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HB2 REGARDS BROADBAND EXPANSION (CARFAGNA R, STEWART B) Regarding

broadband expansion, including access to electric cooperative easements and facilities, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

Current Status: 5/17/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. immediately

HB10 REPEAL HB6 - REVISE ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE LAW (LELAND D) To

repeal Section 5 of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly to make changes regarding electric utility service law, to allow the implementation of energy waste reduction programs, and to repeal certain provisions of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly.

Current Status: 2/17/2021 - House Public Utilities, (First Hearing)

HB11 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DATABASE FOR HIRING (SHEEHY M, HICKS-HUDSON P) To require the Attorney General to create a law enforcement officer

database for hiring eligibility.

Current Status: 2/4/2021 - Referred to Committee House State and Local

Government

HB12 PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (GRENDELL D) To provide for a writ of mandamus or prohibition to enforce a

person's constitutional right against a chief administrative officer or elected executive official whose duty is to uphold the Ohio and United States Constitutions.

Current Status: 2/4/2021 - Referred to Committee House Civil Justice

HB14 REGARDS STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (GRENDELL D) Regarding state

retirement system fiduciary duties, Public Employees Retirement System management feesand employee pay, and creating the Committee on Pension Salaries and Fees.

Current Status: 2/4/2021 - Referred to Committee House Financial Institutions

HB16 REGARDS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CERTAIN STATE HIGHWAYS(STEPHENS J, BALDRIDGE B) To clarify and amend the laws related to the Director of

Transportation's responsibilities for state highways located in villages and cities.

Current Status: 6/22/2021 - House Transportation and Public Safety, (Fourth

Hearing)

HB17 WORKERS' COMPENSATION IN FIREFIGHTER CANCER CLAIMS (PATTON T) Regarding charging workers' compensation experience in firefighter cancer claims.

Current Status: 3/10/2021 - House Insurance, (First Hearing)

HB18 REPEAL HB6 (LANESE L) To repeal Sections 4 and 5 of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General

Assembly to repeal the changes made by H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly to the lawsgoverning electric service, renewable energy, and energy efficiency and the changes made to other related laws.


HB20 PROHIBIT FORECLOSURES, EVICTION DURING COVID-19 (LELAND D, CROSSMAN J) To prohibit foreclosure activity and the eviction of residential and

commercial tenants during the state of emergency declared regarding COVID-19, to refer such proceedings caused by the state of emergency to mediation, and to declare an emergency.

Current Status: 3/23/2021 - House Civil Justice, (Second Hearing)

HB22 EXPAND OFFENSE OF OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE (LARE J, WILKIN S) To expand

the offense of obstructing justice to include failure to follow a lawful order from a law enforcement officer, diverting a law enforcement officer's attention, and throwing an objectat a law enforcement officer.

Current Status: 9/8/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

HB23 REQUIRE EMS / PEACE OFFICERS TO UNDERGO DEMENTIA-RELATED TRAINING (PLUMMER P, WEST T) To require emergency medical service personnel

and peace officers to undergo dementia-related training.

Current Status: 10/5/2021 - Senate Veterans and Public Safety, (Third Hearing)

HB31 REVISE LAWS GOVERNING ACCESSIBLE PARKING (WIGGAM S) To make

changes to the laws governing accessible parking.

Current Status: 9/22/2021 - Senate Transportation, (First Hearing)

HB35 PERMIT MAYORS TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES IN OHIO (LARE J, CLICK G) To permit mayors to solemnize marriages anywhere within Ohio.

Current Status: 4/28/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Local Government

and Elections

HB38 DUTY TO RETREAT LOCATIONS (WEST T, MILLER A) To limit the locations at

which a person has no duty to retreat.


Government

HB43 PUBLIC BODIES - ELECTRONIC MEETINGS (SOBECKI L, HOOPS J) To

authorize public bodies to meet via teleconference and video conference.

Current Status: 2/11/2021 - House Government Oversight, (First Hearing)

HB46 LIQUOR PERMIT EXTENSION (MILLER A, CARRUTHERS S) To exempt specified

liquor permit holders from the requirement to renew their permits in calendar year 2021, to eliminate a prohibition against the use of gift cards to purchase beer or intoxicating liquor for on-premises consumption, and to declare an emergency.

Current Status: 3/10/2021 - House Commerce and Labor, (Second Hearing)

HB52 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MINIMUM WAGE (KELLY B, JARRELLS D) To allow

municipalities, townships, and counties to establish minimum wage requirements higher than the state minimum wage.

Current Status: 2/4/2021 - WITHDRAWN

HB57 REPEAL HB6 ENERGY LAWS (SKINDELL M, O'BRIEN M) To repeal the changes

made by H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly to the laws governing electric service, renewable energy, and energy efficiency and the changes made to other related laws.


HB63 AMEND EMINENT DOMAIN LAWS (CUTRONA A, STOLTZFUS R) To amend the

law regarding eminent domain and to declare an emergency.


HB69 INCREASE STATE MINIMUM WAGE (KELLY B, JARRELLS D) To increase the

state minimum wage.

Current Status: 2/10/2021 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor

HB74 ENACT FY22-23 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To make

appropriations for programs related to transportation and public safety for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of those programs.


HB75 ENACT FY22-23 WORKERS' COMPENSATION BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To

make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the Bureau's programs, and to make changes to the Workers' Compensation Law.

