Ohio · individual fact

Ohio budget, debt, and interest

Ohio state-government finances, comparable debt and interest figures, and the enacted budget.

The national companion measures federal finances. Here the unit is Ohio state government. Federal debt is not allocated to Ohio; a state budget is not the federal budget.

State debt outstanding$32.29BFY2024 · #10 of 50 · highest first
Interest expenditure$1.45BFY2024 · #9 of 50 · highest first
Total state tax collections$37.47BFY2024 · #12 of 50 · highest first

Ohio over time

Explore Ohio readings, major events and reviewed actions on the same date scale. Ohio officeholders appear in separate lanes. National event evidence describes national context; it does not measure a Ohio effect.

Major events & context · A curated selection, including uncertain effects. Milestone dates do not establish that an event caused a Ohio change.

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Ohio government actions Ohio · source units

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Events and reviewed actionsNo saved observations in this range.Sep 1, 2005May 31, 2026
✦ Major events & context · 50National context · Hurricane Katrina emergency appropriations · 2005-09-08Katrina relief fundingNational context · Medicare prescription drug benefit begins · 2006-01-01Medicare Part D beginsNational context · Iraq and Afghanistan war funding assessment · 2007-07-31War funding assessmentNational context · Economic Stimulus Act tax rebates · 2008-02-132008 tax rebatesNational context · Treasury support for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac · 2008-09-07Fannie / Freddie supportNational context · Great Financial Crisis and Great Recession · 2008-09-15Great Financial CrisisNational context · Emergency stabilization law creates TARP · 2008-10-03TARP stabilizationNational context · Federal Reserve cuts rates close to zero · 2008-12-16Fed near-zero ratesNational context · American Recovery and Reinvestment Act · 2009-02-17Recovery ActNational context · Affordable Care Act changes health financing · 2010-03-23Health-care financing lawNational context · Tax extensions and payroll-tax relief · 2010-12-172010 tax / benefit dealNational context · Budget Control Act and debt-limit agreement · 2011-08-022011 budget agreementNational context · S&P lowers the U.S. sovereign credit rating · 2011-08-05S&P rating downgradeNational context · Fiscal-cliff tax agreement · 2013-01-02Fiscal-cliff agreementNational context · Automatic federal spending cuts begin · 2013-03-01Federal spending cutsNational context · Shutdown ends and debt limit is suspended · 2013-10-172013 funding / debt dealNational context · Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 · 2013-12-262013 budget caps dealNational context · Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 · 2015-11-022015 budget / debt dealNational context · Fed begins lifting rates after the crisis · 2015-12-16Fed rate normalizationNational context · 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act · 2017-12-222017 tax lawNational context · Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 · 2018-02-092018 budget / debt dealNational context · 2018–19 partial government shutdown · 2018-12-222018–19 funding lapseNational context · Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 · 2019-08-022019 budget / debt dealNational context · COVID-19 pandemic · 2020-03-11COVID-19 pandemicNational context · Emergency rate cuts and Treasury purchases · 2020-03-15Fed pandemic responseNational context · CARES Act pandemic relief · 2020-03-27CARES Act reliefNational context · Further pandemic relief and annual funding · 2020-12-27December pandemic reliefNational context · American Rescue Plan · 2021-03-11American Rescue PlanNational context · Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act · 2021-11-15Infrastructure fundingNational context · Congress raises the debt limit after two impasses · 2021-12-162021 debt-limit increaseNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2022 rate increases · 2022-03-16Fed rate increasesNational context · Semiconductor funding and investment credits · 2022-08-09CHIPS fundingNational context · PACT Act expands veterans’ benefits · 2022-08-10Veterans’ benefits expansionNational context · Inflation Reduction Act changes taxes and spending · 2022-08-16Energy / health / tax lawNational context · Student-loan cancellation cost recorded · 2022-09-30Loan-cost accountingNational context · Inflation and rates raise interest costs above forecasts · 2023-01-09Inflation / interest costsNational context · Fed reports suspension of Treasury payments · 2023-01-13Fed payments suspendedNational context · Disaster tax deadlines move into the next fiscal year · 2023-02-24Disaster tax deferralsNational context · Fiscal Responsibility Act · 2023-06-032023 debt-limit agreementNational context · Fitch lowers the U.S. sovereign credit rating · 2023-08-01Fitch rating downgradeNational context · Student-loan cost reversal lowers recorded outlays · 2023-08-31Loan-cost reversalNational context · National security supplemental funding · 2024-04-24Security supplementalNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2024 rate cuts · 2024-09-182024 Fed rate cutsNational context · Social Security Fairness Act becomes law · 2025-01-05Social Security benefitsNational context · Treasury begins extraordinary measures · 2025-01-21Debt-limit measuresNational context · Broad U.S. tariff announcement · 2025-04-02Tariffs / customs receiptsNational context · Moody’s lowers the U.S. sovereign credit rating · 2025-05-16Moody’s rating downgradeNational context · 2025 tax and spending reconciliation law · 2025-07-042025 tax / spending lawNational context · 2025 federal government shutdown · 2025-10-012025 funding lapseNational context · Supreme Court rejects IEEPA tariff authority · 2026-02-20Tariff authority ruling● Ohio Legislature · 17242● U.S. Congress · Ohio delegation · 3◆ Governor · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.■ Ohio agencies · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.2005-09-012026-05-31

