Senate activity
The Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 212 by a vote of 29-1. The bill would provide a full or partial tax exemption to developers and owners of newly constructed homes within specified areas during the construction period and for 10 years after the home is occupied.
Senate Ways and Means Committee
The committee held a first hearing on SB 264, sponsored by Sen. Sandra R. Williams (D-Cleveland), which authorizes a nonrefundable tax credit for a business that assists an employee with the repayment of education loans. In addition, the committee held a first hearing on SB 273, also sponsored by Williams, which reduces property taxes on owner-occupied homes to the extent the taxes increase by more than 10% per year and prohibits school districts, among others, from placing a lien on property for unpaid water charges.
Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee
The committee held a fourth hearing on House Bill 210, which requires Ohio Department of Education-licensed preschool programs and other entities to screen and test prospective employees for tuberculosis and annually test certain employees for a five-year period. Also, the committee held a fourth hearing on SB 126, which appropriates $5 million to ESCs to assist with hiring social workers or mental or behavioral health professionals and to authorize a mental health professional to provide a crisis assessment to a suicidal minor, without parental consent.
Posted by Nicole Piscitani 3/06/2020