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type: "Bill"
title: "Regards budget commissions, property tax, and certain funds"
description: "To amend sections 3317.01, 5705.01, 5705.03, 5705.13, 5705.27, 5705.28, 5705.29, 5705.31, 5705.32, 5705.321, 5705.35, 5705.36, 5705.37, 5747.51, and 5747.53 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing county budget commissions, property taxation, and alternative apportionment formulas for local government and public library funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Ohio HB 309 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Thomas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec41b6a-e276-4e16-8f5d-e45393bf705f"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb309/"
source_hash: "1096db6f1f5637c2aeb7f41e873b10a010f00a922b0d5bea7a24791a5b7574cf"
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 309 (136) — Regards budget commissions, property tax, and certain funds
To amend sections 3317.01, 5705.01, 5705.03, 5705.13, 5705.27, 5705.28, 5705.29, 5705.31, 5705.32, 5705.321, 5705.35, 5705.36, 5705.37, 5747.51, and 5747.53 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing county budget commissions, property taxation, and alternative apportionment formulas for local government and public library funds.
## 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/hb309/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb309/02_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb309/04_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/hb309/01_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/hb309/03_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb309/05_EN/pdf/)
## Votes
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **6425** (pass) · lower
- Reported — **52** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **2310** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **7719** (pass) · lower
- Reported — **130** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Thomas — primary (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi Workman — cosponsor (person)
- Jack K. Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Levi Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Tex Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+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/8ec41b6a-e276-4e16-8f5d-e45393bf705f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).