By Brian Massie, A Watchman on the Wall
Thanks to Beth Blackmarr of Citizens for Property Tax Reform – Cuyahoga for sending this article to us.
https://www.wosu.org/2025-01-06/heres-what-to-watch-for-in-ohios-next-legislative-session
The Ohio Newsroom | By Kendall Crawford
Published January 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM EST
Excerpts from the article:
“Today marks a fresh start for Ohio legislators. It’s the beginning of Ohio’s 136th legislative session, which means a flurry of ideas – both new and old – will be introduced at the statehouse.”
[Photo: Daniel Konik / Statehouse News Bureau]
State Senator Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) reacts to his higher education bill (SB83) being stalled in the Ohio House.
On top issues to watch
“I think property tax reform is the big one. It’s not new, but it’s one that really didn’t get a lot of movement because there are so many moving parts in changing tax laws. If you change property taxes in this area, you affect local government funding or you affect what seniors pay. So there are a lot of dominoes that could potentially fall if you change one thing in property taxes.”
“There were so many proposals that didn’t really move, including ones that were introduced at the end of the year that are interesting to watch out for. The one that has come up twice now in the last 10 years or so, that will be interesting to see if lawmakers do anything about it, is a bill to ban lame duck sessions, which was proposed during the lame duck session. It didn’t move forward. The bipartisan group of lawmakers who backed this said lame duck legislating is not great because we don’t have a lot of time to really look at issues and [they argue] we should not be one of the seven states that allows lame duck legislating.”
LFC editorial opinion by Brian Massie:
All three State legislators representing Lake County promised in their re-election campaign to solve the property tax problems. Let’s see if they truly are concerned about the citizens their represent. We will keep everyone informed…Stay tuned.
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