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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Regards process for local governments to contest property value"
+description: "Regards process for local governments to contest property value"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "134"
+identifier: "HB 126"
+citation: "Ohio HB 126 (134)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Derek Merrin"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-16"
+last_action: "2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44c60907-72ef-4fb3-94e2-2bb2b469889d"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/"
+source_hash: "f6242d33d9cd4627b42d25970db587fd487b7b33977ef6a18bb0ae89a787491d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
+---
+
+# Ohio HB 126 (134) — Regards process for local governments to contest property value
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/IN/00/hb126_00_IN?format=pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/PH/02/hb126_02_PH?format=pdf)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/PS/05/hb126_05_PS?format=pdf)
+4. **As Re-referred to the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/RCS/03/hb126_03_RCS?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Committee of Conference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/CR/06/hb126_06_CR?format=pdf)
+6. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/RH/01/hb126_01_RH?format=pdf)
+7. **As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/RS/04/hb126_04_RS?format=pdf)
+8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb126/EN/07/hb126_07_EN?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **62–31** (pass) · lower
+- Conference report agreed to — **24–8** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **12–5** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Refused to concur in Senate amendments — **0–90** (fail) · lower
+- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+- Conference report agreed to — **61–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Derek Merrin — primary (person)
+- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Young, B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
+- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
+- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
+- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
+- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Reported
+- **2021-04-28** Re-referred
+- **2021-04-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-12-08** Reported
+- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-12-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-02** Refused to concur in Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2022-03-16** Insist on amendments; asks for committee of conference
+- **2022-04-04** Conference managers: Reps. - Merrin, Stephens, Liston
+- **2022-04-05** Conference managers: Sens. - Blessing, Roegner, Williams
+- **2022-04-05** Conference managers: Sens. - Blessing, Roegner, Williams
+- **2022-04-06** Conference report agreed to
+- **2022-04-06** Conference report agreed to
+- **2021-04-20** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/21/22 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44c60907-72ef-4fb3-94e2-2bb2b469889d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+