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| Agent: | Matthew MacLaren |
|---|---|
| Employer: | Ohio Chamber of Commerce |
| Reporting Period: | May-Aug26 |
| Date Filed: | 9/8/2026 |
| Confirmation: | 20260908LUPA1525232 |
I. Legislative Agent Activity
Please disclose specific bills and resolutions on which active advocacy occurred during this reporting period:
- HB 7 Make certain caregivers eligible for publicly funded child care
- HB 9 Replace interstate construction requirement with a traffic study
- HB 11 Regards legislative rule approval and fiscal analyses of rules
- HB 18 Enact the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act
- HB 19 Regards underage possession or consumption of alcohol
- HB 28 Eliminate the authority to levy replacement property tax levies
- HB 54 Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium
- HB 70 Regards registration, titling, and use of replica motor vehicles
- HB 83 Regards state highways located in villages and cities
- HB 94 Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet
- HB 96 Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27
- HB 109 Regards local regulation, taxing of short-term rental properties
- HB 115 Enact the E-Check Ease Act
- HB 126 Prohibit certain public nuisance actions
- HB 138 Authorize the creation of tourism promotion districts
- HB 151 Allocate state revenue surplus to fund road and bridge projects
- HB 156 Authorize a property tax freeze for certain owner-occupied homes
- HB 159 Create the manufacturing technologies assistance grant program
- HB 161 Extend sales, use and local lodging taxes to short-term rentals
- HB 173 Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services
- HB 186 Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula
- HB 199 Revise law governing all-purpose vehicles, other utility vehicles
- HB 251 Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities
- HB 255 Create the Ohio Sports Commission
- HB 265 Regulate resellers of public utility services as public utilities
- HB 270 Adopt Superman as the official superhero of the state
- HB 272 Regards food dyes, PFAS, fluoride, and certain substance releases
- HB 286 Limit purposes for which internet gaming tax revenue may be used
- HB 291 Create the Ohio International Trade Commission
- HB 292 Establish the Ohio Defense Commission
- HB 293 Designate NASA Day of Remembrance
- HB 298 Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes
- HB 299 Require licensure of statewide initiative petition circulators
- HB 301 Enact the Digital Fair Repair Act
- HB 302 Establish age verification, parental consent for apps, developers
- HB 312 Designate the walleye as the official fish of the state
- HB 317 Prohibit purchase of drones made by a covered foreign entity
- HB 333 Enact the Airspace Protection Act
- HB 344 Regards electronic instant bingo, lottery terminals; levy a tax
- HB 361 Regards building inspections, local regulations, and zoning
- HB 364 Require food service operation note certain allergens on the menu
- HB 389 Eliminate additional registration fee for hybrid motor vehicles
- HB 392 Enact the Ohio Right to Compute Act
- HB 425 Prohibit trespass and unauthorized recording by drones
- HB 433 Alter amusement ride classification for inspection fee purposes
- HB 434 Exempt military driver's license applicants from driver's ed
- HB 447 Regards the dollar caps on certain damages in civil actions
- HB 469 Declare A.I. systems nonsentient; prohibit legal personhood
- HB 476 Authorize online raffles under the Charitable Gaming Law
- HB 488 Require amusement parks provide real-time ride operation status
- HB 563 Regulate ticket sales
- HB 567 Modify laws governing the Board of Nursing, nursing professionals
- HB 568 Limit retainage in certain private construction projects
- HB 598 Authorize local governments to create residential stability zone
- HB 608 Modify the law governing property taxes and other local taxes
- HB 615 Enact the Retail Theft Prevention Act
- HB 674 Let schools transport students by transportation network company
- HB 687 Regards staffing in athletic facilities with AED, CPR training
- HB 730 Make capital reappropriations for biennium ending June 30, 2028
- HB 732 Create the Ohio, The Heart of It All Pass program
- HB 757 Enact the Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act
- HB 971 Enact the Save Ohio Sports Act
- HB 977 Exempt sales of aircraft to nonresidents from sales tax
- HCR 6 Support work of the Ohio Commission for U.S. Semiquincentennial
- HCR 13 Urge Congress to designate Buckeye Trail a National Scenic Trail
- HCR 15 Urge Congress to pass the Defense Against Drones Act of 2025
- HR 60 Support moving NASA headquarters to Cleveland
- HR 101 Support Cleveland's offer to host the 2030 Special Olympics
- HR 304 Support Ohio's FAA proposal re: vertical takeoff, air mobility
- SB 2 Increase power generation; improve Ohio's electric grid
- SB 10 Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations
- SB 21 Designate Rutherford B. Hayes Day
- SB 24 Adopt the 1905 Wright Flyer III as the state airplane
- SB 30 Require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay cash
- SB 31 Replace interstate construction requirement with a traffic study
- SB 32 Establish the Child Care Cred Program
- SB 33 Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet
- SB 42 Authorize residential stability zones with property tax exemption
- SB 43 Repeal the authorization of a special county lodging tax
- SB 50 Regards age and schooling certificates, minor work hours
- SB 51 Establish legislative oversight of executive unemployment action
- SB 56 Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes
- SB 57 Enact the Ohio Bitcoin Reserve Act
- SB 104 Regards local regulation, taxing of short-term rental properties
- SB 106 Regulate the ownership of electric vehicle charging stations
- SB 150 Increase sports gaming tax; allocate for athletics, sports venues
- SB 157 Reduce statute of limitations for contract actions
- SB 180 Prohibit purchase of drones made by a covered foreign entity
- SB 186 Create a music incubator program, certain sales tax rebates
- SB 187 Create temporary tax credit - sound recording company investment
- SB 189 Create the COSI specialty license plate
- SB 190 Enact A Good Deal for Ohio Act
- 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 247 Designate the buckeye as the state candy
- SB 262 Require construction contracts note variation from standard form
- SB 281 Allow county comm to award a franchise for public transit system
- SB 348 Require bars, restaurants to have date rape drug testing devices
- SB 361 Prohibit the use of eminent domain for recreational trails
- SB 362 Establish the Ohio Defense and Space Commission
- SB 371 Make capital reappropriations for biennium ending June 30, 2028
- SB 398 Create the Adopt a Trail Program
- SB 399 Modify Attorney General's Charitable Gaming Law authority
- SB 420 Regards JobsOhio public records, open meetings, performance audit
- SB 425 Establish the violent crime reduction grant program
- SB 431 Enact the Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act
- SCR 10 Support work of the Ohio Commission for U.S. Semiquincentennial
- SCR 17 Support the creation of a U.S. Great Lakes Waterfront Trail
- SCR 19 Urge Congress to enact the Ohio River Restoration Program Act
- SJR 8 CA: Establish constitutional right to hunt and fish
- 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
No expenditures