Current Status: 6/29/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. July 1, 2021

HB76 ENACT FY22-23 INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To

make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of Commission programs.

Current Status: 6/2/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. July 1, 2021

HB81 REVISE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT LAWS (PLUMMER P, MANCHESTER S) To make changes to the laws governing massage establishments and massage therapy.

Current Status: 9/8/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Health

HB88 REQUIRE LICENSE FOR COMMERCIAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS(PATTON T) To require commercial roofing contractors to have a license.

Current Status: 5/5/2021 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

HB89 REVISE CONCEALED HANDGUN LAW (WIGGAM S) To modify the requirement

that a concealed handgun licensee must notify a law enforcement officer that the licensee isauthorized to carry a concealed handgun and is carrying a concealed handgun when stopped.

Current Status: 3/9/2021 - REPORTED OUT, House State and Local

Government, (Third Hearing)

HB90 OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNOR'S AND HEALTH ORDERS (WIGGAM S, EDWARDS J) To establish legislative oversight of the Governor's executive orders, certain

public health orders, and emergency rules, including by establishing the Ohio Health Oversight and Advisory Committee.

Current Status: 2/24/2021 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House State

and Local Government, (Third Hearing)

HB91 AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PUBLIC-PRIVATE INITIATIVES (PATTON T) To

authorize certain public entities to enter into public-private initiatives with a private party through a public-private agreement regarding public facilities.

Current Status: 9/29/2021 - House Infrastructure and Rural Development, (Third

Hearing)

HB97 ALTER REGISTRATION TAX FOR COMMERCIAL TRAILERS (CROSS J, PLUMMER P) To alter the annual registration tax for non-apportioned commercial trailers

and semitrailers.

Current Status: 2/10/2021 - Referred to Committee House Transportation and

Public Safety

HB101 REGARDS FUNDING JAIL CONSTRUCTION/MAINTENANCE (STEPHENS J, EDWARDS J) To establish new processes for funding the construction, acquisition,

improvement, operation, and maintenance of jail facilities.

Current Status: 10/13/2021 - House Infrastructure and Rural Development,

(Sixth Hearing)

HB109 INCREASE PENALTIES - RIOT OFFENSES (ABRAMS C, CARRUTHERS S) To

increase penalties for certain assault, vandalism, and riot offenses, to allow peace officers to bring civil suits against persons participating in a riot, and to prohibit bias motivated intimidation of first responders.

Current Status: 6/24/2021 - BILL AMENDED, House Criminal Justice, (Third

Hearing)

HB110 OPERATING BUDGET (OELSLAGER S) To make operating appropriations for the

biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.

Current Status: 7/1/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; effective 7/1/21

HB111 ALTER USE OF CELLPHONES WHILE DRIVING LAWS (LIGHTBODY M) To

alter the law governing the use of a handheld electronic wireless communications device while driving.

Current Status: 5/11/2021 - House Transportation and Public Safety, (First

Hearing)

HB113 TRAINING SCHOOLS - PROSPECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT (UPCHURCH T, MILLER J) To allow the chief of police of a municipal corporation to conduct training

schools for prospective law enforcement officers.


Government

HB116 OHIO COMPUTER CRIMES ACT (BALDRIDGE B) To enact the Ohio Computer

Crimes Act and to amend the version of section 109.572 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect October 9, 2021, to continue the provisions of this act on and after that date.

Current Status: 9/30/2021 - House Criminal Justice, (Second Hearing)

HB123 COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREAS (FRAIZER M, CROSS J) To modify the

law governing community reinvestment areas and the terms under which property may be exempted in such areas.

Current Status: 9/21/2021 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

HB126 REGARDING PROPERTY VALUES (MERRIN D) To require local governments that

contest property values to formally pass an authorizing resolution for each contest and to notify property owners.

Current Status: 9/21/2021 - Senate Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)

HB127 EXPUNGE COVID-19 VIOLATIONS/ REFUND FINES (MERRIN D) To establish

relief for businesses that have violated COVID-19 orders by vacating and expunging the violations and by refunding fines to those businesses and to make an appropriation.

Current Status: 5/5/2021 - Re-Referred to Committee

HB128 REPEAL HB6 (HOOPS J, STEIN D) To make changes regarding electric utility service

law, to repeal certain provisions of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly, and to provide refunds to retail electric customers in the state.

Current Status: 3/31/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

HB130 ALLOW POLICE DEPARTMENT FILL VACANCIES WITHOUT EXAM(MILLER J, BLACKSHEAR W) To allow a police department to fill a vacant position in

the classified civil service without a competitive examination.


Government

HB132 REVISE SELF-SERVICE FACILITY/TOWING LAWS (HILLYER B, JONES D) To

amend the law regarding self-service storage facilities and towing.

Current Status: 6/28/2021 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does

Not Concur, Vote 1-95

HB134 PEACE OFFICER TRAINING, RESOURCES (CRAWLEY E, WEST T) To require

peace officers to complete training on de-escalation techniques, implicit bias, procedural justice, mental health issues, and first aid and critical injuries, to require information regarding mental health resources and available support be provided to peace officers annually, and to make an appropriation.


Government

HB138 SCOPE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (BALDRIDGE B) To amend the

version of section 4765.11 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect October 9,

2021, regarding the scope of emergency medical services provided by emergency medical service personnel.

