Fiscal Committees

House Finance Committee #

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Membership; legislation; and meeting schedule and video available on website.

Purpose/Jurisdiction #

Requested from committee.

“All bills carrying an appropriation shall be referred to the Finance Committee for consideration and report before being considered the third time” (Rule 65, House Rules, 2022).

Subcommittees #

House Ways and Means Committee #

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Membership; legislation; and meeting schedule and video available on website.

Purpose/Jurisdiction #

““The Ohio House Ways and Means Committee strives to be a role model state for taxes, where we have a modernized tax system that works for every Ohioan” (submitted by committee staff, July 2023).

Office of Budget and Management Controlling Board #

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Membership; budgets; reports; and meeting schedules, agendas, and minutes available on website.

Purpose/Jurisdiction #

“[T]he Controlling Board provides legislative oversight over certain capital and operating expenditures by state agencies and has approval authority over various other state fiscal activities including:

“Waivers of competitive selection to agencies when an agency’s purchases or leases from a specific vendor exceed the amounts specified in law
“Appropriation releases for capital construction projects
“Loans and grants made through the Department of Development
“Loans and subsidies made through the Department of Education to local school districts
“The transfer of appropriation authority between line items within a fund in an agency and increases in appropriation authority in some funds” (OBM website).