Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio SB307: Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities
Status: In committee, May 20, 2026
To amend section 5709.40 of the Revised Code to allow funding for police and firefighting facilities in tax increment financing arrangements.
What the bill says
To amend section 5709.40 of the Revised Code to allow funding for police and firefighting facilities in tax increment financing arrangements.
From the amended text, May 13, 2026:
To amend section 5709.40 of the Revised Code to allow funding for police and firefighting facilities in tax increment financing arrangements. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That section 5709.40 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 5709.40. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Blighted area" and "impacted city" have the same meanings as in section 1728.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Business day" means a day of the week excluding Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday as defined under section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (3) "Housing renovation" means a project carried out for residential purposes. (4) "Improvement" means the increase in the assessed value of any real property that would first appear on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property after the effective date of an ordinance adopted under this section were it not for the exemption granted by that ordinance. (5) "Incentive district" means an area not more than three hundred acres in size enclosed by a continuous boundary in which a project is being, or will be, undertaken and having one or more of the following distress characteristics: (a) At least fifty-one per cent of the residents of the district have incomes of less than eighty per cent of …
Sponsors
- Jane Timken (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Nickie Antonio (D, 23)
- Andrew Brenner (R, 19)
- Brian Chavez (R, 30)
- Jerry Cirino (R, 18)
- Hearcel Craig (D, 15)
- William DeMora (D, 25)
- Theresa Gavarone (R, 2)
- Catherine Ingram (D, 9)
- Al Landis (R, 31)
- Beth Liston (D, 16)
- O'Brien, Sandra (R)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Reported
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Votes
- Passed (May 13, 2026): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (May 12, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Housing and Real Property, Taxation, Public Safety
Common questions
- What is SB307?
- SB307 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities.
- What does SB307 do?
- In its own words: To amend section 5709.40 of the Revised Code to allow funding for police and firefighting facilities in tax increment financing arrangements.
- What is the status of SB307?
- In committee as of May 20, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (May 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB307?
- Jane Timken (R, 29), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB307?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb307
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