Each Monday morning, BASA posts a “tracking” of all Ohio House and Senate bills which the staff is monitoring. Listed in numerical order, each listed bill identifies the sponsor and features a brief caption about content. A complete history of the bill shows the dates on which official action was taken on the piece of legislation. A link to supplementary information may also be available within each bill.
To locate a specific piece of legislation select the CTRL+F keys then enter the bill number.
House Bills
HB1
BIENNIAL BUDGET (SYKES, V) To make appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011 for the operation of state programs.
Current Status:
7/17/2009 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR, eff. 7/17/09 appropriations; other sections subject to referendum 10/16/09
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET (UJVAGI, P) Make appropriations for programs related to transportation and public safety for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011.
Current Status:
4/1/2009 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR, eff. 4/1/2009 - (13 vetoes)
INTERACTIVE DISTANCE LEARNING (PHILLIPS, D) To establish an interactive distance learning pilot project.
Current Status:
5/27/2009 - House Finance and Appropriations, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB7
BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS (HARRIS, M) To require a building or structure erected or constructed using state capital moneys to adhere to certain sustainability standards.
Current Status:
5/18/2010 - Senate Finance and Financial Institutions, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB8
AUTISM (CELESTE, T) To prohibit health insurers from excluding coverage for specified services for individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Current Status:
12/15/2009 - Referred to Committee Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor
Comments:
None
HB11
SORN LAW (HEARD, T) Person required to register under Ohio's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law who occupies residential premises within one thousand feet of any school is guilty of misdemeanor of first degree.
Current Status:
3/4/2009 - House Criminal Justice, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB13
CHILD VICTIM OFFENDERS (GARRISON, J) To prohibit Tier III sex offender/child victim offenders who have committed specified offenses against a victim under 16 years of age from knowingly being present on school premises.
Current Status:
6/1/2010 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary - Criminal Justice
Comments:
None
HB19
DATING VIOLENCE (HARWOOD, S) Require school districts to adopt a dating violence policy and to include dating violence education within the health education curriculum.
VETERANS (STEBELTON, G) Eliminate requirement that a veteran be a resident of Ohio to qualify to receive the veterans preference on civil service examinations.
Current Status:
2/24/2009 - House Veterans Affairs, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB21
COMMUNITY SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION (LUCKIE, C) To permit a school district to surrender the transportation of its resident high school students attending community schools to those community schools.
Current Status:
3/24/2009 - House Education, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB22
BULK DATA (FENDE, L) Authorize public offices to limit the number of bulk data requests, impose charges to cover the actual costs associated with bulk data requests, and charge for the cost of redacting certain information.
Current Status:
2/25/2009 - House State Government, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB25
EXECUTIVE BRANCH (ADAMS, J) To reorganize the executive branch of state government.
Current Status:
11/10/2009 - House State Government, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB26
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT (WILLIAMS, B) To prohibit corporal punishment in all public and chartered nonpublic schools.
Current Status:
11/17/2009 - Referred to Committee Senate Highways and Transportation
Comments:
None
HB36
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS (DYER, S) Require expanded minutes for legislative committee meetings or a transcribed record of committee proceedings in lieu of minutes, and to require sworn testimony of all witnesses testifying before legislative committees.
Current Status:
5/20/2009 - House State Government, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB37
COMPETITIVE BIDDING (DYER, S) Require DAS to maintain a web site database including apparent low bidders who failed to be awarded a contract because they were found not to be "responsible."
Current Status:
3/24/2009 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB39
DISABILITY PARKING (FENDE, L) Require removal of snow or ice from special parking locations designated for persons with disabilities within 24 hours after the weather condition causing the snow or ice ceases.
Current Status:
3/24/2010 - Referred to Committee Senate Highways and Transportation
Comments:
None
HB41
LOTTERY PROFITS (GERBERRY, R) To require that a portion of lottery profits be distributed annually on a per pupil basis to public and chartered nonpublic schools.