20 of 20 reviewed Ohio actions match · 15 date markers shown. 50 major events shown separately.

How major events are selected

The timeline combines the corresponding national fact’s reviewed event catalog, labeled National context, with individually reviewed state milestones. State events use primary sources and distinguish signing, effective and filing dates. Each milestone keeps its source-check date, geographical limits and evidence limits. This curated selection is not a complete history.

Date ranges affect events and actions. Action type, status and official-name search affect government records only. Events remain separate from action counts. An event after the latest observation extends context without creating a new reading.

Ohio · state comparison

State debt and interest

Compare state-government balances and interest expenditure from the same Census fiscal-year survey.

Ohio · FY2024$32.29B
Ohio rank#10among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$1.1TSame measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

State debt outstanding

Long-term debt outstanding plus short-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end.

State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states. Excludes local-government debt. Dollar ranks describe scale, not credit quality.

Compare states on the graph

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Lower value · $728.59MHigher value · $166.39BStriped: unavailable

Color shows this measure’s value, not an overall state score. Select a state on the map, graph or dropdown to read its value, rank and comparison limits below.

Ohio · $32.29BFY2024 · Rank #10 of 50, highest firstSelected state

50 states shown · scroll to explore every state. Missing values have no bar and are excluded from ranks. Bars start at zero; #1 means the highest value.

Compare Ohio with every state · 50 ranked
State debt outstanding · FY2024 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California$166.39B—
#2New York$120.59B—
#3Texas$70.05B—
#4Massachusetts$65.87B—
#5New Jersey$57.23B—
#6Pennsylvania$48.67B—
#7Illinois$43.38B—
#8Virginia$33.73B—
#9Connecticut$33.27B—
#10Ohio · your comparison$32.29B—
#11Washington$30.62B—
#12Maryland$25.9B—
#13Michigan$25.02B—
#14Colorado$23.57B—
#15Wisconsin$22.79B—
#16Florida$20.14B—
#17Minnesota$17.03B—
#18Oregon$16.91B—
#19Louisiana$16.09B—
#20South Carolina$15.36B—
#21West Virginia$15.08B—
#22Georgia$14.05B—
#23North Carolina$13.13B—
#24Hawaii$11.72B—
#25Rhode Island$11.41B—
#26Alabama$10.99B—
#27Oklahoma$10.15B—
#28Kentucky$10.08B—
#29Tennessee$9.03B—
#30Indiana$8.52B—
#31Iowa$8.06B—
#32Arkansas$8.05B—
#33Mississippi$7.72B—
#34New Hampshire$7.58B—
#35Kansas$7.16B—
#36New Mexico$7.12B—
#37Missouri$6.99B—
#38Arizona$6.88B—
#39Alaska$5.72B—
#40Utah$5.55B—
#41Maine$5.3B—
#42North Dakota$4.89B—
#43South Dakota$4.67B—
#44Delaware$3.69B—
#45Nebraska$3.39B—
#46Nevada$2.89B—
#47Montana$2.76B—
#48Vermont$2.67B—
#49Wyoming$1.26B—
#50Idaho$728.59M—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Ohio · state comparison

Where state revenue comes from

All measures use Census state-government records for FY2024. Categories describe collections; they do not rank statutory tax rates.