Current Status: 9/29/2021 - Senate Health, (First Hearing)

HB140 MODIFY ELECTION NOTICES, BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR PROPERTY TAX LEVIES (MERRIN D) To enact the "Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act" to modify

the form of election notices and ballot language for property tax levies.

Current Status: 9/21/2021 - Senate Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)

HB141 MAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS (SKINDELL M, UPCHURCH T) To make appropriations related to public transportation.

Current Status: 2/24/2021 - Referred to Committee House Finance

HB143 REGARDS THE CLEAN OHIO PROGRAM (HILLYER B) Relating to the Clean Ohio

Program and to make an appropriation.


HB146 REGARDS APPLYING PREVAILING WAGE LAW TO PUBLIC PROJECTS(RIEDEL C, MANCHESTER S) To allow political subdivisions, special districts, and state

institutions of higher education to elect to apply the Prevailing Wage Law to public improvement projects.


HB155 LAND REUTILIZATION NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM (UPCHURCH T, SMITH M) To create the Land Reutilization Nuisance Abatement Program and to make an

appropriation.

Current Status: 6/16/2021 - House Economic and Workforce Development,

(Fourth Hearing)

HB157 MODIFY MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX RULES - COVID WFH (JORDAN K, EDWARDS J) To amend Section 29 of H.B. 197 of the 133rd General Assembly to modify

municipal income tax employer withholding rules for COVID-19-related work-from-home employees.

Current Status: 6/2/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Ways and Means

HB158 PROHIBIT USE OF CERTAIN FIREFIGHTING FOAM FOR TESTING/TRAINING (BALDRIDGE B) To prohibit the use of class B firefighting foam

containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals for testing and training purposes.

Current Status: 9/14/2021 - Senate Veterans and Public Safety, (Second

Hearing)

HB167 PROVIDE RENT, UTILITY ASSISTANCE (OELSLAGER S) To provide rent and

utility assistance and to make an appropriation.


HB168 UNEMPLOYMENT DEBT (FRAIZER M) To remit funds from the State Fiscal

Recovery Fund to repay unemployment advances, to provide funds to support

improvements at pediatric behavioral health care facilities, to require the Development Services Agency to establish the Water and Sewer Quality Program, and to make appropriations.


HB169 PROVIDE GRANTS - BARS, RESTAURANTS, LODGING INDUSTRY(CUTRONA A, SWEARINGEN D) To provide grants to bars and restaurants and the

lodging industry and to make an appropriation.

Current Status: 4/21/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

HB170 SCHOOL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (BIRD A, RICHARDSON T) To provide assistance to schools and other entities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to make an appropriation.

Current Status: 6/2/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. Immediately

HB172 REVISE FIREWORKS LAWS (BALDRIDGE B, O'BRIEN M) To revise the Fireworks

Law.

Current Status: 5/6/2021 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 73-24

HB175 DEREGULATE CERTAIN EPHEMERAL WATER FEATURES (HILLYER B) To

deregulate certain ephemeral water features under various water pollution control laws.

Current Status: 10/6/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture and

Natural Resources

HB177 ALLOW GOVERNMENTS TO USE BLOCKCHAIN (CARFAGNA R, FRAIZER M) To allow a governmental entity to utilize distributed ledger technology, including

blockchain technology.

Current Status: 10/5/2021 - Senate Financial Institutions and Technology,

(Third Hearing)

HB178 LIMIT WATER PRESSURE AT SWIMMING POOLS (SCHMIDT J, MILLER A) To

limit the water pressure of water features at swimming pools and to name this act Makenna's Law.

Current Status: 6/22/2021 - House Health, (Second Hearing)

HB182 PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN RENTAL HOUSING (UPCHURCH T, MILLER A) To prohibit discrimination in rental housing based on lawful source of income.


HB190 OHIO VETERANS' HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT (GINTER T, MILLER A) To

prohibit a war relic located on public property or cemetery association property from being sold, disturbed, or otherwise disposed of, except under certain circumstances, and to designate this act as the "Ohio Veterans' Heritage Protection Act."

Current Status: 6/16/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Veterans and Public

Safety

HB192 PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM STOPPING CERTAIN ENERGY

GENERATION (CUTRONA A) To prohibit counties, townships, and municipal

corporations from prohibiting energy generation from fossil fuels and gas pipelines.

Current Status: 5/6/2021 - House Energy and Natural Resources, (Third

Hearing)

HB195 RAIL YARD WALKWAY SAFETY (SHEEHY M, LEPORE-HAGAN M) Regarding

rail yard walkway safety and illumination and public roadway obstruction that delays emergency vehicles.

Current Status: 5/11/2021 - House Transportation and Public Safety, (First

Hearing)

HB201 PREVENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM LIMITING NATURAL GAS USE(STEPHENS J) To prevent local governments from limiting use of natural gas and

propane.

Current Status: 7/1/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

HB202 VOID ORDERS REQUIRING FACIAL COVERINGS (POWELL J) To void the order

of the Interim Director of Health requiring the use of facial coverings throughout the state and prohibit the Governor or other administrative department heads from requiring the use of facial coverings without approval by the General Assembly.

Current Status: 4/22/2021 - House Government Oversight, (First Hearing)

HB203 REQUIRE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE IF EXPERIENCED IN OTHER STATE(POWELL J) To require an occupational licensing authority to issue a license or

government certification to an applicant who holds a license, government certification, or private certification or has satisfactory work experience in another state under certain circumstances and to amend the version of section 3319.22 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on April 12, 2023, to continue the changes on and after that date.

