On behalf of the Ohio Municipal League’s Board of trustees and staff, we would like to wish our members a safe and prosperous New Year! We would also like to thank those members of the Ohio General Assembly who may be leaving the legislature for their service to our state and their support for Ohio’s municipalities. And to those legislators who may be new to the Statehouse or returning to their legislative seats we say welcome back and we are looking forward to working with you in the 134th General Assembly on the issues important to Ohio’s cities and villages!
Below is a list of legislation passed and enacted in the 133rd General Assembly impacting Ohio’s municipalities.
Stay well and we will be back in 2021!
133rd General Assembly
Bills of Municipal Interest
HB7
STATEWIDE WATERSHED PLANNING (GHANBARI H, PATTERSON J) To create the Statewide Watershed Planning and Management Program under the administration of the Director of Agriculture, to make changes to the law governing regional water and sewer districts, and to modify the CAUV eligibility requirements for land used to produce biofuels.
Current Status:
12/17/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 86-3
ORC Sections:
126.601, 126.61, 126.62, 126.63, 126.64, 126.65, 126.66, 126.67, 131.44
HB46
STATE GOVT EXPENDITURE DATABASE (GREENSPAN D) To require the Treasurer of State to establish the Ohio State Government Expenditure Database.
Current Status:
12/17/2020 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 32-0
ORC Sections:
113.60, 113.61, 113.62, 113.63, 113.64, 113.65, 113.66, 113.67, 113.68, 113.69
HB62
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To increase the rate of and modify the distribution of
revenue from motor fuel excise taxes, to make appropriations for programs
related to transportation and public safety for the biennium beginning July 1,
2019, and ending June 30, 2021, and to provide authorization and conditions for
the operation of those programs.
Current Status:
4/3/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Various effective dates; taxes eff. 7/1/19
ORC Sections:
107.03, 119.14, 122.14, 1349.61, 164.08, 1901.18, 1901.20, 1907.02, 1907.031, 3.112, 306.051, 306.353, 306.70, 307.86, 3327.07, 340.021, 4111.03, 4111.14, 4121.01, 4123.01, 4141.01, 4301.62, 4501.01, 4501.031, 4501.042, 4501.043, 4503.038, 4503.10, 4503.103, 4503.19, 4503.193, 4503.21, 4503.23, 4503.41, 4504.10, 4504.173, 4504.181, 4504.201, 4505.101, 4506.09, 4506.11, 4506.17, 4507.01, 4507.13, 4507.18, 4507.23, 4507.50, 4507.52, 4509.101, 4510.04, 4511.0910, 4511.0915, 4511.092, 4511.093, 4511.096, 4511.097, 4511.098, 4511.099, 4511.21, 4511.521, 4511.54, 4511.76, 4513.263, 4513.34, 4513.60, 4513.601, 4513.61, 4513.62, 4513.63, 4513.64, 4513.65, 4513.66, 4513.69, 4549.10, 4582.12, 4582.31, 505.267, 505.71, 5501.09, 5501.21, 5501.41, 5517.07, 5577.044, 5577.15, 5735.01, 5735.011, 5735.05, 5735.051, 5735.053, 5735.142, 5735.27, 5735.50, 5739.02, 5739.023, 5741.022, 5747.502, 5747.51, 5747.53, 5747.71, 9.54, 9.57
HB79
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for the biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of Commission programs.
Current Status:
6/27/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 6/27/19
HB80
BWC BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the bureau's programs.
Current Status:
7/22/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Eff. 7/22/19. Certain provisions effective 10/21/19
ORC Sections:
4123.038, 4131.03
HB160
REVISE LIQUOR CONTROL LAWS (INGRAM C) To revise certain provisions of the liquor control laws and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
10/13/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 10/13/20
ORC Sections:
4303.051
HB166
OPERATING BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
Current Status:
7/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Operating appropriations and tax levy generally effective 7/18/19. Some provisions subject to special effective dates.
