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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage"
+description: "To amend sections 319.301 and 5705.314 of the Revised Code to limit the ability of school districts to reallocate unvoted property tax millage and to include certain property and school district income taxes in the calculation of a school district's effective millage floor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "136"
+identifier: "HB 129"
+citation: "Ohio HB 129 (136)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Housing and Real Property", "Primary and Secondary Education", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Thomas"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db1463b7-7d2c-4136-9a97-03f21b72dbef"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb129/"
+source_hash: "5366f312f81de4f549e929c6c11b795527d1a80e8a3c2ee6509d5e74c7dd73f4"
+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 129 (136) — Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage
+
+To amend sections 319.301 and 5705.314 of the Revised Code to limit the ability of school districts to reallocate unvoted property tax millage and to include certain property and school district income taxes in the calculation of a school district's effective millage floor.
+
+## 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/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb129/00_IN/pdf/)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb129/02_PH/pdf/)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb129/04_PS/pdf/)
+4. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb129/01_RH/pdf/)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Local Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb129/03_RS/pdf/)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb129/05_EN/pdf/)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported — **5–2** (fail) · upper
+- Reported — **13–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **81–16** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in Senate amendments — **81–8** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **23–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Thomas — primary (person)
+- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Heidi Workman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Levi Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tex Fischer — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
+- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
+- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/20/26 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db1463b7-7d2c-4136-9a97-03f21b72dbef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+