Current Status:
5/19/2009 - House Education, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB48
UNIFORMED SERVICES SPOUSE (UJVAGI, P) Provide two weeks of leave for any employee who is the spouse or parent of a member of the uniformed services who is called to active duty or is injured, wounded, or hospitalized while serving in a combat zone.
Current Status:
4/2/2010 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR, some sections eff, 4/2/10; other sections eff. 7/2/10
MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS (MCGREGOR, R) Require Auditor of State to establish a fraud-reporting system for residents and public employees to file anonymous complaints of fraud and misuse of public funds by public offices or officials.
Current Status:
5/6/2009 - House State Government, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB59
GUARDIAN RESIDENCY - SCHOOLS (STEBELTON, G) Prohibit disqualification of certain students who live with legal or temporary custodians or with guardians from interscholastic athletics solely because their parents do not reside in the state.
Current Status:
3/24/2009 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB60
SCHOOL NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS (PILLICH, C) To establish nutritional standards for food and beverages sold in vending machines in public schools.
Current Status:
5/12/2010 - HB60 is amended into SB210
Comments:
None
HB62
MILITARY EXPERIENCE (PRYOR, R) Require relevant military experience to be considered by state licensing boards and agencies and by private state contractors and provide waiver of licensure/certification fee if veteran separated from duty within six months.
Current Status:
5/11/2010 - Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB67
BLOOD DONATION (CARNEY, J) To permit persons who are sixteen to donate blood with parental consent.
HEALTHY FARMS/HEALTHY SCHOOLS (DODD, D) To establish the healthy farms and healthy schools grant program for the purpose of providing grants to schools to establish nutrition and agricultural education programs for kindergarteners.
Current Status:
6/3/2009 - Referred to Committee Senate Education
Comments:
None
HB80
SCHOOL BUSES (DOMENICK, J) To require that all new school buses be equipped with a single white strobe light to be activated at all times when the bus is transporting passengers.
Current Status:
10/22/2009 - House Public Safety and Homeland Security, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB83
PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSAULTS (BOYD, B) To provide for the reporting of assaults in public schools to school administrators and law enforcement authorities.
Current Status:
2/9/2010 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB92
ELECTIONS (MECKLENBORG, R) To require absent voter's ballot identification envelope statements to be completed for absent voter's ballots to be counted, to generally prohibit same day voter registration and application for absent voter's ballots.
Current Status:
9/30/2009 - House Elections and Ethics, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB109
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENCES (HOTTINGER, J) To disqualify the holder of a commercial driver's license from operating a commercial motor vehicle upon a municipal OVI conviction.
Current Status:
11/18/2009 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Transportation and Infrastructure, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB113
SCHOOL ENERGY MEASURES (FOLEY, M) To authorize school boards, for on-site renewable energy generation measures and in the same manner as for energy conservation measures, to enter into installment contracts subject to specified terms of payment.
Current Status:
2/2/2010 - Senate Energy and Public Utilities, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB118
DEPARTMENT OF MR/DD (NEWCOMB, D) To change the name of the Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to the Department of Developmental Disabilities and to change the name of the county boards.
Current Status:
6/10/2009 - Re-Referred to Committee
Comments:
None
HB123
TAX CREDIT-SCIENCE DEGREE (GOYAL, J) Grant an income tax credit to individuals who earn degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math-based fields of study and authorize municipal corporations to grant credits to those qualifying for state credit.
Current Status:
5/6/2009 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB127
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES (WILLIAMS, S) To revise the laws governing issuance of certain professional licenses.
Current Status:
10/21/2009 - House State Government, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB130
DRIVING LAWS (MILLER, E) To prohibit a person who is less than 17 years of age from talking or text messaging on a mobile communication device while driving.
Current Status:
4/14/2009 - Referred to Committee House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Comments:
None
HB137
LIQUOR PERMIT LOCATIONS (WEDDINGTON, C) Prohibit issuing a retail liquor permit if store is located within one thousand feet from a school, church, library public playground or township park.
Current Status:
9/30/2009 - House State Government, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB139
INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS (DOLAN, M) To permit certain students to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Current Status:
5/19/2009 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB160
EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS (KOZIURA, J) To require that an appropriations bill for education agencies be enacted separately from and prior to any other operating appropriations bills.