ORC Sections:
102.02, 102.021, 103.41, 103.416, 103.44, 103.45, 103.46, 103.47, 103.48, 103.49, 103.50, 107.036, 109.572, 111.09, 111.15, 111.28, 113.55, 113.56, 113.60, 113.61, 113.62, 115.56, 117.11, 117.115, 117.13, 117.131, 117.14, 117.46, 120.04, 120.041, 120.06, 120.08, 120.18, 120.28, 120.33, 120.34, 120.35, 120.52, 120.521, 120.53, 121.083, 121.22, 121.37, 121.374, 121.93, 121.95, 122.075, 122.121, 122.171, 122.175, 122.178, 122.179, 122.26, 122.84, 122.85, 122.86, 123.21, 124.82, 124.824, 125.01, 125.14, 125.18, 125.25, 125.66, 125.661, 126.48, 126.60, 128.021, 131.02, 131.35, 131.44, 131.511, 141.04, 141.16, 147.591, 148.01, 148.04, 148.041, 148.042, 149.11, 149.43, 1501.20, 1505.09, 1505.12, 1505.13, 1509.31, 1509.36, 1509.50, 153.02, 1533.10, 1533.11, 1533.111, 1533.112, 1533.32, 1533.321, 1561.011, 1561.24, 165.01, 165.03, 166.01, 166.30, 169.06, 1711.52, 1711.53, 1711.532, 1724.05, 1726.11, 173.04, 173.27, 173.38, 173.391, 1739.05, 174.02, 174.09, 1751.77, 1751.92, 177.02, 183.18, 183.33, 1901.123, 1901.26, 1907.143, 1907.24, 191.01, 191.02, 191.04, 191.06, 191.08, 191.09, 191.10, 195.01, 195.02, 2151.23, 2151.233, 2151.234, 2151.235, 2151.236, 2151.3516, 2151.353, 2151.3532, 2151.421, 2151.424, 2151.45, 2151.451, 2151.452, 2151.453, 2151.454, 2151.455, 2151.86, 2151.861, 2151.87, 2151.90, 2151.901, 2151.9010, 2151.9011, 2151.902, 2151.903, 2151.904, 2151.906, 2151.907, 2151.908, 2151.909, 2301.32, 2303.201, 2305.011, 2305.231, 2305.41, 2317.54, 2923.12, 2923.20, 2927.02, 2927.022, 2927.024, 2929.13, 2929.15, 2929.34, 2941.51, 2950.08, 307.622, 307.6910, 3105.011, 3107.035, 3107.14, 3109.061, 311.42, 3119.023, 3119.05, 3119.23, 3119.27, 3119.29, 3119.30, 3119.302, 3119.31, 3119.32, 3125.25, 317.32, 317.321, 319.63, 321.24, 323.131, 323.151, 3301.07, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.52, 3301.53, 3301.68, 3302.01, 3302.03, 3302.042, 3302.061, 3302.18, 3310.02, 3310.03, 3310.032, 3310.035, 3310.08, 3310.16, 3311.78, 3311.79, 3312.01, 3313.411, 3313.5315, 3313.5316, 3313.6024, 3313.608, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.6110, 3313.6114, 3313.612, 3313.617, 3313.618, 3313.671, 3313.813, 3313.818, 3313.843, 3313.978, 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 3314.0211, 3314.03, 3314.06, 3314.08, 3314.088, 3314.18, 3314.21, 3314.231, 3314.35, 3314.351, 3314.353, 3317.016, 3317.02, 3317.0219, 3317.022, 3317.023, 3317.028, 3317.03, 3317.06, 3317.13, 3317.141, 3317.16, 3317.163, 3317.25, 3317.26, 3317.28, 3317.40, 3318.05, 3318.051, 3318.06, 3318.061, 3318.062, 3318.063, 3318.36, 3318.361, 3319.074, 3319.26, 3319.271, 3319.272, 3319.283, 3321.191, 3326.031, 3326.11, 3326.13, 3326.31, 3326.32, 3326.33, 3326.34, 3326.36, 3326.37, 3326.41, 3326.42, 3327.015, 3327.10, 3328.24, 3333.052, 3333.167, 3333.26, 3333.59, 3333.61, 3333.62, 3333.63, 3333.66, 3345.48, 3345.55, 3345.57, 3353.07, 3358.02, 3358.06, 3358.11, 339.10, 341.34, 349.01, 349.03, 349.07, 3501.01, 3501.05, 3501.12, 3501.22, 3505.21, 3505.331, 351.021, 3513.01, 3513.12, 3517.01, 3517.10, 3517.1012, 3517.102, 3517.11, 3517.13, 