Ohio · FY2024$16.33B
Ohio rank#6among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$465.4BSame measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

General sales-tax collections

Census category T09.

State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states.

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Lower value · $0Higher value · $54.35BStriped: unavailable

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Ohio · $16.33BFY2024 · Rank #6 of 50, highest firstSelected state

50 states shown · scroll to explore every state. Missing values have no bar and are excluded from ranks. Bars start at zero; #1 means the highest value.

Compare Ohio with every state · 50 ranked
General sales-tax collections · FY2024 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1Texas$54.35B—
#2California$53.33B—
#3Florida$40.09B—
#4Washington$22.81B—
#5New York$19.99B—
#6Ohio · your comparison$16.33B—
#7Illinois$16.05B—
#8Pennsylvania$15.6B—
#9New Jersey$14.31B—
#10Tennessee$14.08B—
#11Arizona$13.16B—
#12Michigan$12.7B—
#13North Carolina$12.16B—
#14Indiana$10.96B—
#15Massachusetts$9.4B—
#16Georgia$9.01B—
#17Minnesota$8.49B—
#18Nevada$8.4B—
#19Wisconsin$7.59B—
#20Virginia$7.4B—
#21Maryland$6.85B—
#22South Carolina$6.44B—
#23Connecticut$6.23B—
#24Kentucky$5.8B—
#25Missouri$5.26B—
#26Mississippi$5.07B—
#27Arkansas$5.07B—
#28Louisiana$4.87B—
#29Hawaii$4.79B—
#30Colorado$4.67B—
#31Iowa$4.64B—
#32Utah$4.63B—
#33Alabama$4.59B—
#34Kansas$4.33B—
#35New Mexico$4.33B—
#36Oklahoma$3.81B—
#37Idaho$3.09B—
#38Nebraska$2.97B—
#39Maine$2.35B—
#40West Virginia$1.82B—
#41South Dakota$1.68B—
#42Rhode Island$1.63B—
#43Oregon$1.34B—
#44North Dakota$1.32B—
#45Wyoming$1.01B—
#46Vermont$597.33M—
#47Alaska$0—
#47Delaware$0—
#47Montana$0—
#47New Hampshire$0—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Ohio · state comparison

Where state operating spending goes

Census categories allow consistent comparisons. These selected categories are not a breakdown of the current Ohio appropriations act.

Ohio · FY2024$39.77B
Ohio rank#6among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$1.02TSame measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Public welfare current operations

Current operations for public welfare institutions and other public welfare, excluding capital and transfers.

State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states.

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Lower value · $1.09BHigher value · $156.71BStriped: unavailable

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Ohio · $39.77BFY2024 · Rank #6 of 50, highest firstSelected state

50 states shown · scroll to explore every state. Missing values have no bar and are excluded from ranks. Bars start at zero; #1 means the highest value.

Compare Ohio with every state · 50 ranked
Public welfare current operations · FY2024 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California$156.71B—
#2New York$97.35B—
#3Texas$57.32B—
#4Illinois$41.13B—
#5Florida$40.11B—
#6Ohio · your comparison$39.77B—
#7Pennsylvania$39.34B—
#8Massachusetts$34.12B—
#9North Carolina$30.64B—
#10New Jersey$28.06B—
#11Arizona$26.02B—
#12Michigan$24.37B—
#13Virginia$23.68B—
#14Minnesota$23.37B—
#15Indiana$22.93B—
#16Maryland$21.61B—
#17Kentucky$20.54B—
#18Oregon$20.47B—
#19Washington$19.6B—
#20Georgia$18.99B—
#21Louisiana$18.69B—
#22Tennessee$16.42B—
#23Wisconsin$16.26B—
#24Missouri$15.65B—
#25Oklahoma$14.57B—
#26Colorado$13.6B—
#27South Carolina$12.84B—
#28New Mexico$10.72B—
#29Iowa$10.26B—
#30Alabama$9.73B—
#31Arkansas$8.67B—
#32Mississippi$8.08B—
#33Utah$6.91B—
#34Kansas$6.84B—
#35Nevada$6.62B—
#36West Virginia$6.24B—
#37Maine$5.7B—
#38Nebraska$4.97B—
#39Connecticut$4.88B—
#40Rhode Island$4.54B—
#41Hawaii$4.14B—
#42Delaware$3.97B—
#43Idaho$3.73B—
#44Alaska$3.27B—
#45Montana$2.89B—
#46New Hampshire$2.72B—
#47Vermont$2.69B—
#48North Dakota$2.09B—
#49South Dakota$1.95B—
#50Wyoming$1.09B—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Ohio · state comparison

State operating costs and the enacted budget

The enacted plan, spending categories and audited activity use different periods and accounting scopes; they are kept separate.