Current Status:
5/6/2009 - Referred to Committee House Finance and Appropriations
Comments:
None
HB164
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL LAW ENFORCEMENT (MILLER, E) To authorize a board of education of a school district or governing board of an educational service center to employ public high school law enforcement officers, and provide that they are members of PERS.
Current Status:
5/6/2009 - Referred to Committee House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Comments:
None
HB165
EDUCATION FOR MILITARY CHILDREN (UJVAGI, P) To ratify the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and to establish the State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and other officers to implement the state's participation in the compact.
Current Status:
6/17/2009 - Referred to Committee Senate Education
Comments:
None
HB167
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DISCRIMINATION (MURRAY, D) To prohibit an employer or a landlord from discriminating against a victim of domestic violence, to allow a victim of domestic violence to take unpaid leave for court proceedings relating to domestic violence.
EMPLOYER RETALIATION (MURRAY, D) Prohibit an employer from retaliating against the employer's employee for testifying in an unemployment compensation proceeding.
Current Status:
1/12/2010 - House Commerce and Labor, (Fourth Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB177
STRS INVESTMENT PERSONNEL (HUFFMAN, M) Provide that investment personnel of the State Teachers Retirement System may not receive performance-based bonuses or premiums in years of negative investment returns and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
6/2/2009 - House Aging and Disability Services, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB178
DISTRICT BOARDS OF EDUCATION (WAGNER, J) To eliminate certain requirements and prohibitions applying to school district boards of education.
Current Status:
6/2/2009 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB184
WORK ELIGIBILITY STATUS (COMBS, C) To require employers to register and participate in a status verification system to verify the work eligibility status of all new employees and to affirm their participation on their state income tax returns.
Current Status:
6/24/2009 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB193
OHIO SUMMER LEARNING DAY (WEDDINGTON, C) To designate the second Thursday in July as "Ohio Summer Learning Day."
Current Status:
5/27/2009 - Referred to Committee House State Government
Comments:
None
HB208
ART THERAPY (SKINDELL, M) To regulate the practice of art therapy.
Current Status:
1/20/2010 - House Health, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB216
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS (CARNEY, J) To establish certain financial capacity requirements for professional employer organizations, clarify rights and liabilities of these organizations and client employers, and make other changes to the professional employer organization law.
Current Status:
5/18/2010 - Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB218
PUBLIC UTILITY TANGIBLE TAX VALUATION (WINBURN, R) To modify the tax valuation of public utility tangible personal property used to generate electricity from renewable resources
Current Status:
6/24/2009 - BILL AMENDED, House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB220
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC NOTICE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS (CHANDLER, K) To implement the recommendations of the Local Government Public Notice Task force by authorizing legal publication to be made in a newspaper of general circulation, eliminating certain publication and postal privilege requirements.
Current Status:
6/3/2010 - Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs
Comments:
None
HB229
COMPREHENSIVE CLEANING SYSTEM FOR SCHOOLS (STEWART, D) To require the Department of Health to establish a pilot program to test the effectiveness of the "OS1" comprehensive cleaning system in public schools.
Current Status:
10/14/2009 - House Health, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB245
2ND INTERIM BUDGET (SYKES, V) To make operating appropriations for the period beginning July 8, 2009, and ending July 14, 2009.
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (MORAN, M) To include any child that an individual claiming benefits has been granted custody of by court order in the calculation of dependents for the purpose of determining unemployment benefits.
Current Status:
10/6/2009 - House Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB251
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES (BOOK, T) To make changes in the law governing commercial drivers' licenses, including hazardous material endorsements, disqualifications, conviction records, and licensure of private commercial driver's license test administration.
Current Status:
4/27/2010 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Civil and Commercial Law, (Fourth Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB253
EDUCATION-LEADERSHIP CHARACTER ETHICS (DEBOSE, M) Regarding leadership character ethics in public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Current Status:
10/6/2009 - House Education, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB260
ELECTION LAW (STEWART, D) To revise the Election Law.
