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Ohio House of Representatives passes bill that delivers more than $2 billion worth of property tax relief

A state legislator says a local property tax bill recently passed by the Ohio House of Representatives could provide more than $2 billion worth of much-relief for the state’s farmers.

District 65 representative David Thomas tells Brownfield House Bill 335 caps future property tax increases based on inflation.

“They will not see the spikes that they have seen in the last five years,” he says. “Their bills will be much more consistent, and they will have much more of a say in terms of the ballot of when their bills actually will be increasing.”

Brandon Kern, the senior director of public policy for the Ohio Soybean Association, says the bill still has to make it through the state senate.

“Local governments rely on this revenue from property taxes to provide services to schools, municipalities, and townships,” he says. “The debate is how to accomplish this that doesn’t have an undue burden on those local governments trying to provide services to their residents.”

Thomas says if Governor DeWine signs the bill into law, this would be the largest state tax cut in the last 50 years.

AUDIO: David Thomas

AUDIO: Brandon Kern, Ohio Soybean Association