---
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).