Current Status: 6/9/2021 - BILL AMENDED, House State and Local

Government, (Third Hearing)

HB208 OHIO FAIRNESS ACT (HILLYER B, SKINDELL M) 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.


HB218 EXTEND BAR HOURS OF OPERATION (CUTRONA A) To temporarily extend bar

hours of operation, exempt bars from statewide curfews, and declare an emergency.


HB225 GRANT INCOME TAX CREDITS TO EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS (EDWARDS J, HALL T) To grant income tax credits to persons who serve as volunteer peace officers,

firefighters, or emergency medical service technicians.

Current Status: 5/11/2021 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

HB227 REGARDING CONCEALED WEAPONS (BRINKMAN T, JORDAN K) To rename a

concealed handgun license as a concealed weapons license, to allow a concealed weapons

licensee to carry concealed all deadly weapons not otherwise prohibited by law, to expand state preemption of firearms regulation to include all deadly weapons, to repeal a notice requirement for licensees stopped for law enforcement purposes, to authorize expungementof related convictions, and to allow a person age 21 or older to carry a concealed deadly weapon without a license.

Current Status: 10/14/2021 - House Government Oversight, (Fourth Hearing)

HB228 STATE-ADMINISTERED MUNICIPAL NET PROFIT TAXES (ROEMER B) To

make changes related to the state administration of municipal net profits taxes and the municipal taxation of retirement benefits.

Current Status: 9/28/2021 - Senate Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)

HB241 REVISE TAX FORECLOSURES LAW (PATTON T) To make changes to the law

relating to tax foreclosures and county land reutilization corporations.


Government

HB243 KNIFE REGULATION (CUTRONA A) Regarding the regulation of knives.

Current Status: 10/14/2021 - House Government Oversight, (Third Hearing)

HB247 REVISE PLUMBING INSPECTION LAW (WEST T, KELLY B) To amend the law

related to plumbing inspections.


HB248 VACCINE CHOICE ACT (GROSS J) To authorize an individual to decline a vaccination

and to name this act the Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act.

Current Status: 8/24/2021 - House Health, (Sixth Hearing)

HB253 REGARDS PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATIONS (CUTRONA A) Regarding

proof of COVID-19 vaccinations.

Current Status: 5/18/2021 - BILL AMENDED, House Health, (First Hearing)

HB259 PROTECT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT (ROBINSON P, MILLER A) To enact the

Protect Law Enforcement Act to require a firearm transfer to be made through a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, and to require a background check when a firearm is transferred.


Government

HB260 REQUIRE REFUNDS FOR IMPROPER UTILITY CHARGES (LANESE L, TROY D) To require refunds to utility customers who have been improperly charged.

Current Status: 5/26/2021 - House Public Utilities, (Second Hearing)

HB264 MODIFY TAX RULE FOR EMPLOYEES OF TEMPORARY WORKSITE (SMITH M, SOBECKI L) To amend Section 29 of H.B. 197 of the 133rd General Assembly to

modify the municipal income tax withholding rule for employees working at a temporary worksite.

Current Status: 4/22/2021 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means

HB267 LIMIT PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS (JORDAN K) To limit the duration of public

health orders and to allow the General Assembly to act via concurrent resolution in response to a public health emergency if the Governor or Department of Health does not.


Government

HB269 REPEAL SB22 (GALONSKI T) To repeal the version of Section 3 of S.B. 22 of the 134th

General Assembly scheduled to take effect on June 23, 2021, to repeal the changes made by S.B. 22 of the 134th General Assembly to the laws governing legislative oversight of certain orders and rules issued by the executive branch, including the establishment of the Ohio Health Oversight and Advisory Committee, and to declare an emergency.


Government

HB274 RESTORE LOCAL AUTHORITY IN FIREARM REGULATION (UPCHURCH T, JARRELLS D) To restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.


Government

HB275 EXPAND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION JOINT PURCHASING AUTHORITY(LAMPTON B) To expand political subdivision joint purchasing authority to expressly

include purchases for construction services.


HB278 REVISE MARCS LAWS (HILLYER B) To make changes to laws governing the multi-

agency radio communications system (MARCS).


HB280 REVISE MARCS USER FEES (CROSS J, PLUMMER P) To alter the law governing

user fees for the Multi-Agency Radio Communications System.


HB283 EXPAND DISTRACTED DRIVING LAWS (ABRAMS C, LAMPTON B) To expand

the texting while driving prohibition to a general prohibition against using an electronic wireless communications device while driving, with certain exceptions, and to create data collection requirements based on associated violations of the distracted driving laws.

Current Status: 9/23/2021 - BILL AMENDED, House Criminal Justice, (Third

Hearing)

HB287 CREATE STRANGULATION OFFENSE BY OFFICER (LEPORE-HAGAN M, GALONSKI T) To create the offense of strangulation by a law enforcement officer.

Current Status: 5/11/2021 - Referred to Committee House Criminal Justice

HB293 PROHIBIT TEAR GAS USE BY POLICE (BOGGS K, GALONSKI T) To prohibit the

use of tear gas by peace officers.


HB307 PROHIBIT QUOTAS FOR CITATIONS, ARRESTS (WEST T) To prohibit law

enforcement agencies from using quotas for arrests and citations.


