HB941 • 2026

Regards the elimination of vacant state civil service positions

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Sponsor: Tex Fischer
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Regards the elimination of vacant state civil service positions

To enact section 124.143 of the Revised Code regarding the elimination of vacant state civil service positions.

What This Bill Does

To enact section 124.143 of the Revised Code regarding the elimination of vacant state civil service positions.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 124.143 of the Revised Code regarding the elimination of vacant state civil service positions.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 941

2025-2026

Representatives Fischer, Craig

Cosponsors: Representatives Williams,
Gross, Hall, T., Deeter

To
enact section 124.143 of the Revised Code
regarding
the elimination of vacant state civil service positions.

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

Section
1.
That
section 124.143 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
124.143.
(A)
An appointing authority shall review vacant positions every thirty
days. The first review shall be completed not later than thirty days
after the effective date of this section. If an appointing authority
finds, during a review, that any permanent full-time position has
been vacant for ninety days or more, the appointing authority shall
eliminate the position.

(B)
If a position eliminated under division (A) of this section is
included in the job classification plan established by the director
of administrative services under section 124.14 of the Revised Code,
on elimination of a position in accordance with division (A) of this
section, the appointing authority shall notify the director of the
elimination. On receipt of the notification, the director shall
update the job classification plan as necessary.