Rep. Jason Stephens

Maddy summaryHB 124 changes how local governments conduct property tax assessment studies that compare tax assessments to actual property sales prices. It modifies three specific sections of state law (5715.012, 5715.251, and 5715.26) to adjust the process for these studies. The bill directly affects county auditors and local tax authorities responsible for performing these assessments. The key change simplifies or updates the procedural steps for completing these studies, without altering tax rates or property values themselves.

To enact sections 4151.01, 4151.02, 4151.03, 4151.04, 4151.05, 4151.06, and 4151.07 of the Revised Code to require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry.

To amend sections 9.97, 101.70, 107.43, 113.40, 117.15, 121.03, 141.01, 141.011, 3505.03, 3505.33, 3505.35, 3513.052, 3513.10, 3517.092, 3517.10, 3517.102, 3517.103, 3517.104, 3517.106, 3517.108, 3517.109, 4503.033, and 5703.01 of the Revised Code to make the Tax Commissioner a statewide elected office.

Maddy summaryThis Ohio House Concurrent Resolution congratulates the United States Olympic hockey teams on their championship victories over Canada. The bill formally recognizes the men's and women's national teams for winning their Olympic titles in overtime golden goal matches. It directs the Clerk of the House to send authenticated copies of the resolution to team representatives and Ohio news media. The measure is a ceremonial acknowledgment rather than a policy change, expressing state appreciation for the athletes' achievements.

To establish a temporary program for hospital payments made by Medicaid managed care organizations and to name this act the Healthier Rural Hospitals Act.

To amend sections 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.5321 of the Revised Code regarding broadcasts of middle and high school post-season interscholastic athletic contests.

To amend sections 2151.412, 2151.426, 3109.04, 3109.054, and 3129.01 and to enact sections 2151.032, 3129.10, 3129.11, 3129.12, 3129.13, 3129.14, 3129.15, 3129.21, 3129.211, 3129.22, 3129.23, 3129.24, 3129.25, 3129.26, 3129.30, 3129.301, 3129.35, 3129.351, and 4743.15 of the Revised Code to enact the Affirming Families First Act and protect the right to affirm a minor child's sex.

To amend sections 323.152, 323.153, 323.156, 323.158, and 5747.85 of the Revised Code to expand the statewide owner-occupied residence property tax credit to all tax levies.

Maddy summaryHB 652 would change Ohio law to require insurers to provide policyholders with specific advance notice before nonrenewing their insurance policies. Currently, the law specifies certain time frames for these notifications; this bill amends Section 3937.26 and adds Section 3937.261 of the Revised Code to update those time frames. The key change is establishing clearer, more defined deadlines that insurers must meet when sending nonrenewal notices to customers. This directly affects Ohio residents who hold insurance policies (such as auto, home, or health insurance) by giving them more predictable notice periods before their coverage ends.

To amend sections 5104.015 and 5104.04 and to enact sections 5104.044, 5104.303, 5104.304, and 5104.361 of the Revised Code to require video surveillance of child care centers, to establish an online portal for tracking child care center attendance, to require investigations of waste, fraud, and abuse allegations relating to providers of publicly funded child care, and to name this act the Child Care Fraud Prevention Act.