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Agent: Charles H Gerhardt, III
Employer: Hamilton County Administration
Reporting Period: Sep-Dec25
Date Filed: 2/2/2026
Confirmation: 20260202LUPA1486692
I. Legislative Agent Activity

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

  • HB 5 Enact the Repeat Offender Act
  • HB 22 Authorize homestead exemption for surviving military spouses
  • HB 28 Eliminate the authority to levy replacement property tax levies
  • HB 29 Regards inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers
  • HB 41 Establish certain child care grant programs
  • HB 45 Prohibit certain firearm transfers without a background check
  • HB 61 Modify homestead exemption, owner-occupancy tax credit amount
  • HB 89 Authorize temporary property tax reduction
  • HB 96 Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27
  • HB 103 Increase the homestead exemption amount and income limit
  • HB 104 Designate Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day
  • HB 109 Regards local regulation, taxing of short-term rental properties
  • HB 124 Modify process for property tax sales-assessment ratio studies
  • HB 129 Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage
  • HB 156 Authorize a property tax freeze for certain owner-occupied homes
  • HB 160 Revise liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws
  • HB 161 Extend sales, use and local lodging taxes to short-term rentals
  • HB 198 Regulate manufacture, sale of inhalable, ingestible hemp products
  • HB 222 Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws
  • HB 229 Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs
  • HB 232 Modify the law governing certain property tax complaints
  • HB 241 Regards dog quarantine, disposition hearing, after a dog attack
  • HB 247 Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs
  • HB 260 Regards courts and court procedures
  • HB 309 Regards budget commissions, property tax, and certain funds
  • HB 314 Limit certain public record requests; allow contractor response
  • HB 335 Regards county budget commissions, property and sales tax, funds
  • HB 355 Increase vote threshold for local taxes subject to voter approval
  • HB 413 Regards Ohio State, Local Government Expenditure Databases
  • HB 420 Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act I:Discontinuing the Continuum
  • HB 421 Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act II: Arresting Inside Millage
  • HB 422 Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act III: Triumph of the Taxpayer
  • HB 443 Prohibit enforcing property tax liens against certain homesteads
  • HB 445 Regards regional councils of govt and metropolitan planning orgs
  • HB 456 Regards amending a pre-1994 community reinvestment area
  • HB 473 Bar public employer from paying employee retirement contributions
  • HB 480 Revise the Unclaimed Funds Law
  • HB 483 Allow partial property tax deferral for eligible homeowners
  • HB 499 Modify laws governing county budget commissions, property taxes
  • HB 512 Modify law re: project labor agreements in public contracts
  • HB 513 Let certain entities apply Prevailing Wage to public projects
  • HB 520 Establish Blue Ribbon Comm. in each county to improve efficiency
  • HB 559 Allow for the waiver of peace officer refresher training
  • HB 608 Modify the law governing property taxes and other local taxes
  • HB 609 Require public body to allow public comment before taking action
  • SB 3 Phase-down the state income tax to a flat rate of 2.75%
  • SB 43 Repeal the authorization of a special county lodging tax
  • SB 56 Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes
  • SB 81 Authorize a property tax freeze for certain owner-occupied homes
  • SB 86 Regulate and tax intoxicating hemp, drinkable cannabinoid product
  • SB 104 Regards local regulation, taxing of short-term rental properties
  • SB 147 Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws
  • SB 150 Increase sports gaming tax; allocate for athletics, sports venues
  • SB 185 Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs
  • SB 206 Authorize property tax reduction for certain owner-occupied homes
  • SB 215 Modify homestead exemption calculation, eligibility criteria
  • SB 262 Require construction contracts note variation from standard form
  • SB 275 Allow partial property tax deferral for eligible homeowners
  • SB 307 Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities

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