Current Status:
2/2/2010 - Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB261
DRIVING (DEBOSE, M) To prohibit driving a vehicle while text messaging or typing on a mobile communication device and to establish the violation as a secondary traffic offense.
Current Status:
11/5/2009 - House Public Safety and Homeland Security, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB262
TRAFFIC OFFENSES (DEBOSE, M) To prohibit driving a vehicle while talking, text messaging, or typing on a mobile communication device and to establish the violation as a secondary traffic offense.
Current Status:
11/5/2009 - House Public Safety and Homeland Security, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB266
COMMUNICATING WHILE DRIVING (KOZIURA, J) To generally prohibit driving a vehicle while using a handheld or manually operated mobile communication device.
Current Status:
12/1/2009 - House Public Safety and Homeland Security, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB268
SCHOOLS (DRIEHAUS, D) To temporarily reduce the per pupil base-cost payments to community schools in academic watch or emergency, use aggregate of those reductions to make supplemental payments for Auxiliary Services for chartered school students.
Current Status:
5/25/2010 - House Finance and Appropriations, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB270
COMMUNICATING WHILE DRIVING (PILLICH, C) To prohibit driving a vehicle while text messaging or typing on a mobile communication device.
Current Status:
11/19/2009 - House Public Safety and Homeland Security, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB275
CLASSROOM FACILITIES EQUITY RANKINGS (HUFFMAN, M) To revise the method for calculating the annual school district equity rankings for classroom facilities assistance and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
9/22/2009 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB284
INCOME TAX RATES (HAGAN, R) To increase the marginal income tax rate applicable to income in excess of $200,000 to its pre-2005 rate.
Current Status:
10/6/2009 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means
Comments:
None
HB285
SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS (BACON, K) Provide a three-day period in August and in December each year during which sales of clothing, footwear, school supplies, personal computers /computer-related items and sporting equipment are exempted from sales/use taxes.
Current Status:
1/19/2010 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB286
HOME IMPROVEMENTS-TAX EXEMPTION (FENDE, L) To exempt from real property taxation home improvements greater than $5,000 for five years.
Current Status:
10/28/2009 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB290
JUNIOR ROTC (BUBP, D) To include Junior ROTC as a permitted elective within the Ohio Core curriculum and to permit schools to excuse Junior ROTC students high school physical education.
GED TEST (NEWCOMB, D) To require the Department of Education to waive fees for certain Ohio residents taking the GED test.
Current Status:
12/1/2009 - House Education, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB308
MARGINAL INCOME TAX RATE (FOLEY, M) To increase the marginal income tax rate applicable to individuals, estates, and trusts with taxable income greater than $200,000.
Current Status:
10/28/2009 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB309
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA (BATCHELDER, W) To lengthen the period for which certain structures in a Community Reinvestment Area may be exempted from property taxation.
Current Status:
11/4/2009 - House Ways and Means, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB312
EDUCATION (MORGAN, S) To allow new Internet-or computer-based community schools to open under certain conditions, to require the use of student performance data in evaluating teachers and principals for licensure, qualify Teach for America for license.
Current Status:
11/17/2009 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB316
SEX EDUCATION (SLESNICK, S) To establish statutory standards for comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention education in public schools.
Current Status:
2/23/2010 - House Education, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB318
INCOME TAX FREEZE (SYKES, V) Postpone for two years the last of scheduled income tax rate reductions, create the Construction Reform Demonstration Project, provide for delay in all day kindergarten.
Current Status:
12/22/2009 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR, Some sections eff. 12/22/09; others 3/23/10
SCHOOL DISTRICT PARENTS (WILLIAMS, S) To require parents of students enrolled in school districts rated continuous improvement or lower to attend a parent-teacher conference.
Current Status:
11/17/2009 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB330
SCHOOL DISTRICT PURCHASING (PATTEN, M) To authorize the director of transportation to include school districts in purchase contracts for machinery, materials, supplies, and other articles.
