Recent Real Estate Legislation Introduced in the Ohio Legislature (133rd General Assembly)

By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.- Senior Counsel-Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz

Recent bills of the 133rd General Assembly (See https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/) pending in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate related to real property include the following:

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Senate Bill 8

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Authorize tax credit for investment in opportunity zone.  

Long Title: To amend Sections 107.036, 122.86, 5747.02, and 5747.98 and to enact Section 122.84 of the Revised Code to authorize a tax credit for investments in an Ohio Opportunity Zone.

Primary Sponsor: Senator Kirk Schuring-District 29 

Version/Status: Passed by Senate-4-3-19; Referred to House Workforce and Economic Development Committee-4-16-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version

 

House Bill 20

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Prohibit homeowner associations placing limits on solar panels.  

Long Title: To enact Sections 5301.073 and 5311.192 of the Revised Code to prohibit condominium, homeowners, and neighborhood associations from imposing unreasonable limitations on the installation of solar collector systems on the roof or exterior walls of improvements.

Primary Sponsor: Rep. Louis W. Blessing III-District 29

Version/Status: Referred to State and Local Government Committee-2-13-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version

Senate Bill 36

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Prescribe valuation of certain rental property for tax purposes.  

Long Title: To amend Sections 5713.03 and 5715.01 of the Revised Code to prescribe how federally subsidized residential rental property must be valued for property tax purposes.

Primary Sponsor: Senator Matt Huffman-District 12 

Version/Status: Referred to Ways and Means Committee-2-20-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 47

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Revise time to decide property tax complaint; rename Legal Assistance. 

Long Title: To amend Section 5715.19 of the Revised Code to increase the time within which property tax complaints must be decided.                                                                                                               Primary Sponsor: Rep. Dave Greenspan-District 16

Version/Status: Referred to Ways and Means Comm.-2-13-2019; reported/amended-5-1-19                                            

Legislation Text: View Current Version

Senate Bill 96

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Grant Cleveland Housing Ct-review of health/safety code cases.

Long Title: To amend Section 1901.181 of the Revised Code to grant the

Cleveland Housing Court jurisdiction in any review or appeal of a final order of an

administrative body that relates to a local building, health, or safety code. 

Primary Sponsors: Senator Matt Dolan-District 24 and Senator Kenny Yuko-District 25

Version/Status:  Referred to Local Govt., Public Safety and Veteran’s Affairs Committee-3-12-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version

 

House Bill 99

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Revise homestead exemption income eligibility and tax reduction.

Long Title: To amend Sections 323.152 and 4503.065 of the Revised Code to raise the homestead exemption income eligibility to $60,000 and increase the tax reduction.

Primary Sponsors: Rep. Jack Cera-District 96 and Rep. John M. Rogers-District 60

Version/Status: Referred to Ways and Means Committee-3-5-2019

Legislation Text: View Current Version

 

House Bill 103

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Change law relating to land installment contracts.

Long Title: To amend Sections 1343.01, 3781.10, 5313.02, and 5313.04 and to enact Sections 5313.021, 5313.022, 5313.031, and 5313.12 of the Revised Code to make changes to the law relating to land installment contracts.

Primary Sponsors: Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan-District 58 and Rep. Don Manning-District 59

Version/Status:  Referred to Civil Justice Committee-3-5-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version

Senate Bill 139

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Enact First-time Home Buyer Savings Act-allow tax deductions

Long Title: To amend Section 5747.01 and to enact Sections 193.01, 193.02, 193.03, 193.04, 193.05, 193.06, and 193.07 of the Revised Code to enact the First-time Home Buyer Savings Act, authorizing income tax deductions for contributions to and earnings on savings accounts designated for the purchase of a home.

Primary Sponsors: Senator Theresa Gavarone-District 2 and Senator Bob Peterson-District 19

Version/Status: Introduced 4-30-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version.                                          

House Bill 149

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Enact Affordable Homebuilding and Housing Act.

Long Title: To enact Section 5709.51 of the Revised Code to enact the "Affordable Homebuilding and Housing Act" to temporarily exempt from property tax the increased value of land subdivided for residential development.

Primary Sponsor: Rep. Derek Merrin-District 47

Version/Status:  Referred to Economic and Workforce Development Committee-3-26-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version

  

House Bill 199

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Licenses commercial roofing contractors.

