HB932 • 2026

Prohibit fraudulent use of state funds

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Josh Williams
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibit fraudulent use of state funds

To enact section 2913.50 of the Revised Code to prohibit fraudulent use of state funds.

What This Bill Does

To enact section 2913.50 of the Revised Code to prohibit fraudulent use of state funds.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 2913.50 of the Revised Code to prohibit fraudulent use of state funds.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 932

2025-2026

Representative Williams

To
enact section 2913.50 of the Revised Code
to
prohibit fraudulent use of state funds.

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

Section
1.
That
section 2913.50 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
2913.50.
(A)
No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made a false or
misleading statement or representation for use in obtaining
reimbursement or funding from state funding programs or grant
programs.

(B)
Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, whoever
violates this section is guilty of public assistance fraud, a felony
of the second degree. The court shall impose a mandatory minimum
sentence of five years imprisonment and a mandatory period of five
years post-release control if the amount of reimbursement or funding
is fifty thousand dollars or more.

(C)
A business owned and controlled by an offender who is convicted of or
who has pleaded guilty to a violation of this section is prohibited
from receiving state funding or grants.