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Agent: Justin Barnes
Employer: Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Reporting Period: Jan-Apr26
Date Filed: 6/1/2026
Confirmation: 20260601LUPA1522242
I. Legislative Agent Activity

Please disclose specific bills and resolutions on which active advocacy occurred during this reporting period:

  • HB 2 Establish the Child Care Cred Program
  • HB 6 Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act
  • HB 7 Make certain caregivers eligible for publicly funded child care
  • HB 18 Enact the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act
  • HB 41 Establish certain child care grant programs
  • HB 48 Modify tax deductions for 529 plan and ABLE account contributions
  • HB 59 Revise and streamline the state's occupational regulations
  • HB 62 Regards the College Credit Plus Program
  • HB 78 Authorize use of a digital driver's license or state ID card
  • HB 96 Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27
  • HB 98 Establish the Community Connectors Workforce Program
  • HB 100 Authorize grant program for retailers that sell donated goods
  • HB 107 Enact the Platinum Providers Act
  • HB 116 Enact the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act
  • HB 159 Create the manufacturing technologies assistance grant program
  • HB 167 Authorize tax credits for certain child care expenditures
  • HB 202 Establish Joint Legislative Information Technology Oversight Comm
  • HB 301 Enact the Digital Fair Repair Act
  • HB 302 Establish age verification, parental consent for apps, developers
  • HB 321 Revise Unemployment Compensation Law
  • HB 332 Create the small defense business linked deposit program
  • HB 376 Reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment
  • HB 382 Enact the Second Amendment Protection Act
  • HB 387 Authorize Sunday sales without local option election approval
  • HB 392 Enact the Ohio Right to Compute Act
  • HB 393 Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards
  • HB 395 Require ODJFS online process to report job interview no-shows
  • HB 423 Regulate practice of surgical assistants, surgical technologists
  • HB 426 Regards safekeeping and management of unclaimed digital assets
  • HB 455 Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW
  • HB 464 Exempt military-certified child care providers from licensure
  • HB 469 Declare A.I. systems nonsentient; prohibit legal personhood
  • HB 484 Create Workforce Investment Now (WIN) Child Care pilot program
  • HB 523 Enact the Future Educators Support Act
  • HB 530 Establish the Long-term Care Workforce Study Commission
  • HB 554 Require government, private sellers to accept cash as payment
  • HB 594 Require students complete a high school computer science course
  • HB 628 License artificial intelligence risk mitigation organizations
  • HB 644 Create Higher Ed Evidence-Based Innovation Fund, Grant Program
  • HB 647 Regards publicly funded child care, the Child Care Cred Program
  • HB 648 Regulate digital asset kiosks; register as money transmitters
  • HB 649 Enact the Child Care Fraud Prevention Act
  • HB 650 Establish Frontier Technologies and Quantum Computing Commission
  • HB 663 Create the Artificial Intelligence Study Commission
  • HB 665 Regulate the use of pricing algorithms
  • HB 666 Establish the Ohio Tech Institute
  • HB 669 Permit AP Business fulfill high school financial lit requirement
  • HB 688 Prohibit employment application question re: criminal background
  • HB 759 Enact the Ohio Vets-Military Families Childcare Act
  • HB 763 Authorize limited licenses for certain international physicians
  • HB 775 Regards state agencies' authority to adopt administrative rules
  • HB 777 Enact the Fair Tri-Share Child Care Program Act
  • HB 779 Enact the JobsOhio Transparency Act
  • HB 781 Regards procedures for inspecting child care providers
  • HB 782 Enact the At-Home Infant Care Program Act
  • HB 787 Revise the law governing the Child Care Choice Voucher Program
  • HCR 31 Urge Congress to reject any moratorium on state AI laws
  • HJR 2 Applies to Congress for a Convention of the States
  • SB 1 Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Actv
  • SB 19 Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention
  • SB 23 Revise the Alcohol Franchise Law
  • SB 32 Establish the Child Care Cred Program
  • SB 33 Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet
  • SB 57 Enact the Ohio Bitcoin Reserve Act
  • SB 79 Regulate the use of pricing algorithms
  • SB 175 Establish age verification, parental consent for apps, developers
  • SB 176 Enact the Digital Fair Repair Act
  • SB 177 Create Workforce Investment Now (WIN) for Child Care pilot
  • SB 180 Prohibit purchase of drones made by a covered foreign entity
  • SB 183 Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify
  • SB 184 Create residential development districts, housing grant program
  • SB 197 Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes
  • SB 199 Levy a fee on gross sports gaming wagers; specify revenue use
  • SB 203 Require political subdivisions to adopt a cybersecurity program
  • SB 205 Authorize an income tax credit for family caregiving expenses
  • SB 224 Make changes to the telemarketing law
  • SB 272 Regards civics assessment in lieu of American govt course exa
  • SB 276 Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists
  • SB 326 Require students complete a high school computer science course
  • SB 328 Regards Education and Workforce Return on Investment Initiative
  • SB 345 Create Higher Ed Evidence-Based Innovation Fund, Grant Program
  • SJR 3 Apply to Congress: Constitutional Convention for certain purposes
  • SR 68 Support moving NASA headquarters to Ohio

ANY LEGISLATIVE TITLES APPEARING IN THE DISCLOSURE ABOVE ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT INTENDED TO BE AN OFFICIAL OR EXCLUSIVE DESIGNATION OF ANY LEGISLATION CURRENTLY BEFORE OR ENACTED BY THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

II. Legislative Agent Expenditure Statement
A. Gifts
Date Recipient Description Legislation Date Notified Amount
B. Itemized Meals and Beverages
Date Recipient Description Legislation Date Notified Amount
C. Dinner, Party or Other Similar Functions to which all Members of the General Assembly where invited
Date Recipient Description Legislation Date Notified Amount
D. Non-Itemized Meals and Beverages
Meals Under $50: $129.93
Speaking Engagements: $0.00
National Conference Meals: $0.00
Total Aggregate (A + B + C + D)

$129.93