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Government & Legislation

 

In order to better serve our members, we have created this interactive legislation tracker.  The tracker gives you the ability to see the legislation introduced into the Ohio General Assembly that the OACB has identified as relevant to County Boards of D.D.  By clicking on the bill number in the tracker, you can view the legislative language for each bill and locate the Ohio Legislative Services Commission (LSC) bill analysis.  You can also view an updated status report from the LSC by clicking inside the status box of each bill.  For more information about the legislation listed in the tracker, or to get a real time update on the status of each bill, contact OACB Legislative Services Coordinator Dustin McKee at dmckee@oacbdd.org.


 

Legislation Tracker

Bill # Subject Primary Sponsor(s) Status

 HB 2

 

To require performance budgeting by most state agencies and to require performance audits of those agencies Snitchler & Stautberg Click here for an updated status.
HB 3  To repeal the estate tax for the estates of individuals dying on or after January 1, 2011. Grossman & Hottinger Click here for an updated status.
HB 27 To adopt the Transfer of Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. Stauberg & Letson Click here for an updated status.
HB 36 To excuse up to five, instead of three, calamity days for the 2010-2011 school year, to broaden schools' authority to make up calamity days by lengthening remaining days in the school year, and to declare an emergency.  Kozlowski & Carey Click here for an updated status.
HB 47 Regarding annual reports about certain employers of public assistance recipients. Hagan Click here for an updated status.
HB 69 State retirement systems Wachtmann Click here for an updated status.
HB 81 To require performance budgeting by most state agencies.  Snitchler & Rosenberger Click here for an updated status.
HB 85 To prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or maintain health insurance.  Hackett & Sears Click here for an updated status.
HB 92 Adoption of adults Martin & Beck Click here for an updated status.
HB 96 Dyslexia-a learning disability/screening & intervention services for Celeste & Brenner Click here for an updated status.
HB 97 To require the Department of Administrative Services to make a high deductible health care plan available to state employees and state elected officials and to declare an emergency. Hollington & Carney Click here for an updated status

HB 113

 

To enact "The Taxpayers Right to Know Act," specifying that records of public-private partnerships that perform or assist with state functions are public records, and that such entities must conduct official business in open meetings. Lundy Click here for an updated status
HB 137 To create a generally uniform definition of employee for specified labor laws and to create a uniform standard to determine whether an individual performing services for an employer is an employee of that employer. Phillips & Driehaus Click here for an updated status
HB 153

 

To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2013, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.

 

Amstutz Click here for an updated status

HB 159

 

Elections-photographic identification  Mecklenborg & Blessing  Click here for an updated status.

HB 194

 

To revise the Election Law. Mecklenborg & Blessing Click here for an updated status.

HB 198

 

To permit property tax complaints to be initiated only by the property owner. Coley Click here for an updated status.

 

 

HB 199

 

To prohibit the Governor from proposing and the General Assembly from enacting a state budget with aggregate general revenue fund appropriations that exceed ninety-five per cent of the total money received in aggregate revenue. Beck Click here for an updated status.

 

 

HB 202

To limit the retirement benefit of a re-employed retiree of a public retirement system and eliminate the deferred retirement option plan in the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund and State Highway Patrol Retirement System.  Hollington Click here for an updated status.
HB 232

 

To expand the authority of a county facilities review board to include any facility where an adult ward of the probate court resides or receives services among the institutions subject to its review.

 

Letson & O'Brien Click here for an updated status.
HB 233 To authorize school districts to sell commercial advertising space on school buses. Letson & Huffman Click here for an updated status
HB 246 To authorize political subdivisions to purchase by reverse auction certain services and supplies that they are currently prohibited from purchasing by reverse auction.  Roegner Click here for an updated status.

HB 267

 

To adopt the Revised Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act and to revise the merger and consolidation provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law. McKenney Click here for an updated status

HB 279

 

To Expand the class of persons who may execute caregiver affadavit or be designated as attorney in fact for the purposes Kinship care policy.  Grossman & Driehaus Click here for an updated status

HB 291

 

 

 

 

To restore local control to Ohio’s election process and increase voter participation by permitting an individual who wishes to vote by absent voter’s ballots to request those ballots via electronic mail, through the internet, if internet delivery is offered by a board of elections or the Secretary of State, by permitting a board of elections to mail unsolicited applications for absent voter’s ballots, and by requiring the General Assembly to appropriate funds, and requiring the Secretary of State to reimburse boards, for cost incurred in an even-numbered year.  Stinziano Click here for an updated status