Ohio · FY2024$66.77B
Ohio rank#7among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$2.04TSame measure and period when published

#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.

Current operation expenditure

Sum of Census current-operation expenditure categories, excluding capital outlay, interest, and assistance/subsidy expenditure.

State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states. This FY2024 comparison differs in scope and period from Ohio’s FY2027 appropriations and Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 audit shown below.

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Lower value · $4.01BHigher value · $287.03BStriped: unavailable

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Ohio · $66.77BFY2024 · Rank #7 of 50, highest firstSelected state

50 states shown · scroll to explore every state. Missing values have no bar and are excluded from ranks. Bars start at zero; #1 means the highest value.

Compare Ohio with every state · 50 ranked
Current operation expenditure · FY2024 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California$287.03B—
#2New York$161.37B—
#3Texas$136.18B—
#4Florida$86.61B—
#5Pennsylvania$77.15B—
#6Illinois$75.67B—
#7Ohio · your comparison$66.77B—
#8New Jersey$64.53B—
#9Massachusetts$61.38B—
#10North Carolina$59.01B—
#11Michigan$57.27B—
#12Virginia$53.45B—
#13Washington$49.82B—
#14Georgia$45.19B—
#15Maryland$45.06B—
#16Oregon$41.41B—
#17Arizona$38.71B—
#18Minnesota$38.1B—
#19Indiana$37.4B—
#20Kentucky$36.94B—
#21Wisconsin$34.5B—
#22Missouri$34.43B—
#23South Carolina$32.85B—
#24Colorado$32.73B—
#25Louisiana$31.67B—
#26Tennessee$31.12B—
#27Alabama$26.99B—
#28Oklahoma$24.28B—
#29Utah$22.7B—
#30New Mexico$21.94B—
#31Connecticut$21.22B—
#32Iowa$19.89B—
#33Kansas$18.39B—
#34Hawaii$16.62B—
#35Mississippi$16.46B—
#36Arkansas$16.28B—
#37West Virginia$13.19B—
#38Nevada$12.43B—
#39Nebraska$10.41B—
#40Maine$10.12B—
#41Delaware$9.24B—
#42Rhode Island$8.93B—
#43Alaska$8.4B—
#44Idaho$8.21B—
#45New Hampshire$7.12B—
#46Montana$6.44B—
#47Vermont$6.28B—
#48North Dakota$5.63B—
#49South Dakota$4.55B—
#50Wyoming$4.01B—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Where state tax revenue comes from

FY2025 audited actual

Shares of the $33.6 billion in taxes reported as general revenue by Ohio's governmental activities. The denominator includes general taxes and taxes restricted for transportation, while excluding grants, service charges, tobacco-settlement revenue, investment income, and business-type activities.

Sales and use taxes
$14.3B · 42.7%
Individual income taxes
$10.8B · 32%
Corporate and public utility taxes
$3.4B · 10.2%
Motor-fuel taxes
$2.8B · 8.2%
Other taxes
$1.6B · 4.8%
Cigarette taxes
$712.2M · 2.1%

FY2027 General Revenue Fund spending plan

FY2027 enacted appropriations

Every FY2027 GRF line in the Legislative Service Commission's as-enacted spreadsheet is assigned exactly once to one of these service areas. The groups reconcile to the enacted GRF total above.

Health and human services
$25.6B · 55.5%
Education
$13.7B · 29.6%
Corrections, justice, and public safety
$3.6B · 7.8%
Local distributions and infrastructure
$2.4B · 5.2%
General government and other
$443.5M · 1%
Economic development, environment, and culture
$424.4M · 0.9%

What candidates are saying

Explore statements about budgets, government spending, deficits and public debt from FactVote’s Ohio candidate profiles. Compare candidates within each recorded race, with each person’s matching statements kept together. These are candidate and campaign statements, not verified outcomes.