Current Status:
6/3/2010 - Consideration of Senate Amendments, House refuses to concur with Senate Amendments; Vote 27-71
Comments:
None
HB336
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OFFICE HOLDERS (GARRISON, J) To prohibit an elected officer of a political subdivision or a candidate for an elective office of a political subdivision from accepting contributions from an employee of that subdivision.
Current Status:
3/16/2010 - House Elections and Ethics, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB343
STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATING EFFICIENCIES (SCHNEIDER, M) To conduct a study of potential operating efficiencies in state government.
Current Status:
11/18/2009 - House State Government, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB345
WEB-SITE PUBLICATIONS (HAGAN, R) To allow political subdivisions to make internet web site publications in lieu of newspaper of general circulation publication requirements if they donate funds used to provide newspaper notices to local food bank or food drive.
Current Status:
12/2/2009 - House Local Government / Public Administration, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB347
INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS (GROSSMAN, C) To prohibit disqualification of certain students from interscholastic athletics if a student's resident school district ceases, then resumes, its interscholastic athletics program.
Current Status:
11/10/2009 - Referred to Committee House Education
Comments:
None
HB351
UNDER-AGE DRINKING (BOLON, L) Regarding the criminal liability of an owner or occupant of any public or private place who allows a person under age 21 to remain in or on the place while possessing or consuming beer or intoxicating liquor.
Current Status:
5/12/2010 - House Criminal Justice, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB353
SCHOOL BUS ADS (HUFFMAN, M) To authorize school districts to sell commercial advertising space on school buses.
Current Status:
2/23/2010 - House Education, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB358
ABSENTEE VOTING (UJVAGI, P) To change the time by which absent voter's ballots must be ready, to authorize the Secretary of State to make emergency revisions in the armed service absent voting provisions, and to establish write-in absent voter's ballots for certain overseas voters w
Current Status:
2/2/2010 - House Elections and Ethics, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB359
ASSAULT OF SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD (LUCKIE, C) To impose the same criminal penalties for assaulting a school security guard as are imposed for assaulting a school teacher.
Current Status:
1/20/2010 - House Criminal Justice, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB365
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (CHANDLER, K) To eliminate an exemption from the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Law for specified educational employees.
Current Status:
5/25/2010 - REPORTED OUT, House Commerce and Labor, (Fifth Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB366
SCHOOL DISTRICT RULES (GARDNER, R) To allow school district boards to exempt their districts from certain spending rules and the requirement to provide all-day kindergarten and to direct duties of the Ohio School Funding Advisory Council.
Current Status:
1/12/2010 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB370
COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (GARRISON, J) To lift the moratorium on Internet- or computer-based community schools, to require the State Board of Education to adopt by rule its recommended standards for those schools and other electronic educational courses.
Current Status:
12/16/2009 - Re-Referred to Committee
Comments:
None
HB373
NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOLS (CARNEY, J) To establish standards for certain foods and beverages sold in public and chartered nonpublic schools, to require public school students to have periodic body mass index measurements; to require daily physical activity for students.
Current Status:
5/26/2010 - House Health, (Fifth Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB381
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIARY COMMITTEE (WILLIAMS, B) To create the Workforce Development Intermediary Committee.
Current Status:
11/30/2009 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor
Comments:
None
HB387
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE RATINGS (LEHNER, P) To revise the performance ratings for school districts and buildings.
Current Status:
1/12/2010 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB396
STATE BUDGET (BLAIR, T) To prohibit the Governor from proposing and the G.A. from enacting a state budget with aggregate general revenue fund appropriations that exceed 97% of the money received in aggregate revenue for two most recent fiscal years.
Current Status:
1/12/2010 - Referred to Committee House Finance and Appropriations
Comments:
None
HB400
PERSONAL INCOME TAX (ADAMS, J) To phase out the personal income tax over ten years.
Current Status:
5/26/2010 - House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB404
PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION (BOLON, L) To increase county treasurer fees for property tax collection and to modify how those fees are to be computed.
Current Status:
3/24/2010 - House Local Government / Public Administration, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB407
SCHOOL CALAMITY DAYS (ZEHRINGER, J) To allow school districts and STEM schools to make up excess calamity days by requiring students to complete lessons posted online.