HB309 FAIR, OPEN COMPETITION ACT (BRINKMAN T) To enact the Fair and Open

Competition Act regarding project labor agreements in public improvement contracts.


HB310 ESTABLISH VIRTUAL TESTIMONY (KELLY B, MILLER A) To require that a

committee of the General Assembly establish a means of hearing virtual testimony.

Current Status: 5/19/2021 - Referred to Committee House Government

Oversight

HB315 REGARDING BAIL (LELAND D, HILLYER B) To make changes regarding bail.

Current Status: 6/10/2021 - House Criminal Justice, (Second Hearing)

HB317 REPEAL ELECTRIC SECURITY PLANS (WILKIN S) To repeal electric security

plans and make other changes to the law regarding competitive retail electric service.

Current Status: 9/22/2021 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Public

Utilities, (Third Hearing)

HB320 REGARDING FALSE 9-1-1 REPORTS (WEINSTEIN C, WEST T) To permit the

subject of a false 9-1-1 report made by a person for a discriminatory reason against the subject of the report to bring a civil action for damages against the person, and to name the act Darren's Law.


HB325 EMERGENCY POWERS WHEN SUPPRESSING RIOT, GUN RIGHTS (WIGGAM S) Regarding a political subdivision's emergency powers when suppressing a riot, mob, or

potential riot or mob and the preservation of rights regarding firearms during an emergency.

Current Status: 10/14/2021 - House Government Oversight, (Second Hearing)

HB331 REQUIRE CLEAR BADGES ON POLICE (SMITH K, BLACKSHEAR W) To require

certain law enforcement officers to wear a clearly visible badge and identification on their person while on duty.


Government

HB332 QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR POLICE, INDEMNIFICATION (WEST T, DENSONS) To provide that qualified immunity does not apply in civil actions against peace officers

employed by a political subdivision who, under color of law, subject any individual to a deprivation of rights and to provide for indemnification by the political subdivision of a peace officer against whom judgment is found.


HB337 PROVIDE ONE-TIME AWARD TO ELIGIBLE FIRST RESPONDERS (RIEDEL C,PLUMMER P) To provide a one-time bonus award to eligible first responders and to make

an appropriation.


HB350 PROHIBIT MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINE (CUTRONA A) To prohibit

mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination, and certainother actions relating to an individual's COVID-19 vaccination or health status and to declare an emergency.

Current Status: 6/22/2021 - House Civil Justice, (First Hearing)

HB361 UNLAWFUL BLOCKS OF RAILROAD CROSSING (HALL T, MIRANDA J) To

establish new requirements and increased penalties that apply to a railroad company that unlawfully blocks a railroad crossing.

Current Status: 9/16/2021 - Referred to Committee House Transportation and

Public Safety

HB362 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING FOR POLICE (INGRAM C) To require

training on emotional intelligence for peace officers.


Government

HB364 WATERWORKS INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATION (PATTON T) To make

changes to the application process for the waterworks infrastructure improvement surcharge.


HB365 DRINKING WATER SAFETY RULES (LIGHTBODY M, RUSSO A) To require the

Director of Environmental Protection to adopt rules establishing maximum allowable contaminant levels in drinking water and water quality standards for certain contaminants.

Current Status: 9/16/2021 - Referred to Committee House Agriculture and

Conservation

HB367 POLICE CAMERA RECORDINGS/ EXCESSIVE FORCE (JARRELLS D) Regarding the use of body-worn cameras and dashboard cameras by peace officers, the

use of excessive force by peace officers, and the public release of body-worn camera or dashboard camera recordings when there is an allegation of peace officer misconduct.


HB372 BUILDING INSPECTION LAWS (RAY S, ROEMER B) To make changes to the law

relating to building inspections.


HB374 CREATE LOVING STATE INDEX (HOWSE S, HICKS-HUDSON P) To create the

Loving State Index and the Loving State Index Commission regarding student academic success.

Current Status: 9/16/2021 - Referred to Committee House Primary and

Secondary Education

HB377 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY (HALL T, SWEARINGEN D) To

amend Section 220.11 of H.B. 168 of the 134th General Assembly to make an appropriation related to coronavirus local fiscal recovery.


HB385 PROHIBIT DISCHARGE OF WASTE INTO OHIO WATERS (CROSS J) To prohibit

a municipal corporation located within the Western Basin of Lake Erie from discharging any amount of waste into Ohio waters.

Current Status: 9/28/2021 - House Agriculture and Conservation, (First

Hearing)

HB386 REQUIRE FIRE, POLICE CHIEF RESIDE IN MUNICIPAL CORPORATION(INGRAM C, HICKS-HUDSON P) To allow a municipal corporation to require its fire

chief or chief of police to reside within the municipal corporation during the chief's first five years.


Government

HB401 EMPLOYER-MANDATED COVID VACCINATION INJURY (EDWARDS J) To

exempt an injury or disability caused by an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination from the Workers' Compensation Law and to allow the employee to sue the employer for damages.

Current Status: 8/24/2021 - Introduced

HB411 INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT (CLICK G, GRENDELL D) To prohibit mandatory disclosures related to an individual's COVID-19 vaccination

status, to name the act the Individual Privacy and Anti-Discrimination Act, and to declare an emergency.