38 statements from 20 candidates

2026 Ohio Auditor of State — General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 1 statement

2026 Ohio Governor and Lieutenant Governor — General Election

5 candidates with matching statements · 9 statements

Andrea Neutzling

1 statement

No party designation · Lieutenant Governor · OH

Budgets, spending & debt

Taxes are not ideological. Turning taxation into a partisan issue with one party being assiduously anti-tax (with no plan for balancing budgets aside from cutting government functions to nothing) and one party being pro-tax though usually limiting its ambitions to only the high earners and corporati…

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Source topic or question: Ohio Tax Plan

Candidate campaign source

Taxes are not ideological. Turning taxation into a partisan issue with one party being assiduously anti-tax (with no plan for balancing budgets aside from cutting government functions to nothing) and one party being pro-tax though usually limiting its ambitions to only the high earners and corporations (which simply do not offer a large enough tax base to cover even the more modest of their grand designs) is a recipe for a disastrous system of taxation.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 17, 2026

Andrea Neutzling — candidate-owned primary source 5 ↗

Don Kissick

3 statements

Libertarian · Governor · OH

Budgets, spending & debt

Eliminate targeted public subsidies for large institutions to reduce government spending.

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Source topic or question: Corporate Welfare

Candidate campaign source

Eliminate targeted public subsidies for large institutions to reduce government spending.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 23, 2026

Don Kissick — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
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Budgets, spending & debt

Make government contracts and budgets identifiable and searchable in a public database.

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Source topic or question: Government Contracts

Candidate campaign source

Make government contracts and budgets identifiable and searchable in a public database.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 23, 2026

Don Kissick — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
Budgets, spending & debt

We are in favor of the end property tax amendment. We prefer to see local consumption based funding. We can balance the budget and eliminate corporate welfare for the larger institutions saving a ton of money for Ohioans.

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Source topic or question: Property Taxes

Candidate campaign source

We are in favor of the end property tax amendment. We prefer to see local consumption based funding. We can balance the budget and eliminate corporate welfare for the larger institutions saving a ton of money for Ohioans.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 23, 2026

Don Kissick — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗

James L. Mills

2 statements

Libertarian · Lieutenant Governor · OH

Budgets, spending & debt

We are in favor of the end property tax amendment. We prefer to see local consumption based funding. We can balance the budget and eliminate corporate welfare for the larger institutions saving a ton of money for Ohioans.

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Source topic or question: Property Taxes

Candidate campaign source

We are in favor of the end property tax amendment. We prefer to see local consumption based funding. We can balance the budget and eliminate corporate welfare for the larger institutions saving a ton of money for Ohioans.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 23, 2026

James L. Mills — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
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Budgets, spending & debt

Make government contracts and budgets identifiable and searchable in a public database.

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Source topic or question: Contract Transparency

Candidate campaign source

Make government contracts and budgets identifiable and searchable in a public database.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 23, 2026

James L. Mills — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗

Timothy Grady

2 statements

No party designation · Governor · OH

Budgets, spending & debt

The power of the state government is limited, the power of the governor even more so. Real reform, real growth, a real renaissance, requires a real plan. It requires concerted action at multiple levels of government and buy-in from decision makers, institutions, business, and most importantly the pu…

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Source topic or question: Beyond Left vs Right

Candidate campaign source

The power of the state government is limited, the power of the governor even more so. Real reform, real growth, a real renaissance, requires a real plan. It requires concerted action at multiple levels of government and buy-in from decision makers, institutions, business, and most importantly the public. If the state government isn’t on the same page as city and county governments, our efforts will fail. If cities are still competing against each other in a race to the bottom to attract businesses, our efforts will fail. If we pass a budget with investment in education and capital for new businesses and the public doesn’t believe in it, doesn’t think it’s a real opportunity to skill up or start a business, our efforts will fail.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Timothy Grady — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
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Budgets, spending & debt

Taxes are not ideological. Turning taxation into a partisan issue with one party being assiduously anti-tax (with no plan for balancing budgets aside from cutting government functions to nothing) and one party being pro-tax though usually limiting its ambitions to only the high earners and corporati…