3517.153, 3517.16, 3517.17, 3517.18, 3517.23, 3517.99, 3517.992, 3701.044, 3701.049, 3701.139, 3701.144, 3701.24, 3701.25, 3701.26, 3701.262, 3701.264, 3701.27, 3701.351, 3701.36, 3701.501, 3701.571, 3701.601, 3701.611, 3701.612, 3701.68, 3701.99, 3702.12, 3702.13, 3702.30, 3702.967, 3704.01, 3704.111, 3704.14, 3705.07, 3705.09, 3705.10, 3706.25, 3706.27, 3706.29, 3706.30, 3707.70, 3707.71, 3707.72, 3707.73, 3707.74, 3707.75, 3707.76, 3707.77, 3710.01, 3710.04, 3710.05, 3710.051, 3710.06, 3710.07, 3710.08, 3710.12, 3711.02, 3715.021, 3715.08, 3717.22, 3719.064, 3721.026, 3721.13, 3721.41, 3721.42, 3727.46, 3727.461, 3734.57, 3734.901, 3735.661, 3738.01, 3738.02, 3738.03, 3738.04, 3738.05, 3738.06, 3738.07, 3738.08, 3738.09, 3742.03, 3742.04, 3742.18, 3742.32, 3742.40, 3742.50, 3743.75, 3745.11, 3747.462, 3769.07, 3772.19, 3781.06, 3781.061, 3781.10, 3781.1010, 3781.40, 3798.01, 3798.06, 3798.07, 3798.08, 3798.10, 3798.14, 3798.15, 3798.16, 3901.381, 3901.3814, 3901.89, 3901.95, 3902.30, 3902.50, 3902.51, 3902.52, 3902.53, 3902.54, 3902.60, 3904.13, 3923.87, 3953.231, 3959.12, 3959.20, 4109.05, 4109.22, 4109.99, 4111.03, 4141.01, 4141.30, 4141.35, 4141.50, 4301.43, 4303.181, 4313.02, 4501.10, 4501.16, 4501.24, 4503.515, 4505.11, 4506.03, 4509.70, 4516.01, 4516.02, 4516.03, 4516.04, 4516.05, 4516.06, 4516.07, 4516.08, 4516.09, 4516.10, 4516.11, 4516.12, 4516.13, 4549.65, 4701.16, 4705.10, 4713.14, 4713.16, 4713.17, 4713.42, 4715.22, 4715.52, 4717.03, 4717.05, 4717.07, 4717.41, 4723.06, 4723.08, 4723.28, 4723.44, 4723.94, 4729.48, 4729.514, 4729.571, 4729.65, 4729.80, 4729.801, 4729.86, 4730.02, 4730.10, 4730.12, 4730.121, 4730.14, 4730.19, 4730.25, 4730.28, 4730.43, 4730.49, 4731.04, 4731.05, 4731.07, 4731.14, 4731.15, 4731.153, 4731.155, 4731.17, 4731.171, 4731.19, 4731.222, 4731.228, 4731.229, 4731.281, 4731.282, 4731.291, 4731.2910, 4731.292, 4731.293, 4731.294, 4731.296, 4731.299, 4731.56, 4731.57, 4731.572, 4731.573, 4734.281, 4734.285, 4734.49, 4735.023, 4735.052, 4735.06, 4735.09, 4735.12, 4735.13, 4735.143, 4735.15, 4735.18, 4735.182, 4735.27, 4735.28, 4737.045, 4743.04, 4743.041, 4745.04, 4757.10, 4757.13, 4757.18, 4757.22, 4757.23, 4757.25, 4757.32, 4759.02, 4759.05, 4759.06, 4759.062, 4759.063, 4759.064, 4759.10, 4760.02, 4760.03, 4760.031, 4760.032, 4760.04, 4760.041, 4760.05, 4760.06, 4760.061, 4760.13, 4760.131, 4760.132, 4760.14, 4760.15, 4760.16, 4760.18, 4761.03, 4761.05, 4761.052, 4761.06, 4761.061, 4762.02, 4762.03, 4762.031, 4762.04, 4762.041, 4762.05, 4762.06, 4762.061, 4762.08, 4762.09, 4762.10, 4762.13, 4762.131, 4762.132, 4762.14, 4762.15, 4762.16, 4762.18, 4762.22, 4763.16, 4766.17, 4768.09, 4773.01, 4773.02, 4773.061, 4773.07, 4773.08, 4774.02, 4774.03, 4774.031, 4774.04, 4774.041, 4774.05, 4774.06, 4774.061, 4774.09, 4774.11, 4774.13, 4774.131, 4774.132, 4774.14, 4774.15, 4774.16, 4774.18, 4776.01, 4778.03, 4778.05, 4778.051, 4778.06, 4778.07, 4778.071, 4778.08, 4778.081, 4779.02, 4779.08, 4779.40, 4928.143, 4929.18, 4937.01, 4937.05, 503.56, 503.58, 505.37, 505.371, 5101.061, 5101.141, 5101.1411, 5101.1412, 