. She said on X/Twitter that she believes it is time "for leadership that sees the full potential of our party, our state, and activates it." They join former Rep. Kathleen Clyde in making public their candidacies. Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chair David Brock is also reportedly seeking the role of state chair.

TAXATION

Abolishing the property tax is a "terrible idea," according to Greg Lawson of the conservative-leaning Buckeye Institute. The Ohio Ballot Board on Wednesday certified that proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate property taxes in Ohio as one amendment, allowing supporters to begin collecting signatures to place the measure on the ballot. "It is reflecting a real problem, and a real frustration that's out there. I do think it's a wakeup call, but I do think it's a bad idea," Lawson said during a Columbus Metropolitan Club (CMC) panel discussion on property taxes.

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