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Source topic or question: Ohio Tax Plan

Candidate campaign source

Taxes are not ideological. Turning taxation into a partisan issue with one party being assiduously anti-tax (with no plan for balancing budgets aside from cutting government functions to nothing) and one party being pro-tax though usually limiting its ambitions to only the high earners and corporations (which simply do not offer a large enough tax base to cover even the more modest of their grand designs) is a recipe for a disastrous system of taxation.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Timothy Grady — candidate-owned primary source 7 ↗

Vivek Ramaswamy

1 statement

Republican · Governor · OH

Budgets, spending & debt

Streamline energy project permits and remove unnecessary regulations so projects get built on time and on budget.

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Source topic or question: Reduce Electric Bills To Advance Energy Independence

Candidate campaign source

Streamline energy project permits and remove unnecessary regulations so projects get built on time and on budget.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Vivek Ramaswamy — candidate-owned primary source 3 ↗

2026 Ohio Treasurer of State — General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 1 statement

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How statements are selected

This section matches specific budgets, government spending, deficits and public debt terms in retained, attributed source text from published Ohio candidate profiles. A profile heading or biography alone does not qualify. The Florida geography is fixed; saved state preferences cannot change these results. A mention can concern a community or group rather than Florida’s statewide measure.

Matching is automatic and does not establish a candidate’s stance, the accuracy of a claim, or an effect on the measured result. Results are grouped by recorded race, then by candidate name. Within each candidate, the matching issue mentions appear first. Only candidates with matching retained statements are shown; this is not a complete race roster. Repeated identical text for the same candidate is shown once. Coverage follows the existing state profiles and is not a complete record of all candidates or everything they have said. Review dates are not statement dates.

Ohio incumbents

What incumbents are proposing

Explore reviewed bills sponsored by current Ohio legislators and Ohio’s congressional delegation, plus retained proposals from Ohio’s governor and agencies. Each record keeps its latest recorded status and official evidence.

22 matching sponsorships or proposals · 19 Ohio incumbents. These filters apply only to this section.

Rep. Adam Holmes

Ohio House · District 97 · R–OH

1 proposal
View proposals from Rep. Adam Holmes
Ohio Legislature · HB 702

Create the Reentry Ohio Program

Aug 31, 2020 · Referred to committee — Commerce and Labor

Rep. Adam Holmes · Sponsored

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The bill would create the reentry Ohio program and to make an appropriation.

The latest official Ohio Legislature record shows this action on August 31, 2020: Referred to committee — Commerce and Labor.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses incarceration, sentencing, correctional custody, release, supervision, or reentry. It does not establish an effect on Ohio's state-prison population.

Retained Ohio evidence context: People in Ohio state prisons. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

To amend section 4141.01 and to enact sections 4123.392 and 5120.85 of the Revised Code to create the reentry Ohio program and to make an appropriation.
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Rep. Bill Roemer

Ohio House · District 31 · R–OH

1 proposal
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Ohio Legislature · HB 600

Expand Medicaid PACE component

Mar 22, 2022 · Referred to committee — Finance

Rep. Bill Roemer · Sponsored

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The bill would expand Ohio's Medicaid component known as the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and to make an appropriation.

The latest official Ohio Legislature record shows this action on March 22, 2022: Referred to committee — Finance.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses Medicaid, CHIP, health-insurance eligibility, enrollment, continuity, or premium assistance. It does not establish an effect on Ohio's under-65 uninsured rate.

Retained Ohio evidence context: People under 65 without health insurance. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

To amend sections 173.50 and 173.501 of the Revised Code to expand Ohio's Medicaid component known as the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and to make an appropriation.
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Rep. Chris Glassburn

Ohio House · District 15 · D–OH

1 proposal
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Ohio Legislature · HB 883

Regards Medicaid coverage for treatment in place provided by EMS

May 20, 2026 · Referred to committee — Medicaid

Rep. Chris Glassburn · Sponsored

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The bill would make an appropriation.

The latest official Ohio Legislature record shows this action on May 20, 2026: Referred to committee — Medicaid.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses Medicaid, CHIP, health-insurance eligibility, enrollment, continuity, or premium assistance. It does not establish an effect on Ohio's under-65 uninsured rate.

