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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio HB 466 Requires Subdivisions to Obtain Prior Approval Before Levying Property Taxes
Last action · October 1, 2025: Referred to Local GovernmentSponsors: Beth Lear and 8 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Ohio House Bill 466 requires certain local taxing subdivisions, such as township park districts and qualifying taxing units, to obtain formal prior approval from their creating or member governing authorities before placing a property tax levy on the ballot or certifying it to a county auditor.
Local taxpayers and property owners face an additional layer of administrative oversight before new property tax levies or renewals can be submitted to voters or implemented, altering how local districts secure financing.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Township park districts
Must secure prior approval from township trustees or county commissioners before certifying tax resolutions to boards of elections.
Property taxpayers
County commissioners
Empowered to review and either approve or disapprove tax resolutions submitted by park districts within their territory.
Key Facts
- Requires township park districts containing only unincorporated territory with trustee-appointed boards to get approval from township trustees before levying taxes or certifying tax resolutions.
- Prohibits park districts from certifying tax resolutions to county boards of elections without receiving and attaching approval resolutions from county commissioners.
- Defines 'qualifying subdivision' as a taxing unit created by member authorities where members are not required to be elected local officials.
- Mandates that qualifying subdivisions obtain approval from each member authority before certifying any tax resolution to a county board of elections.
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- Amends sections 511.27, 511.28, 1545.041, 1545.21, 3709.29, 5705.23, and 5705.34 of the Revised Code and enacts new sections.
- Applies to any resolution or ordinance adopted on or after the effective date of the act proposing to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Oct 1, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Local Government
- Sep 23, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
Version history
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Shift Toward Multi-Layered Tax Approval
The bill systematically closes gaps allowing unelected or specialized park and taxing authorities to place levies before voters without explicit sign-off from their creating bodies.
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Sources
www.legislature.ohio.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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