 

 

 

HB 317

 

 

 

 

To impose a temporary hiring freeze in state government until the state workforce is decreased by 10 percent  Young & Thompson Click here for an updated status

 

 

HB 318

 

 

 

 

 

 

To revise the process for becoming a candidate for nomination for the office of President of the United States, to establish a separate primary election on June 12, 2012, for nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States, candidates for the office of member of the United States House of Representatives, candidates for at-large delegate and alternate to the national convention of a major political party, and candidates for district delegate and alternate to the national convention of a major political party, to eliminate the August special election in 2012, to permit political subdivisions and taxing authorities to conduct a special election on the day of the June 12, 2012, primary election, and to make an appropriation.  Blessing Click here for an updated stat

HB 319

To revise the process for becoming a candidate for nomination for the office of President of the United States, to establish a separate primary election on June 12, 2012, for nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States, candidates for the office of member of the United States House of Representatives, candidates for at-large delegate and alternate to the national convention of a major political party, and candidates for district delegate and alternate to the national convention of a major political party, to eliminate the August special election in 2012, to permit political subdivisions and taxing authorities to conduct a special election on the day of the June 12, 2012, primary election, and to make an appropriation. 

 

Blessing

Click here for an updated status  

 

HB 326

 

To prohibit a person from using public funds for specified purposes and to specifythat a person or political subdivision who violates the prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor 

 

 McClain & Hill Click here for an updated status

HB 332

To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the purchase or construction of an accessible home or for the renovation of a home to improve its accessibility

Stinziano & Grossman Click here for an updated status

HB 363

To increase the balance that must exist in the Budget Stabilization Fund, from 5% to 10% of the General Revenue Fund revenue, before revenue surpluses are applied to income tax reductions.   Duffy Click here for an updated status  

HB 371

 

Regarding the Local Government Innovation Program and to make an appropriation.   Amstutz & Weddington Click here for an updated status  

HB 376

 

To prohibit health insurers from excluding coverage for specified services for individual diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.   Celeste & Garland Click here for an updated status  

 

HB 382

 

 

To provide that exploitation under the adult protective services law includes actions by any persons, rather than only by caregivers.  Gentile Click here for an updated status  

 

 

HB 391

 

 

 

 

To eliminate the requirement that Ohio conduct two primary elections in 2012, to eliminate the appropriation that would pay for the second primary election in 2012, to eliminate the requirement of mailing an election notice to each registered elector prior to the March 6, 2012, primary election, to establish a single primary election on May 22, 2012, for the purpose of nominating all candidates for election in 2012, and to declare an emergency.   Huffman Click here for an updated status  

 

HB 396

 

To revise rule-making and rule review procedures and to declare an emergency. Am. and to repeal sections 119.031 and 119.032   McGregor & Murray Click here for an updated status  

HB 407

To enact section 5709.29 of the Revised Code to exempt from real property taxation the value of single-family residential property owned by a developer or builder until the developer or builder transfers possession or title. Beck Click here for an updated status

HB 412

To amend sections 124.14 and 3924.01 and to enact sections 3965.01 to 3965.14 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Agency and to establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Program consisting of an exchange for individual coverage and a Small Business Health Options Program. Antonio & Carney Click here for an updated status

 HB   430

To amend sections 307.12, 307.86, 307.861, 307.88, and 5705.41 and to enact section 307.863 of the Revised Code to increase the county competitive bidding and other procurement thresholds, to make other changes to the county competitive bidding law, and to eliminate the annual adoption of certain resolutions. Boose &  Carney Click here for an updated status

 HB 434


 To amend sections 2744.02 and 2744.09 of the Revised Code to require that a political subdivision other than a county exhaust  its own assets to satisfy its contract or tort liability, before it may seek contribution out of the assets of the county or counties having territory within the political subdivision
Hall NA

 

SB 2

To adopt a new small business rule review procedure.  Hughes Click here for an updated status.

 SB 3

 

To formally state the General Assembly's intent to make changes to the laws governing the state retirement systems as necessary to modernize, update, and improve the actuarial soundness of the systems. Faber Click here for an updated status.

 

 

SB 4

 

 

To require performance auditing by the Auditor of State of a minimum of four state agencies each biennium, to establish the Leverage for Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance Fund, and to make an appropriation.  Schaffer Click here for an updated status.
SB 5 To formally state the General Assembly's intentions to revise the collective bargaining law.  Jones Click here for an updated status.