5101.1414, 5101.1415, 5101.56, 5101.83, 5101.85, 5101.851, 5101.852, 5101.853, 5101.854, 5101.855, 5101.856, 5103.02, 5103.0310, 5103.0328, 5103.037, 5103.13, 5103.181, 5103.30, 5104.01, 5104.013, 5104.015, 5104.016, 5104.02, 5104.021, 5104.03, 5104.035, 5104.036, 5104.04, 5104.042, 5104.09, 5104.12, 5104.20, 5104.21, 5104.211, 5104.22, 5104.29, 5104.30, 5104.31, 5104.32, 5104.34, 5104.37, 5104.38, 5104.41, 5104.99, 5119.185, 5119.19, 5119.39, 5119.44, 5120.10, 5120.112, 5120.135, 5122.43, 5123.01, 5123.023, 5123.0414, 5123.0419, 5123.042, 5123.0424, 5123.0425, 5123.044, 5123.046, 5123.081, 5123.092, 5123.1612, 5123.166, 5123.691, 5124.15, 5124.24, 5124.26, 5126.01, 5126.042, 5126.046, 5126.047, 5126.05, 5126.053, 5126.054, 5126.055, 5126.056, 5126.131, 5126.15, 513.172, 5139.87, 5145.162, 5149.38, 5162.01, 5162.12, 5162.364, 5162.52, 5162.58, 5162.60, 5162.62, 5162.64, 5162.72, 5162.80, 5164.01, 5164.342, 5164.36, 5164.37, 5164.38, 5164.7510, 5164.77, 5164.91, 5165.15, 5165.152, 5165.21, 5165.25, 5165.26, 5165.361, 5166.01, 5166.04, 5166.09, 5166.22, 5167.01, 5167.03, 5167.04, 5167.05, 5167.051, 5167.10, 5167.101, 5167.102, 5167.103, 5167.104, 5167.11, 5167.12, 5167.121, 5167.122, 5167.123, 5167.124, 5167.13, 5167.14, 5167.15, 5167.17, 5167.171, 5167.172, 5167.173, 5167.18, 5167.20, 5167.201, 5167.22, 5167.25, 5167.26, 5167.41, 5168.03, 5168.05, 5168.06, 5168.07, 5168.08, 5168.60, 5168.61, 5168.62, 5168.63, 5168.64, 5168.75, 5501.20, 5501.91, 5502.011, 5502.63, 5513.06, 5525.03, 5534.152, 5537.07, 5537.13, 5537.17, 5703.05, 5703.21, 5703.263, 5705.21, 5705.222, 5705.322, 5709.084, 5709.17, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.51, 5709.73, 5709.78, 5713.08, 5715.27, 5726.98, 5727.75, 5733.98, 5739.01, 5739.011, 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.023, 5739.026, 5739.03, 5739.05, 5739.09, 5739.101, 5741.01, 5741.04, 5741.05, 5741.07, 5741.071, 5741.11, 5741.13, 5741.17, 5743.01, 5743.025, 5743.14, 5743.20, 5743.41, 5743.44, 5743.51, 5743.52, 5743.53, 5743.54, 5743.55, 5743.59, 5743.60, 5743.61, 5743.62, 5743.63, 5743.64, 5743.66, 5745.05, 5747.01, 5747.02, 5747.022, 5747.025, 5747.03, 5747.031, 5747.04, 5747.05, 5747.054, 5747.055, 5747.06, 5747.08, 5747.081, 5747.10, 5747.11, 5747.26, 5747.29, 5747.50, 5747.65, 5747.98, 5748.01, 5751.01, 5751.02, 5751.98, 5902.09, 5903.04, 5910.01, 5910.02, 5910.031, 5910.032, 5910.04, 5910.05, 5910.06, 5910.07, 5910.08, 5919.34, 5922.01, 5922.02, 5922.03, 5922.04, 5922.05, 5922.06, 5922.07, 5922.08, 5923.01, 5923.02, 5923.03, 5923.12, 5923.37, 5924.01, 6111.03, 6119.06, 6119.09, 6119.091, 701.10, 715.014, 715.015, 715.82, 718.01, 718.131, 718.80, 718.81, 718.83, 718.84, 718.841, 718.85, 718.90, 718.93, 753.21, 755.16, 9.242, 9.54, 901.172, 905.31, 929.04, 939.02, 939.04, 940.01, 940.02, 940.06, 940.36, 940.37, 956.01, 956.031, 956.051, 956.20, 991.02
HB168
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (HAMBLEY S) To establish an affirmative defense to a release or threatened release of hazardous substances from a facility for certain bona fide prospective purchasers.
