Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB134: Authorize home kitchen registration for sale of certain foods
Status: In committee, February 11, 2026
To amend sections 3715.01, 3715.021, 3715.022, 3715.023, and 3717.22 and to enact sections 3715.026 and 3715.21 of the Revised Code to authorize the sale of certain homemade foods under a microenterprise home kitchen operation registration.
What the bill says
To amend sections 3715.01, 3715.021, 3715.022, 3715.023, and 3717.22 and to enact sections 3715.026 and 3715.21 of the Revised Code to authorize the sale of certain homemade foods under a microenterprise home kitchen operation registration.
From the amended text, November 19, 2025:
To amend sections 3715.01, 3715.021, 3715.022, 3715.023, and 3717.22 and to enact sections 3715.026 and 3715.21 of the Revised Code to authorize the sale of certain homemade foods under a microenterprise home kitchen operation registration. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 3715.01, 3715.021, 3715.022, 3715.023, and 3717.22 be amended and sections 3715.026 and 3715.21 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 3715.01. (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (2) "Food" means: (a) Articles used for food or drink for humans or animals; (b) Chewing gum; (c) Articles used for components of any such articles. (3) "Drug" means: (a) Articles recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, or any supplement to them; (b) Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals; (c) Articles, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; (d) Articles intended for use as a component of any of the foregoing articles, other than devices or their components, parts, or accessories. (4) "Device," except when used in division (B)(1) of this section and in division (A)(10) of section 3715.52, division (F) of …
Sponsors
- Jennifer Gross (R, 45) · primary sponsor
- Latyna Humphrey (D, 2) · primary sponsor
- Munira Abdullahi (D, 9)
- Cindy Abrams (R, 29)
- Tim Barhorst (R, 85)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Darnell Brewer (D, 22)
- Jamie Callender (R, 57)
- Thaddeus Claggett (R, 68)
- Levi Dean (R, 71)
- Kellie Deeter (R, 54)
- Denson, Sedrick (D, 26)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Reported - Substitute
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Votes
- Passed (November 19, 2025): 88 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (November 5, 2025): 10 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Commerce, Food Regulation, Health and Human Services, Public Health, Agriculture
Common questions
- What is HB134?
- HB134 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Authorize home kitchen registration for sale of certain foods.
- What does HB134 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 3715.01, 3715.021, 3715.022, 3715.023, and 3717.22 and to enact sections 3715.026 and 3715.21 of the Revised Code to authorize the sale of certain homemade foods under a microenterprise home kitchen operation registration.
- What is the status of HB134?
- In committee as of February 11, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (February 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB134?
- Jennifer Gross (R, 45), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB134?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb134
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