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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. B. No. 454
2025-2026
Representatives Hiner, Mathews, T.
To
amend
section
121.17
and to enact
section
121.171
of the Revised Code
to
create the State Government Efficiency Commission.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
That
section
121.17
be amended and
section
121.171
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec.
121.17.
(A)
Under
the direction of the governor, the directors of departments shall
devise a practical and working basis for co-operation and
co-ordination of work and for the elimination of duplication and
overlapping functions. They shall co-operate with each other in the
employment of services and the use of quarters and equipment. The
director of any department may empower or require an employee of
another department, subject to the consent of the superior officer of
the employee, to perform any duty which
he
the director
might require of
his
the director's
own subordinates.
(B)
The directors of departments shall provide assistance to the state
government efficiency commission established under section 121.171 of
the Revised Code and shall cooperate and coordinate to eliminate
duplication and overlapping functions identified by the commission.
Sec.
121.171.
(A)
The state government efficiency commission is created to review state
government services and to eliminate duplication and overlapping
functions among state departments.
(B)
The commission shall do all of the following:
(1)
Identify instances of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation across
state departments and agencies;
(2)
Recommend methods to eliminate or improve services;
(3)
Estimate the potential cost savings of implementing a recommendation;
(4)
Prepare and deliver, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised
Code, an annual report to the general assembly. The report shall be
submitted not later than the first day of March, and shall summarize
the work of the commission for the preceding calendar year. The
report shall include the findings of the commission and shall offer
recommendations. A recommendation shall not be offered unless it has
been approved by a majority of the commission members.
(C)
The commission shall consist of the following seven members:
(1)
Three members of the house of representatives appointed by the
speaker of the house of representatives;
(2)
Three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate;
(3)
The director of budget and management or an employee of the office of
budget and management designated by the director.
(D)
Members of the commission who are members of the general assembly
shall serve terms on the commission concurrent with their term in the
general assembly.
(E)
A member of the commission may be removed at the will of the member's
appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as
original appointments.
(F)
The affirmative vote of not fewer than four members of the commission
is required for any action of the commission.
(G)
Members of the commission are not entitled to compensation, but shall
be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their official duties on the commission.
Section
2.
That
existing
section
121.17
of the Revised Code
is
hereby
repealed.