Retained Ohio evidence context: People under 65 without health insurance. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

To enact section 5164.97 of the Revised Code regarding Medicaid coverage for treatment in place services provided by EMS organizations, and to make an appropriation.
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Rep. James M. Hoops

Ohio House · District 81 · R–OH

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Ohio Legislature · HB 625

Require FY 2023 rebasing of nursing facility Medicaid rates

May 17, 2022 · Referred to committee — Finance

Rep. James M. Hoops · Sponsored / Sen. Susan Manchester · Sponsored

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The bill would require a fiscal year 2023 rebasing of nursing facility Medicaid payment rates; and make an appropriation.

The latest official Ohio Legislature record shows this action on May 17, 2022: Referred to committee — Finance.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses Medicaid, CHIP, health-insurance eligibility, enrollment, continuity, or premium assistance. It does not establish an effect on Ohio's under-65 uninsured rate.

Retained Ohio evidence context: People under 65 without health insurance. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

To require a fiscal year 2023 rebasing of nursing facility Medicaid payment rates, and to make an appropriation.
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Ohio Legislature · HB 664

Regards Medicaid coverage for workers with a disability

May 17, 2022 · Referred to committee — Finance

Rep. James M. Hoops · Sponsored

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The bill would make an appropriation upon approval of a Medicaid state plan amendment.

The latest official Ohio Legislature record shows this action on May 17, 2022: Referred to committee — Finance.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses Medicaid, CHIP, health-insurance eligibility, enrollment, continuity, or premium assistance. It does not establish an effect on Ohio's under-65 uninsured rate.

Retained Ohio evidence context: People under 65 without health insurance. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

To amend section 5163.06 and to enact section 5163.062 of the Revised Code regarding Medicaid coverage for workers with a disability and to make an appropriation upon approval of a Medicaid state plan amendment.
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Rep. Jamie Callender

Ohio House · District 57 · R–OH

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Ohio Legislature · HB 181

Provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction

Mar 26, 2025 · Referred to committee — Judiciary

Rep. Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe · Sponsored / Rep. Jamie Callender · Sponsored

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The bill would provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction and to make an appropriation.

The latest official Ohio Legislature record shows this action on March 26, 2025: Referred to committee — Judiciary.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses rental housing, tenant protections, housing assistance, homelessness, or housing supply. It does not establish an effect on Ohio's median gross rent.

Retained Ohio evidence context: Median gross rent. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

To amend sections 120.521, 120.53, 1923.06, 1923.08, 3735.41, and 5321.17 and to enact sections 120.531 and 120.532 of the Revised Code to provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction and to make an appropriation.
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Rep. Joseph A. Miller, III

Ohio House · District 53 · D–OH

1 proposal
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Ohio Legislature · HB 59

Provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction

Feb 21, 2023 · Referred to committee — Civil Justice

Rep. Joseph A. Miller, III · Sponsored

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The bill would provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction and to make an appropriation.

The latest official Ohio Legislature record shows this action on February 21, 2023: Referred to committee — Civil Justice.

Why this record is included

The official record directly addresses rental housing, tenant protections, housing assistance, homelessness, or housing supply. It does not establish an effect on Ohio's median gross rent.

Retained Ohio evidence context: Median gross rent. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

To amend sections 120.521, 120.53, 1923.06, 1923.08, 3735.41, and 5321.17 and to enact sections 120.531 and 120.532 of the Revised Code to provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction and to make an appropriation.
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What sponsorship and proposal counts tell us

Only current Ohio officeholders retained in the reviewed collection qualify. Bills require a recorded primary sponsorship; cosponsors and signing officials are excluded from sponsorship counts. An official introducer recorded as acting by request is labeled “Introduced by request”; that procedural role does not establish personal policy endorsement. Governor and agency records qualify when recorded as proposed. A separately verified governor transmittal can also establish an original proposal whose latest status reflects its later outcome. Signing an enacted law alone does not establish a proposal. A record appearing under several facts is counted once per officeholder. A bill with multiple primary sponsors appears under each recorded sponsor.

Enacted bills, adopted resolutions and unsuccessful measures remain visible as proposal history. Passing one chamber is not enactment. These counts do not measure effectiveness or prove that an action changed a Ohio statistic. Collection reviewed Sep 4, 2026.