HB412 REQUIRE CERTAIN TAX-RELATED ADDRESSES PUBLISHED ONLINE(STOLTZFUS R, ROEMER B) To require mailing addresses to which certain tax

complaints and appeals are filed to be published online.

Current Status: 10/12/2021 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

HB422 BILLING - MUNICIPAL SERVICES (FRAIZER M, WEST T) To limit the amount

municipal corporations can recover from property owners of non-owner-occupied properties for unpaid municipal utility and other service rates and charges and to create an appeals process for improper billing of municipal services.

Current Status: 9/29/2021 - House State and Local Government, (First Hearing)

HB424 COVID-19 VACCINE - QUALIFIED IMMUNITIES (KOEHLER K) To prohibit a

political subdivision, public official, public school, state agency, or state institution of higher education from taking certain actions related to the COVID-19 vaccine, to codify the qualified civil immunities under H.B. 606 of the 133rd General Assembly permanently,

to repeal section 3792.05 of the Revised Code on the date that is two years after the effective date of that section, and to declare an emergency.


HB425 COVID-19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES (WIGGAM S, HALL T) To prohibit certain

actions related to COVID-19 and genetic technologies.


HB426 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (BROWN R) To require the

placement of automatic external defibrillators in each public and chartered nonpublic school and each public recreational facility and to require the Ohio Department of Health to develop a model emergency action plan for the use of automated external defibrillators.

Current Status: 9/22/2021 - Referred to Committee House Primary and

Secondary Education

HB435 VACCINE REQUIREMENTS (CARFAGNA R, SEITZ B) To address COVID-19

vaccine requirements for employees and students; to extend certain timelines for qualified civil immunity and expand immunity to include hearing aid dealers and hearing aid fitters; to authorize emergency medical technicians to administer COVID-19 tests; to expressly cover COVID-19 vaccine injuries under the workers' compensation system; and to repeal sections 3792.05, 3792.06, 3792.07, and 3792.08 of the Revised Code on June 30, 2023.


HB436 PORT AUTHORITY CONTRACTS, BOND AUTHORITY (JORDAN K, CARFAGNA R) To narrow the purposes for which a port authority that was created prior

to July 9, 1982, may issue revenue bonds beyond the limit of bonded indebtedness and to exempt from sales and use tax sales of tangible personal property or services used in fulfilling a public contract with a port authority.


HB445 9-1-1 SERVICES, TRAINING (CARFAGNA R, SMITH K) To make changes to the law

governing 9-1-1 service and to repeal program requirements for emergency-service-telecommunicator training.


HCR21 RESCIND CERTAIN ORDERS, RULES (WIGGAM S, FERGUSON R) To rescind

certain orders and rules in whole or in part.

Current Status: 6/17/2021 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House

Government Oversight, (First Hearing)

SB4 EXEMPT EMS LINE OPERATORS-PUBLIC RECORDS (ROEGNER K) To include

emergency service telecommunicators, protective services workers, certain Ohio National Guard members, and certain mental health care providers as individuals whose residential and familial information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law.

Current Status: 6/8/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/7/21

SB8 BROADBAND-ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE EASEMENTS (MCCOLLEY R) Regarding broadband expansion, including access to electric cooperative easements and

facilities, and to make an appropriation.


SB10 REFUNDS TO ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS (ROMANCHUK M) To terminate any

approved decoupling mechanism, to modify the significantly excessive earnings determination for an electric security plan, and to provide refunds to retail electric customers in the state.

Current Status: 2/24/2021 - Referred to Committee House Public Utilities

SB15 FISCAL OFFICERS-LIABILITY (WILSON S) To change the circumstances in which

certain fiscal officers may be held liable for a loss of public funds.


Government

SB16 EMS RESPONDERS-CIVIL ACTION (SCHAFFER T) Regarding a civil action for an

emergency service responder based on a civil rights abridgement or false complaint, and certain crimes regarding conduct directed at an actual or perceived emergency service responder, public servant, family member, co-worker, or BCII investigator or at a public emergency.


SB18 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (ROEGNER K, SCHAFFER T) To expressly

incorporate changes in the Internal Revenue Code since March 27, 2020, into Ohio law, to exclude certain loan amounts forgiven under federal law from the commercial activity tax, to authorize a commercial activity tax exclusion for Bureau of Workers' Compensation dividends paid to employers, and to declare an emergency.


SB22 LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT-PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS (JOHNSON T, MCCOLLEY R) To establish legislative oversight of orders issued by the executive

branch, including by establishing the Ohio Health Oversight and Advisory Committee.

Current Status: 3/24/2021 - Consideration of Governor's Veto; House Overrides

Veto, Vote 62-35

SB27 AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT-DEFERRED COMPENSATION (HOTTINGER J) To authorize automatic enrollment of new state government employees in the Ohio

Public Employees Deferred Compensation Program.

Current Status: 6/8/2021 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/7/21

SB29 ELIMINATE AUTO ENROLLMENT-UTILITY AGGREGATION (HOAGLAND F) To eliminate automatic enrollment in governmental electric and natural gas aggregation

programs.

Current Status: 2/23/2021 - Senate Energy and Public Utilities, (First Hearing)

SB38 TAX CREDIT - PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (SCHAFFER T) To allow an income tax

credit for law enforcement officials and volunteer firefighters who purchase safety or

protective items to be used in the course of official law enforcement or firefighting activities.