Current Status:
6/16/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/15/20
ORC Sections:
3746.02, 3746.122
HB197
OMNIBUS MEASURES ON CORONAVIRUS (POWELL J, MERRIN D) To continue essential operations of state government and maintain the continuity of the state tax code in response to the declared pandemic and global health emergency related to COVID-19, to make appropriations, and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
3/27/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Emergency: effective 3/27/20
ORC Sections:
122.075, 125.831, 131.45, 133.01, 133.06, 133.07, 133.18, 135.142, 1545.041, 1545.21, 1711.15, 1711.16, 305.31, 306.322, 307.671, 307.672, 307.674, 307.678, 307.695, 319.301, 321.03, 321.20, 323.154, 323.155, 3316.03, 3316.06, 3317.01, 351.01, 351.03, 351.141, 4301.20, 4582.024, 4582.26, 4582.56, 5701.08, 5701.11, 5701.12, 5703.04, 5703.211, 5703.54, 5703.94, 5703.95, 5705.03, 5705.13, 5705.19, 5705.195, 5705.211, 5705.213, 5705.252, 5705.29, 5705.315, 5705.34, 5705.35, 5705.36, 5705.49, 5709.201, 5709.43, 5709.48, 5709.53, 5709.61, 5709.80, 5709.85, 5709.93, 5713.03, 5713.30, 5713.351, 5715.13, 5715.36, 5721.06, 5721.191, 5721.39, 5725.98, 5726.50, 5726.98, 5727.02, 5727.11, 5727.23, 5727.32, 5727.33, 5727.80, 5727.83, 5727.84, 5727.87, 5729.98, 5733.042, 5733.05, 5733.052, 5733.055, 5733.40, 5733.46, 5733.98, 5735.026, 5735.06, 5739.01, 5739.011, 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.028, 5739.03, 5739.034, 5739.08, 5739.09, 5739.091, 5739.092, 5739.105, 5739.21, 5740.02, 5743.05, 5743.08, 5743.33, 5743.65, 5745.14, 5747.01, 5747.011, 5747.012, 5747.013, 5747.02, 5747.058, 5747.061, 5747.07, 5747.082, 5747.11, 5747.231, 5747.41, 5747.51, 5747.52, 5747.55, 5747.75, 5747.98, 5748.08, 5748.09, 5751.01, 5751.08, 5751.09, 5751.23, 5751.40, 5751.41, 5751.42, 5751.50, 5751.51, 5751.98, 5753.11, 718.01, 718.021, 901.13, 929.01
HB242
BAN PLASTIC BAG FEES (LANG G, JONES D) To specify the authority to use an auxiliary container, to temporarily prohibit the imposition of a tax or fee on those containers, and to apply existing anti-littering law to those containers.
Current Status:
10/13/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days
ORC Sections:
301.30, 3736.01, 3736.021, 3767.32, 504.04, 715.013
HB264
WATER DEVELOPMENT-LOAN REFINANCING (WILKIN S, O'BRIEN M) To allow the Ohio Water Development Authority to provide for the refinancing of loans for certain public water and waste water infrastructure projects, to waive certain deadlines for qualifying renewable resources that applied for renewable energy credits before March 1, 2020, and to provide for payment of Ohio Air Quality Development Authority administrative costs under the law governing nuclear resource and renewable energy credits.