Current Status:
4/13/2010 - House Education, (Third Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB439
TAX EXEMPTION-RENEWABLE ENERGY (PHILLIPS, D) Exempt from property taxation the cost of energy-conservation or renewable energy improvements to business property and to authorize an additional income tax deduction for costs of such improvements if property sold for gain.
Current Status:
5/11/2010 - House Alternative Energy, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB448
SCHOOL BUSES (CHANDLER, K) To require all school buses purchased, leased, or rented after January 1, 2014, to transport students to and from school to be equipped with a seat belt assembly for all passengers.
Current Status:
6/2/2010 - REPORTED OUT, House Transportation and Infrastructure, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB456
ESTATE TAX (OKEY, M) To repeal the estate tax effective January 1, 2011.
Current Status:
2/24/2010 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means
Comments:
None
HB462
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS (SYKES, V) To make capital reappropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2012, and certain capital appropriations.
Current Status:
3/30/2010 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR, eff. 7/1/2010
Comments:
None
HB464
WIND/SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES (WINBURN, R) To exempt qualifying wind and solar energy facilities from property taxation for up to 20 years and to require payments in lieu of taxes on the basis of each megawatt if production capacity of such facilities.
Current Status:
6/3/2010 - House Ways and Means, (Eighth Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB473
MINOR-STATE OF NUDITY (PILLICH, C) To prohibit a minor, by use of a telecommunications device, from knowingly receiving, exchanging, sending, posting, or possessing a photograph, video, or other material that shows a minor in a state of nudity.
Current Status:
6/1/2010 - Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary - Criminal Justice
Comments:
None
HB474
RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES (HITE, C) To exempt from property taxation renewable energy facilities that are not financed through the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority and to require a payment in lieu of taxes on the basis of each megawatt of production capacity.
Current Status:
4/13/2010 - Referred to Committee House Alternative Energy
Comments:
None
HB479
INCARCERATED SCHOOL AGE ADULTS (WEDDINGTON, C) To permit the establishment of a community school to serve adults of school age who are incarcerated or who have been released from the custody of the Department of Youth Services and to declare an emergency.
Current Status:
5/18/2010 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Education, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB488
SEX DISCRIMINATION (HARRIS, M) To expand the prohibition against discrimination because of or on the basis of sex to prohibit discrimination because of or on the basis of lactation and to require employers to allow an employee to express breast milk while at work.
Current Status:
4/14/2010 - Referred to Committee House Commerce and Labor
Comments:
None
HB489
HEALTH INSURANCE (BOOSE, T) To prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or maintain a policy of health insurance.
Current Status:
5/11/2010 - Referred to Committee House Health
Comments:
None
HB491
PROPERTY TAX COMPLAINTS (COLEY, W) To permit property tax complaints to be initiated only by the property owner.
Current Status:
5/11/2010 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means
Comments:
None
HB492
DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTORS (COLEY, W) To remove the minimum population criterion governing which counties may employ delinquent real property tax collectors, thereby allowing counties with populations below 200,000 to employ collectors.
Current Status:
6/2/2010 - House Local Government / Public Administration, (Second Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB494
ACADEMIC STANDARDS (STEBELTON, G) To allow more time for the adoption of standards and model curricula for science, social studies, and financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
Current Status:
5/18/2010 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB498
UNEARNED INCOME TAX RATE (HOLLINGTON, R) To reduce the maximum effective income tax rate applicable to unearned income of persons age 70 1/2 years or older to 1%.
Current Status:
5/11/2010 - Referred to Committee House Ways and Means
Comments:
None
HB500
SCHOOL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION (YUKO, K) To require public schools to provide concentrated instruction in substance abuse prevention during May, to designate May as "Substance Abuse Awareness and Education Month."
Current Status:
5/25/2010 - House Education, (First Hearing)
Comments:
None
HB502
SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNEXATION AGREEMENT (GROSSMAN, C) To prohibit an urban school district that is a party to an annexation agreement from declining to extend the agreement.
