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HB850 • 2026

Temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates

Temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ty D. Mathews
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates

To temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates and to declare an emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • To temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates and to declare an emergency.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates and to declare an emergency.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 850

2025-2026

Representatives Mathews, T., Bird

Cosponsors: Representatives Ferguson,
Lampton, Demetriou, White, A., Thomas, D., Stephens, Fischer, Hall,
T., Salvo

To

temporarily reduce motor fuel tax rates and to declare an emergency.

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

Section
1.
As
used in this section, "temporary reduction period" means
the period beginning on the first day of the first month after the
effective date of this section and ending on the last day of the
third month beginning after that date.

Notwithstanding
section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, during the temporary reduction
period, the rate of tax imposed by division (E)(1) of that section on
each gallon of gasoline shall be nineteen and one-quarter cents and
the rates of tax imposed by divisions (E)(2) and (F) of that section
on each gallon of compressed natural gas and all other motor fuel
shall be twenty-three and one-half cents.

The
revenue from all tax levied under section 5735.05 of the Revised Code
during the temporary reduction period shall be distributed as
required by sections 5735.05 and 5735.051 of the Revised Code, except
that any specified cents per gallon rate or dollar amount related to
that distribution shall be reduced by one-half.

Notwithstanding
section 5735.50 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture
shall not produce and distribute fuel tax notices reflecting the
rates imposed by this section during the temporary reduction period.

Section
2.
This
act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The
reason for such necessity is to combat rising motor fuel prices.
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.