Current Status:
12/22/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; Vote 31-0, Emergency Clause 31-0
ORC Sections:
6121.03, 6121.04
HB295
ELECTRIC SCOOTERS (HOOPS J) To establish requirements governing low-speed micromobility devices and to make other changes to the law related to special modes of transportation.
Current Status:
12/22/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 78-4
ORC Sections:
4501.01, 4509.01, 4511.01, 4511.514, 4511.68
HB308
PTSD COVERAGE - FIRST RESPONDERS (PATTON T) To establish a fund to provide compensation and benefits to first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder and to study the financial and administrative requirements for that fund.
Current Status:
12/22/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 83-3
ORC Sections:
145.364, 3309.402, 4123.01, 4123.026, 4123.46, 4123.87, 5505.182, 742.391
HB312
INTRASTATE EQUITY CROWDFUNDING (POWELL J) To permit intrastate equity crowdfunding under certain circumstances and to make an appropriation.
Current Status:
12/17/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 87-2
ORC Sections:
145.114, 1707.01, 1707.03, 1707.04, 1707.042, 1707.05, 1707.051, 1707.052, 1707.053, 1707.054, 1707.055, 1707.056, 1707.057, 1707.058, 1707.10, 1707.13, 1707.161, 1707.17, 1707.19, 1707.20, 1707.21, 1707.23, 1707.24, 1707.25, 1707.26, 1707.261, 1707.27, 1707.28, 1707.29, 1707.30, 1707.31, 1707.32, 1707.34, 1707.35, 1707.38, 1707.39, 1707.391, 1707.40, 1707.431, 1707.44, 1707.50, 1707.99, 1724.02, 3307.152, 3309.157, 4582.06, 4582.31, 5505.068, 742.114
HB444
CHANGES TO TOWNSHIP LAW (BALDRIDGE B, ABRAMS C) To make various changes to township law, to make changes to the laws governing ambulance staffing, and to abate certain unpaid property taxes, penalties, and interest due on property that had been owned by a state college or university, but is currently owned by a township.
Current Status:
12/22/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 81-0
ORC Sections:
1545.05, 165.01, 165.03, 1710.02, 2151.70, 2152.42, 3.061, 3.30, 3721.15, 4503.03, 4765.43, 503.07, 505.43, 505.86, 505.87, 505.871, 5153.13, 517.27, 5705.25, 715.82, 742.33, 742.34, 9.65
HB450
FISCAL OFFICERS - SUCCESSION GUIDELINES (STEPHENS J) To require fiscal officers of certain political subdivisions to provide certificates of transition to their successors when leaving office, to modify language regarding the duty of a treasurer of a board of education to deliver to the treasurer's successor all papers related to the affairs of the district, and to remove the eligibility requirements for political subdivisions to receive agreed-upon procedure audits from the Auditor of State, while continuing the agreed-upon procedure audits under rules adopted by the Auditor of State.
Current Status:
12/17/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 87-2
ORC Sections:
117.171, 319.27, 321.06, 3313.28, 503.28
HB606
CIVIL IMMUNITY - COVID-19 TRANSMISSION (GRENDELL D) To grant civil immunity to a person who provides services for essential businesses and operations for injury, death, or loss that was caused by the transmission of COVID-19 during the period of emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020.
Current Status:
9/14/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ORC Sections:
2305.2311, 2743.02, 2744.01, 3701.26, 9.87
HB614
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, COVID RELIEF (FRAIZER M, RICHARDSON T) To create the Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council, to revise the claims process and duties related to that process, to require the Auditor of State to examine and make recommendations on the efficiency of the process, to require the Director of Job and Family Services to create a strategic staffing plan for employees who handle inquiries and claims for unemployment benefits, to require the Chancellor of Higher Education to create a template for workforce-education partnership programs, to provide for the distribution of some federal coronavirus relief funding to local subdivisions, to extend the renewal deadline for concealed handgun licenses for ninety days or until June 30, 2021, whichever is later, to allow licensees to apply for or renew licenses with any county sheriff until that date, to authorize the conveyance of certain state-owned land, to provide funding for community projects, to make approprations, and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
10/1/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 10/1/20.
HB674
REVISES LIQUOR LAWS (HILLYER B) To revise specified provisions of the liquor control laws.