 

 

SB 11

 

 

 

 

 

To enact the Common Sense Regulation Act to improve state agency regulatory processes, especially as they relate to small businesses, to require state departments to develop customer service training programs, and to require the Director of Environmental Protection to provide environmental regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses.  Cafaro Click here for an updated status.

SB 18

 

 

 

To excuse up to five, instead of three, school calamity days for the 2010-2011 school year; to modify the manner in which schools may make up excess calamity days; and to declare an emergency. Grendell Click here for an updated status.

 

SB 20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regarding termination of the disability benefit of a state retirement system member convicted of certain felonies committed while serving in a position of honor, trust, or profit.  Grendell Click here for an updated status.
SB 23 To provide that a terminally ill individual with an anticipated life expectancy of five years or less who is on a waiting list for the PACE program or a Medicaid waiver program providing home and community-based services is to have priority over other individuals on such a waiting list.  Tavares Click here for an updated status.

SB 25

 

To specify that the Ohio prompt payment law applies to payment of claims by Medicaid managed care organizations. Tavares Click here for an updated status.

SB 41

 

 

 

To increase the membership of county boards of developmental disabilities.  Kearney Click here for an updated status.

SB 45

 

To allow an income tax deduction for amounts spent by teachers for instructional materials.  Kearney Click here for an updated status.

SB 47

 

To authorize a commercial activity tax credit for underserved community grocery stores.  Kearney Click here for an updated status.

SB 51

 

 

To require the Department of Transportation to survey each school district, community school, and STEM school regarding transportation safety and alternative transportation options for students living within two miles of school.  Kearney Click here for an updated status.
SB 53 To include in the offense of ethnic intimidation the commission of specified offenses by reason of disability of the victim.  Kearney Click here for an updated status.

SB 87

 

 

Unified Long-Term Care Budget Workgroup-implement recommendations of Tavares  & Schiavoni Click here for an updated status.

SB 125

 

 

To generally authorize political subdivisions to enter into agreements to perform services for one another and to authorize a regional council of governments to enter into unit price contracts related to buildings on behalf of member political subdivisions. Seitz & Turner Click here for an updated status. 

SB 148

 

Election Law-revise Wagoner

Click here for an updated status.

SB 149 To revise the definition of "mobility impaired person" to include a person who is diagnosed with autism for purposes of the statutes governing assistance dogs. Bacon & Jones Click here for an updated status.
SB 157 To authorize the use of traffic signs warning of the presence of a child with a disability. Patton Click here for an updated status.

 

SB 174

 

 

To authorize school districts to sell commercial advertising space on school buses. Schiavoni Click here for an updated status

 

 

SB 178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To limit the forfeiture amount and attorney’s fees a person may recover for the unlawful destruction or disposal of a record of a public office, to establish a four-year statute of limitations for the commencement of a civil action for injunctive relief or to recover a forfeiture for such unlawful conduct, to require one-half of all forfeiture amounts recovered to be paid to the state for use by the state archives, to revise the Ohio Historical Society’s procedure for selecting records of historical value before political subdivisions dispose of them, to allow the Attorney General to offer programs regarding the records retention procedure, and to move the date for meetings of a county microfilming board. Seitz Click here for an updated status

SB 197

 

To authorize a board of county commissioners of any county to enter into an agreement to sell and leaseback county buildings Wagoner Click here for an updated status

 

SB 217

 

 

To eliminate March primary elections in presidential election years by requiring all primary elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, and to declare an emergency.
 
 Faber Click here for an updated status
SB 227 To eliminate March primary elections in presidential election years by requiring all primary elections to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, and to declare an emergency.  Tavares & Turner Click here for an updated status 

SB 233

 

 

 

 

To limit copayments health insurers impose for physical therapy services and to make changes to the law governing health insurers and intermediary organizations   Oeslager Click here for an updated status 

 SB 265

 

To increase the balance that must exist in the Budget Stabilization Fund, from 5% to 10% of the General Revenue Fund revenue, before revenue surpluses are applied to income tax reductions   Bacon Click here for an updated status

SB 277

To amend sections 124.14 and 3924.01 and to enact sections 3965.01 to 3965.14 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Agency and to establish the Ohio Health Benefit Exchange Program consisting of an exchange for individual coverage and a Small Business Health Options Program.
Skindell Click here for an updated status

SB 284

To amend sections 323.17, 3501.01, 5705.194, 5739.021, and 5739.026 of the Revised Code to eliminate the ability to conduct special elections in February and August.
Jordan Click here for an updated status

 

 



 

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