SB39 COOPER'S LAW - CRIMES & RECORD RETENTION (SCHAFFER T) To eliminate

the 20-year statute of limitation for felonious assault and aggravated assault if the victim is a peace officer, to modify the law regarding records retention schedules developed by counties, municipal corporations, and townships, to modify the penalties for aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, falsification, and falsification in a theft offense, and to name this act Cooper's Law.

Current Status: 9/21/2021 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

SB44 REVISE HB6 FROM 133RD G.A. (RULLI M, CIRINO J) To repeal the nuclear resource

credit payment provisions, and amend, and rename as solar resource, the renewable resource credit payment provisions of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly.

Current Status: 3/9/2021 - Referred to Committee House Public Utilities

SB45 TAX INDUCEMENTS CERTAIN BUSINESSES (PETERSON B, KUNZE S) To

enhance state and local tax inducements for businesses making substantial fixed asset and employment investments and their suppliers.


SB51 INCREASE MINIMUM WAGE (THOMAS C, CRAIG H) To increase the state

minimum wage and to allow municipalities, townships, and counties to establish higher minimum wage requirements.

Current Status: 3/10/2021 - Senate Workforce and Higher Education, (First

Hearing)

SB55 MASSAGE THERAPY (BRENNER A) To make changes to the laws governing massage

establishments and massage therapy.

Current Status: 5/19/2021 - Senate Health, (Fifth Hearing)

SB56 INDEMNITY-DESIGN CONTRACTS (BLESSING III L) To regulate the use of

indemnity provisions in professional design contracts related to public improvements.

Current Status: 10/12/2021 - House Civil Justice, (Third Hearing)

SB59 PROHIBIT DISPOSAL-WAR RELICS (SCHAFFER T) To prohibit certain war relics

located on public property or cemetery association property from being disposed of, and to designate this act as the Ohio Veterans' Heritage Protection Act.

Current Status: 10/6/2021 - Re-Referred to Committee

SB72 PROHIBIT ASSAULT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT (WILLIAMS S, THOMAS C) To

prohibit assault by a law enforcement officer.


SB73 FIREARM TRANSFERS (THOMAS C) To require a firearm transfer to be made through

a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, and to require a background check when a firearm is transferred.


Safety

SB75 GUN SHOWS (THOMAS C, WILLIAMS S) To regulate the transfer of firearms at a gun

show.


Safety

SB76 LOCAL AUTHORITY-FIREARMS (THOMAS C, CRAIG H) To restore local authority

to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.


Safety

SB77 PROHIBIT CERTAIN GUN ACCESSORIES (THOMAS C) To prohibit certain

conduct regarding trigger cranks, bump-fire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm.


Safety

SB79 SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES,TOWING (HOAGLAND F) To amend the law

regarding self-service storage facilities and towing.

Current Status: 5/5/2021 - Senate Transportation, (Second Hearing)

SB83 BROWNFIELDS (WILLIAMS S, RULLI M) To require the Ohio Environmental

Protection Agency to conduct a study to determine where brownfield sites are located in this state and to make an appropriation.

Current Status: 9/28/2021 - House Agriculture and Conservation, (Third

Hearing)

SB84 CLEAN OHIO REVITALIZATION FUND (WILLIAMS S, RULLI M) To make

changes to the law relating to the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund.

Current Status: 3/23/2021 - Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources, (Second

Hearing)

SB86 DEATHS CAUSED BY PEACE OFFICERS (WILLIAMS S) Regarding the Attorney

General's authority relating to deaths caused by peace officers.


SB96 PREVENT UTILITY DISTRUPTION-COVID (WILLIAMS S) To prevent the

disruption of utility service during the state of emergency declared regarding COVID-19 and to declare an emergency.

Current Status: 3/31/2021 - Senate Energy and Public Utilities, (First Hearing)

SB97 MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX-WORK FROM HOME (ROEGNER K) To modify

municipal income tax employer withholding rules for COVID-19-related work-from-home employees

Current Status: 5/12/2021 - Senate Ways and Means, (First Hearing)

SB105 MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (SYKES V, SCHURING K) To require

political subdivisions to recognize state certifications of minority business enterprises.

Current Status: 10/13/2021 - House Economic and Workforce Development,

(First Hearing)

SB108 PANDEMIC RELIEF-BARS, RESTAURANTS, LODGING (HUFFMAN S, ROMANCHUK M) To provide grants to bars and restaurants and the lodging industry and

to make an appropriation.


SB109 PANDEMIC RELIEF-BUSINESS, CHILD CARE, VETERANS (MANNING N, RULLI M) To provide grants to businesses, local fairs, child care providers, and veterans homes and to make an appropriation.


SB110 RENT, UTILITY ASSISTANCE (O'BRIEN S, WILSON S) To provide rent and utility

assistance and to make an appropriation.


SB111 VACCINATIONS, CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY INCLUDING TOWNSHIPS(BLESSING III L, BRENNER A) To prohibit certain mandatory vaccinations and other

activities related to an individual's vaccination status and to make an appropriation related to coronavirus local fiscal recovery.

Current Status: 6/24/2021 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Amended on Floor, Bill

Vote 62-34

SB112 TAX FORECLOSURES, LAND REUTILIZATION (DOLAN M) To make changes to

the law relating to tax foreclosures and county land reutilization corporations.

