Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB321: Revise Unemployment Compensation Law
Status: In committee, June 4, 2025
To amend sections 4141.01, 4141.09, 4141.13, 4141.23, 4141.231, 4141.24, 4141.25, 4141.26, 4141.27, 4141.36, 4141.39, 5726.31, 5733.121, 5736.081, 5747.12, and 5751.081 and to enact section 4141.252 of the Revised Code to increase the taxable wage base under the Unemployment Compensation Law and require a contributory employer's employees to pay a contribution when the employer has a negative account balance in the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
What the bill says
To amend sections 4141.01, 4141.09, 4141.13, 4141.23, 4141.231, 4141.24, 4141.25, 4141.26, 4141.27, 4141.36, 4141.39, 5726.31, 5733.121, 5736.081, 5747.12, and 5751.081 and to enact section 4141.252 of the Revised Code to increase the taxable wage base under the Unemployment Compensation Law and require a contributory employer's employees to pay a contribution when the employer has a negative account balance in the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
From the introduced text, June 3, 2025:
To amend sections 4141.01, 4141.09, 4141.13, 4141.23, 4141.231, 4141.24, 4141.25, 4141.26, 4141.27, 4141.36, 4141.39, 5726.31, 5733.121, 5736.081, 5747.12, and 5751.081 and to enact section 4141.252 of the Revised Code to increase the taxable wage base under the Unemployment Compensation Law and require a contributory employer's employees to pay a contribution when the employer has a negative account balance in the Unemployment Compensation Fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 4141.01, 4141.09, 4141.13, 4141.23, 4141.231, 4141.24, 4141.25, 4141.26, 4141.27, 4141.36, 4141.39, 5726.31, 5733.121, 5736.081, 5747.12, and 5751.081 be amended and section 4141.252 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 4141.01. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A)(1) "Employer" means the state, its instrumentalities, its political subdivisions and their instrumentalities, Indian tribes, and any individual or type of organization including any partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, or the successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person who subsequent to December 31, 1971, or in the case of political subdivisions or their instrumentalities, subsequent to December 31, 1973: (a) Had in employment at least one individual, or in the case of a nonprofit organization, …
Sponsors
- Bob Peterson (R, HD-091) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Subjects: Taxation, Employment, Unemployment
Common questions
- What is HB321?
- HB321 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Revise Unemployment Compensation Law.
- What does HB321 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 4141.01, 4141.09, 4141.13, 4141.23, 4141.231, 4141.24, 4141.25, 4141.26, 4141.27, 4141.36, 4141.39, 5726.31, 5733.121, 5736.081, 5747.12, and 5751.081 and to enact section 4141.252 of the Revised Code to increase the taxable wage base under the Unemployment Compensation Law and require a contributory employer's employees to pay a contribution when the employer has a negative account balance in the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
- What is the status of HB321?
- In committee as of June 4, 2025. Latest action: Referred to committee (June 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB321?
- Bob Peterson (R, HD-091).
- Where is the official record for HB321?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb321
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