Long Title: To amend Sections 715.27, 3781.102, 4740.01, 4740.02, 4740.04, 4740.12, and 4764.03 of the Revised Code to require commercial roofing contractors to have a license.

Primary Sponsor: Rep.Thomas F. Patton-District 7

Version/Status:  Referred to Commerce and Labor Committee-4-30-19

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 209

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Abolish estate by dower.

Long Title: To amend Sections 2103.02, 2103.09, and 2106.24 of the Revised Code to abolish the estate by dower.

Primary Sponsors: Rep. Sara Carruthers-District 50 and Rep. Darrell Kick-District 70

Version/Status: Referred to Civil Justice Committee-4-30-2019

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 229

General Assembly: 133

Short Title: Prohibit discrimination in rental housing based on income.

Long Title: To amend Sections 4112.01 and 4112.02 of the Revised

Code to prohibit discrimination in rental housing based on lawful source of income. 

Primary Sponsors: Rep. Terrence Upchurch-District 10 and Rep. Adam Miller-District 17

Version/Status: Introduced in House-4-30-2019

Legislation Text: View Current Version

Recent Real Estate Legislation Introduced in the Ohio Legislature

By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.- Senior Counsel-Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz

Recent bills of the 132nd General Assembly (See https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/) pending in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate related to real property are as follows:

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House Bill 39

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Require removal of snow and ice from abutting sidewalks.  

Long Title: To enact section 505.872 of the Revised Code to authorize certain townships to require the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks abutting property.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Arndt, Representative Gavarone

Version/Status: As Reported by the State and Local Government Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

Senate Bill 50

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Prohibit deep well injection of brine and conversion of wells.  

Long Title: To amend sections 1509.01, 1509.02, 1509.03, 1509.05, 1509.06, 1509.08, 1509.21, 1509.22, 1509.222, 1509.223, 1509.224, and 1509.99, to enact section 1509.051, and to repeal section 1509.226 of the Revised Code to prohibit land application and deep well injection of brine, to prohibit the conversion of wells, and to eliminate the injection fee that is levied under the Oil and Gas Law.

Primary Sponsor: Senator Skindell

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 52

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Regulate solicitation of certain deeds.  

Long Title: To amend section 1345.99 and to enact section 1345.032 of the Revised Code to regulate the solicitation of certain deeds.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Rezabek

Version/Status: As Enrolled-Effective Date- May 11, 2018

Legislation Text: View Current Version

  

House Bill 118

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Prohibit dismissing tax complaint if fails to identify owner.  

Long Title: To amend section 5715.19 of the Revised Code to expressly prohibit the dismissal of a property tax complaint for failure to correctly identify the property owner.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Merrin

Version/Status: As Enrolled-Effective Date-February 5, 2018

Legislation Text: View Current Version

Senate Bill 123

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Limit right to initiate property tax complaints.  

Long Title: To amend sections 307.699, 3735.67, 5715.19, 5715.27, and 5717.01 of the Revised Code to limit the right to initiate most types of property tax complaints to the property owner and the county recorder of the county in which the property is located.

Primary Sponsor: Senator Coley

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Ways and Means Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 123

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Modify short-term, small, and mortgage loan laws.

Long Title: To amend sections 1321.35, 1321.36, 1321.39, 1321.40, 1321.41, 1321.422, 1321.99, and 4712.99, to enact new section 1321.46 and sections 1321.141, 1321.401, 1321.402, 1321.403, 1321.411, 1321.595, and 4712.071, and to repeal sections 1321.46 and 1321.461 of the Revised Code to modify the Short-Term Loan Act, to specify a minimum duration requirement for loans made under the Small Loan Law and Mortgage Loan Law, and to limit the authority of credit services organizations to broker extensions of credit for buyers.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Koehler, Representative Ashford

Version/Status: As Reported by the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 148

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Register home improvement contractors.

Long Title: To amend sections 109.572, 715.27, 3781.102, 4740.01, 4776.01, and 4776.20 and to enact sections 4785.01, 4785.02, 4785.021, 4785.03, 4785.04, 4785.05, 4785.06, 4785.07, 4785.08, 4785.09, 4785.11, 4785.12, 4785.13, 4785.14, 4785.15, 4785.16, 4785.17, 4785.18, 4785.19, 4785.20, 4785.21, and 4785.99 of the Revised Code to require statewide registration of home improvement contractors, to create the Home Improvement Board, and to make an appropriation.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Patmon

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Finance Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 175                                                              General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Allow residence owners to keep small livestock on property.

