HCR 32 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Urge Congress to implement a zero-based budgeting process

HCR 32 is a non-binding resolution urging the U.S. Congress to adopt zero-based budgeting for federal agencies. It proposes requiring agencies to rebuild their annual budgets from scratch each year - justifying every dollar of funding rather than starting with the previous year’s budget - instead of adding to existing appropriations. This would force agencies to evaluate all programs, rank priorities, and eliminate unnecessary spending to improve fiscal responsibility. The resolution does not change current law but calls on Congress to take action on this budgeting approach. It was introduced in the 2026 legislative session and referred to committee.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2026 Last action Jun 11, 2026
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As Introduced As Adopted by the House · 2 edits
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The bill was formally adopted by the House of Representatives, adding a list of cosponsors and standardizing the formatting of the header and body text. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or legal requirements were altered; the text remains identical to the original version.
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Added a list of cosponsors (Representatives Bird, Schmidt, White, etc.) to the document header.

Reformatted the document header and body text to align with the official 'As Adopted' style, removing page numbers and line markers from the original draft.

Floor votes · House Jun 10, 2026

How they voted

7123
Passed
Total votes 94
Jun 10, 2026
D Democratic32
11 Yea 21 Nay
65% Nay
R Republican62
60 Yea 2 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
0
Jun 11, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jun 10, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (71-23)
house
Jun 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Referred to Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
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State
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Photo of Mike Dovilla
Mike Dovilla
RRepublican
OH
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