Current Status:
12/22/2020 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Concur, Vote 75-10
SB4
SCHOOL FACILITIES ASSISTANCE (RULLI M, KUNZE S) To make a capital appropriation for school facilities assistance.
Current Status:
7/14/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 10/13/2020
SB10
THEFT IN OFFICE PENALTIES (WILSON S) To expand the penalties for theft in office based on the amount stolen, to include as restitution audit costs of the entity that suffered the loss, to modify various aspects of the laws regarding criminal and delinquency record sealing and expungement, to expand the list of debts toward satisfaction of which the Tax Commissioner may apply a tax refund due to a taxpayer, to expand the basis of a court's exercise of personal jurisdiction, to specify a separate standard for the issuing of warrants upon presentation of a court order, and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
12/17/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; House Accepts Conference Committee Report, Vote 89-0; Emergency Clause 87-2
ORC Sections:
2921.41
SB39
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS-TAX CREDIT (SCHURING K) To authorize an insurance premiums tax credit for capital contributions to transformational mixed use development projects and to modify the law governing commercial real estate broker liens.
Current Status:
12/9/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments; Senate Does Concur, Bill Vote 28-2, Emergency Clause 28-2
ORC Sections:
107.036, 122.09, 1311.87, 1311.88, 1311.90, 5725.35, 5725.98, 5729.18, 5729.98
SB52
CIVILIAN CYBER SECURITY RESERVE FORCES (GAVARONE T) To create the civilian cyber security reserve forces, to make the Secretary of State a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, to require the Secretary of State to appoint a chief information security officer, to require the boards of elections to audit election results, and to make an appropriation.
Current Status:
10/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 1/24/2020; appropriations eff. 10/25/2019
ORC Sections:
111.09, 3505.21, 3505.331, 5502.11, 5922.01, 5922.02, 5922.03, 5922.04, 5922.05, 5922.06, 5922.07, 5922.08, 5923.01, 5923.03, 5923.12, 5923.37, 5924.01
SB95
STATE AND LOCAL TAX INCENTIVES (KUNZE S, PETERSON B) To modify the laws governing economic development and state and local tax incentives, exemptions, and procedures.
Current Status:
12/22/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration
ORC Sections:
107.03, 122.17, 323.25, 323.69, 3735.65, 3735.67, 3735.671, 5703.48, 5703.95, 5709.08, 5709.61, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.631, 5709.632, 5709.91, 5715.19, 5721.03, 5721.14, 5721.18, 5733.41, 5739.02, 5741.02, 5747.41, 5751.01
SB175
CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR NONPROFITS-USE OF FORCE LOCATIONS (SCHAFFER T) To grant civil immunity to nonprofit corporations for certain injuries, deaths, or losses resulting from the carrying of handguns and to expand the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat before using force under both civil and criminal law.
Current Status:
12/23/2020 - Sent to Governor for Signature
ORC Sections:
2923.126
SB259
TIF SERVICER PAYMENT AGREEMENTS (SYKES V) To authorize the conveyance of state-owned real property and to specify that tax increment financing minimum service payment obligation agreements are enforceable against subsequent property owners.
Current Status:
12/22/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments; Senate Does Concur, Vote 31-0
SB277
POOLED COLLATERAL (SCHURING K) To revise the Ohio Pooled Collateral Program, the Unclaimed Funds Law, and the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund disability determination procedures.
Current Status:
12/17/2020 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 81-3
ORC Sections:
135.182
SB310
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS (DOLAN M) To provide for the distribution of some federal coronavirus relief funding to local subdivisions and businesses, to revise the formula used to determine Medicaid rates for nursing facility services, to exclude loan amounts forgiven under the federal CARES Act from the commercial activity tax, to apply the Prevailing Wage Law to transportation improvement district projects under certain circumstances, to allow certain state employees' salaries and pay supplements to be frozen during the pay period that includes July 1, 2020, through the pay period that includes June 30, 2021, to temporarily expand the use of certain tax increment financing payments, to exempt certain political subdivision purchases from competitive bidding requirements during the COVID-19 emergency, to suspend certain county hospital bidding requirements during the COVID-19 emergency, to allow a county, township, or municipal corporation appointing authority to establish a mandatory cost savings program in response to COVID-19, to make capital reappropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2022, to make other appropriations, and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
12/23/2020 - Sent to Governor for Signature