Current Status: 3/31/2021 - Senate Local Government and Elections, (Second

Hearing)

SB113 FIREWORKS (RULLI M, JOHNSON T) To revise the Fireworks Law.

Current Status: 7/9/2021 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR

SB115 POOLED COLLATERAL PROGRAM (SCHURING K) To make changes to the Ohio

Pooled Collateral Program.

Current Status: 9/29/2021 - REPORTED OUT, House Financial Institutions,

(Second Hearing)

SB117 REPEAL LEGACY GENERATION PROVISIONS-HB6 (ROMANCHUK M, CRAIG H) To repeal the legacy generation resource provisions of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General

Assembly and provide customers refunds.

Current Status: 6/15/2021 - Senate Energy and Public Utilities, (Second

Hearing)

SB118 REPEAL RENEWABLE RESOURCE CREDITS-HB6 (ROMANCHUK M) To repeal

the renewable resource credit payment provisions enacted under H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly.

Current Status: 9/21/2021 - Senate Energy and Public Utilities, (Third Hearing)

SB119 PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION-SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER (ANTONIO N, RULLI M) 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 methodthat the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.

Current Status: 3/10/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Government

Oversight and Reform

SB127 PREVENT LOCALITIES-LIMIT USE OF NATURAL GAS (LANG G, RULLI M) To

prevent local governments from limiting use of natural gas.

Current Status: 5/12/2021 - Senate Energy and Public Utilities, (Second

Hearing)

SB142 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR LICENSING (SCHAFFER T) To license

residential only construction contractors and to make changes to the law regulating specialty construction contractors.

Current Status: 5/12/2021 - Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity,

(Second Hearing)

SB156 KNIFE REGULATIONS (ROEGNER K) Regarding the regulation of knives.


Hearing)

SB169 PROHIBIT MANDATORY VACCINATIONS (BRENNER A) To prohibit mandatory

vaccinations against the coronavirus, to prohibit requiring proof of vaccinations generally, and to declare an emergency.

Current Status: 5/26/2021 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, Senate Health,

(First Hearing)

SB172 TAX CREDIT-NONRESIDENT TAXPAYERS (SCHAFFER T) To require municipal

corporations with more than $100 million in annual income tax collections to provide a tax credit to nonresident taxpayers.


SB175 LABOR AGREEMENTS-PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS (LANG G) To

enact the Fair and Open Competition Act regarding project labor agreements in public improvement contracts.


SB176 LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING (ANTANI N, MANNING N) To legalize and regulate

sports gaming in this state, to levy a tax on businesses that provide sports gaming, and to make other changes to the Gambling Law.


SB179 REQUIRE VIRTUAL TESTIMONY (THOMAS C) To require that a committee of the

General Assembly establish a means of hearing virtual testimony.

Current Status: 5/19/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Government

Oversight and Reform

SB182 BAIL REFORM (MCCOLLEY R, HUFFMAN S) To make changes regarding bail.

Current Status: 6/16/2021 - Senate Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

SB185 RIOT SUPPRESSION; FIREARM RIGHTS (SCHAFFER T) Regarding a political

subdivision's emergency powers when suppressing a riot, mob, or potential riot or mob andthe preservation of rights regarding firearms during an emergency.

Current Status: 10/5/2021 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, Senate Veterans and Public Safety, (Fourth Hearing)

SB193 UNPAID WATER CHARGES (WILLIAMS S) To prohibit political subdivisions from

placing a lien on property for unpaid water charges.

Current Status: 6/2/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Energy and Public

Utilities

SB196 BUILDING INSPECTIONS (ROEGNER K) To make changes to the law relating to

building inspections.

Current Status: 6/16/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Small Business and

Economic Opportunity

SB209 MASK MANDATES (BRENNER A) With regard to mask mandates and facial covering

requirements for public schools, state institutions of higher education, and businesses.

Current Status: 9/8/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government

Budget

SB215 CONCEALED HANDGUN POSSESSION (JOHNSON T) Regarding a concealed

handgun licensee's duty to carry the license and notify a law enforcement officer if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun, a right of a person age twenty-one or older and not legally prohibited from firearm possession to carry a concealed handgun in the same manner as if the person was a licensee, and a pretrial immunity hearing.


Hearing)

SB217 LONG-TERM CARE BACKGROUND CHECKS (SCHAFFER T) To modify the law

regarding access to criminal record check information with respect to long-term care ombudsman programs, direct-care positions, community-based long-term care services, and certain persons serving as a municipal corporation tax administrator, and to declare an emergency.

Current Status: 10/6/2021 - PASSED BY SENATE; Amended on Floor, Vote

32-0, Emergency Clause 31-1

SB225 TAX CREDITS - TEMPORARY MODIFICATION (SCHURING K) To temporarily

modify the historic rehabilitation and the opportunity zone investment tax credits.

Current Status: 10/5/2021 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing)

SB243 PROHIBITION ON BIASED POLICING (WILLIAMS S) To prohibit biased policing

and other status-based profiling.


SCR4 DECLARE RACISM PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS (CRAIG H, WILLIAMS S) To

declare racism a public health crisis and to ask the Governor to establish a working group to promote racial equity in Ohio.


SJR2 PERMIT BONDS-CLEAN WATER IMPROVEMENTS (GAVARONE T, YUKO K) Proposing to enact Section 2t of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to

permit the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund clean water improvements.

Current Status: 4/21/2021 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

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