Long Title: To amend sections 303.21 and 519.21 and to enact section 901.60 of the Revised Code to allow an owner of residential property to keep, harbor, breed, or maintain small livestock on the property, and to prohibit zoning authorities from regulating certain agricultural activities conducted on residential property for noncommercial purposes.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Brinkman

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Agricultural and Rural Development Committee

Legislation Text : View Current Version

House Bill 199

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Enact Ohio Residential Mortgage Lending Act.

Long Title: To… create the Ohio Residential Mortgage Lending Act for the purpose of regulating all non-depository lending secured by residential real estate, to limit the application of the current Mortgage Loan Law to unsecured loans and loans secured by other than residential real estate, and to modify an exemption to the Ohio Consumer Installment Loan Act.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Blessing

Version: As Enrolled-Effective Date-March 23, 2018

Legislation Text : View Current Version

House Bill 343

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Regards how local governments are to contest property values.

Long Title: To amend section 5715.19 of the Revised Code to require local governments that contest property values to formally pass an authorizing resolution for each contest and to notify property owners.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Merrin

Version: As Passed by the House/Referred to Senate Ways and Means Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 361

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Increase time for deciding property tax complaints.

Long Title: To amend section 5715.19 of the Revised Code to increase the time within which boards of revision must decide property tax complaints.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Greenspan

Version/Status: As Reported/Amended by the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 390

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Clarify computation of timelines for forcible entry and detainer.

Long Title: To amend sections 1923.04 and 1923.14 of the Revised Code to clarify how to calculate certain timelines under which a forcible entry and detainer action must occur.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Merrin

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Financial Institution, Housing and Development Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 407

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Abolish estate by dower.

Long Title: To amend sections 2103.02, 2103.09, and 2106.24 of the Revised Code to abolish the estate by dower.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Dever, Representative Seitz

Version/Status: As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 412

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Authorize redacting discriminatory covenants from land records.

Long Title: To amend section 109.15 and to enact section 317.115 of the Revised Code to authorize county recorders, at the request of certain persons, to redact discriminatory covenants from real property instruments displayed on the internet, or to record modifications of those instruments.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Craig

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Civil Justice Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 460

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Assist creation of riparian buffers and exempt some from taxation.

Long Title: To amend sections 321.24, 5715.27, and 5717.02 and to enact sections 1515.12 and 5709.30 of the Revised Code to exempt qualifying riparian buffers in the Western Basin of Lake Erie from property taxation, to reimburse local taxing units for resulting revenue losses, and to require soil and water conservation districts to assist landowners with the creation and maintenance of riparian buffers.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Patterson, Representative Sheehy

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 480

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Establish requirements for multi-parcel auctions.                                                               Long Title: To amend sections 4707.01, 4707.023, 4707.15, 4707.20, and 4707.22 of the Revised Code to establish requirements governing multi-parcel auctions.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Hill

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Civil Justice Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

 

House Bill 487

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Eliminate special school right to school district real property.

Long Title: To amend sections 3313.41, 3318.08, and 5705.10, to enact new section 3313.411, and to repeal sections 3313.411, 3313.412, and 3313.413 of the Revised Code to eliminate the right of first refusal for community schools, college-preparatory boarding schools, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics schools in the acquisition of school district real property.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Ingram

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Education and Career Readiness Committee

LegislationText: View Current Version

House Bill 513

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Enhance homestead exemption for spouse of killed first responder.

Long Title: To amend sections 323.151, 323.152, 323.153, 4503.064, 4503.065, and 4503.066 of the Revised Code to enhance the homestead exemption for surviving spouses of peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel killed in the line of duty.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Brenner, Representative Ginter

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Ways and Means Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 562

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Prohibit horizontal well drilling in state and local parks.

Long Title: To amend section 1509.06 of the Revised Code to prohibit the drilling of a horizontal well in various state and local parks.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Leland

Version/Status: As Introduced/Referred to Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Legislation Text: View Current Version

House Bill 586

General Assembly: 132

Short Title: Expand homestead exemption.

Long Title: To amend sections 323.151, 323.152, 323.153, 323.157, 4503.064, 4503.065, and 4503.066 of the Revised Code to remove the income limit that restricts eligibility for the homestead exemption and to increase the exemption amount from $25,000 to $30,000.

Primary Sponsor: Representative Cera, Representative Rogers

Version/Status: As Introduced

Legislation Text: View Current Version