Bill Tracking


The following is the list of bills being closely monitored by GCP staff. Our 2009-2010 Public Policy Agenda is the primary determinant with respect to whether we hold one of the following positions: Opponent, Proponent, or Interested Party”. If you have questions on any of these bills, please contact GCP Advocacy staff.

HB1 BIENNIAL BUDGET (Sykes) -  To make appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011 for the operation of state programs.

  • Current Status: 07/17/2009 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
  • Comments: None
  • GCP Position: Interested Party
  • Staff Assigned: Caruso, G.Smith

HB2 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET (UJVAGI, P) To make appropriations for the programs related to transportation and public safety for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011.

  • Current Status: 04/01/2009 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR:  eff. 4/1/2009 (13 vetoes)
  • Comments: None
  • GCP Position: Interested Party
  • Staff Assigned: Caruso, G.Smith

HB6 MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION (PATTEN, M) To authorize refundable nontransferable credits against the corporation franchise tax or income tax for production of motion pictures in Ohio.

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.

HB15 WORKERS' COMPENSATION BUDGET (Sykes, V) To create the Deputy Inspector General for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Industrial Commission Fund; to make other changes to the Workers' Compensation Law; to make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011; and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the Bureau's programs.

  • Current Status: 06/30/2009 -SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR  (Effective 06/30/09 - some sections different dates)
  • Comments: None
  • GCP Position: Interested Party
  • Staff Assigned: Caruso, G.Smith

HB16 INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION BUDGET (Sykes, V) To make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of Commission programs.

  • Current Status: 06/30/2009 - SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR  (Effective 06/30/09 - some sections different dates)
  • Comments: None
  • GCP Position: Interested Party
  • Staff Assigned: Caruso, G.Smith 

HB123 TAX CREDIT-SCIENCE DEGREE (GOYAL, J) To grant an income tax credit to individuals who earn degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math-based fields of study and to authorize municipal corporations to grant a credit to individuals qualifying for the state credit.

HB140  ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECTS (Goyal, J) - To permit institutions of higher education to facilitate and assist with entrepreneurial projects for economic development and to authorize the institutions to enter into agreements to induce development of, acquire ownership in, and make or guarantee loans and incur debt to fund the entrepreneurial projects.

HB166 TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION AUTHORITIES (CARNEY, J) To authorize the creation of transportation innovation authorities by specified governmental entities and to establish the powers and duties of such authorities.

  • Current Status: 01/20/10- PASSED BY HOUSE  Vote 76-26
  •                   02/03/10 Referred to Senate Highways and Transportation
  • Comments: None
  • Position: None

HB283 CRITICAL DEMAND SKILLS (WILLIAMS, S) To require the Director of Development to administer a grant program to provide funding to specified entities to provide training for employees in the fields of biotechnology and bioscience or any other field in which critical demands exist for certain skills.

SB1 BUILDING OHIO JOBS PART II (HUGHES, J) To implement the additional debt authority for conservation and revitalization programs provided by Section 2q of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution, to authorize the issuance of that debt, to make new appropriations for the purpose of continuing programs established by Am. Sub. H.B. 554 of the 127th General Assembly, the Bipartisan Job Stimulus Act, and to declare an emergency.

SB2 FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING (CAREY, JR., J) To provide for the distribution of moneys received by the state from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by making appropriations and to declare an emergency.

SB3 SMALL BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT ACT (FABER, K) To require a rule-making agency to prepare a cost-benefit report for, and regulatory flexibility analysis of, rules that may have any adverse impact on small businesses, to create the Small Business Regulatory Review Board.

  • Current Status: 11/10/2009 - House State Government, (First Hearing)
  • Comments: None
  • GCP Position: Interested Party
  • Staff Assigned: Caruso, G.Smith

SB5 GRANTS FOR GRADS (BUEHRER, S) To create the Grants for Grads Program.

SB9 FILM TAX CREDIT (PATTON, T) To authorize income tax credits for investments in motion pictures produced in Ohio.

  • Current Status: 03/11/2009 - House Ways and Means, (First Hearing)
  • Comments: None
  • GCP Position: Interested Party
  • Staff Assigned: Caruso, G.Smith

SB12 ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN (SAWYER, T) To provide formula funding for all-day kindergarten for all school districts and community schools that offer it.

SB19 THOROUGH AND EFFICIENT EDUCATION (STEWART, J) To establish a bipartisan committee to recommend a system that pays one hundred per cent of the actual cost of a thorough and efficient education and to require the Department of Education to report certain school funding information to parents and taxpayers.

  • Current Status: 02/17/2009 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)
  • Comments: None
  • GCP Position: Interested Party
  • Staff Assigned: Caruso, G.Smith

SB26 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (SCHAFFER, T) To require municipal corporations with more than $100 million in annual income tax collections to provide a tax credit to nonresident taxpayers.

SB27 OCEANGOING VESSELS (MILLER, D) To establish requirements governing oceangoing vessels on the state waters of Lake Erie in order to control aquatic nuisance species.

SB34 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS (MILLER, D) To create a health insurance program that allows municipal corporations, small employers, and nonprofit corporations or associations to purchase for their employees the same policies provided to state employees.

SB35 FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS (STEWART, J) To pursue a memorandum of agreement that permits the enforcement of federal immigration laws in the state by law enforcement officers.

SB52 EXECUTIVE BRANCH-STATE GOVERNMENT (GRENDELL, T) To reorganize the executive branch of state government.

SB99 COUNTY GOVERNMENT (GRENDELL, T) To permit an alternative form of county government in a county having population of 1.2 million or more to have a county council with at-large members and members from districts and to have an elected fiscal officer and an appointed county engineer, county information officer, coroner and sheriff.

SB121 TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION AUTHORITIES (NIEHAUS, T) To authorize the creation of transportation innovation authorities by specified governmental entities and to establish the powers and duties of such authorities.

SB162 TELEPHONE COMPANIES (BUEHRER, S)  To revise state regulation of telephone companies, remove telegraph companies from utility, regulation and revise law concerning confidential information of public utilities.