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HB85 • 2026

Require DAS conduct a study of the state's real property holdings

Require DAS conduct a study of the state's real property holdings

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Sponsor
Steve Demetriou
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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Require DAS conduct a study of the state's real property holdings

To enact section 123.14 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Administrative Services to conduct a biennial comprehensive study of the state's real property holdings.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 123.14 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Administrative Services to conduct a biennial comprehensive study of the state's real property holdings.

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 123.14 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Administrative Services to conduct a biennial comprehensive study of the state's real property holdings.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 85

2025-2026

Representative Demetriou

A
BILL

To
enact section 123.14 of the Revised Code
to
require the Department of Administrative Services to conduct a
biennial comprehensive study of the state's real property holdings.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 123.14 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
123.14.
(A)
Every two years, the department of administrative services shall
conduct a comprehensive study and issue a report on all real property
owned or leased by the state or a state agency. The director of
administrative services shall deliver the report to the speaker of
the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the
governor not later than the thirty-first day of January of every
odd-numbered year. The study shall include all of the following:

(1)
A complete list of all the real property owned by the state or a
state agency. The list shall be organized by who owns the real
property, which shall include information regarding the nature of the
real property, such as whether the real property includes structures,
whether any structure is office space, the value of the real
property, the cost of maintaining the real property, and what
percentage of the real property is used or unused by the state or
state agency.

(2)
A complete list of all the real property that the state or a state
agency rents or leases, but does not own, and the cost of renting or
leasing;

(3)
Which state agencies use the real property, whether owned or leased,
and the square footage that is used, versus not used, organized by
state agency;

(4)
How much of the real property identified in division (A)(3) of this
section would be used if all employees of that agency worked in
person, rather than remote.

(B)
As used in this section, "state agency" means every
organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the
state for the exercise of any function of state government, including
the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised
Code, but not including the courts or any judicial agency, any
state-assisted institution of higher education, or any local agency.