Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB855: Enact the Ohio Safe Homes Act
Status: In committee, May 13, 2026
To amend sections 3767.01, 3767.05, 4301.74, 5321.02, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5321.172 and 5747.35 of the Revised Code to allow a tenant to terminate a rental agreement if the tenant is a victim of a specified crime, to authorize an income tax credit for landlords who rented to such tenants, and to name this act the Ohio Safe Homes Act.
What the bill says
To amend sections 3767.01, 3767.05, 4301.74, 5321.02, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5321.172 and 5747.35 of the Revised Code to allow a tenant to terminate a rental agreement if the tenant is a victim of a specified crime, to authorize an income tax credit for landlords who rented to such tenants, and to name this act the Ohio Safe Homes Act.
From the introduced text, May 12, 2026:
To amend sections 3767.01, 3767.05, 4301.74, 5321.02, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5321.172 and 5747.35 of the Revised Code to allow a tenant to terminate a rental agreement if the tenant is a victim of a specified crime, to authorize an income tax credit for landlords who rented to such tenants, and to name this act the Ohio Safe Homes Act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 3767.01, 3767.05, 4301.74, 5321.02, and 5747.98 be amended and sections 5321.172 and 5747.35 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 3767.01. As used in all sections of the Revised Code relating to nuisances: (A) "Place" includes any building, erection, or place or any separate part or portion thereof or the ground itself; (B) "Person" includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee; [DELETED: (C) "Nuisance"] (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, "nuisance" means any of the following: [DELETED: (1)] (a) That which is defined and declared by statutes to be a nuisance; [DELETED: (2)] (b) Any place in or upon which lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, or any place, in or upon which lewd, indecent, lascivious, or obscene films or plate negatives, film or plate positives, …
Sponsors
- Michele Grim (D, 43) · primary sponsor
- Melanie Miller (R, 67) · primary sponsor
- Munira Abdullahi (D, 9)
- Rachel Baker (D, 27)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Juanita Brent (D, 18)
- Karen Brownlee (D, 28)
- Gary Click (R, 88)
- Christine Cockley (D, 6)
- Crystal Lett (D, 11)
- Lauren McNally (D, 58)
- Joseph Miller (D, HD-053)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Subjects: Landlords and Tenants, Housing and Real Property, Taxation
Common questions
- What is HB855?
- HB855 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Enact the Ohio Safe Homes Act.
- What does HB855 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 3767.01, 3767.05, 4301.74, 5321.02, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5321.172 and 5747.35 of the Revised Code to allow a tenant to terminate a rental agreement if the tenant is a victim of a specified crime, to authorize an income tax credit for landlords who rented to such tenants, and to name this act the Ohio Safe Homes Act.
- What is the status of HB855?
- In committee as of May 13, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (May 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB855?
- Michele Grim (D, 43), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB855?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb855
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