The Ohio House of Representatives voted to override three property tax reform vetoes enacted by Gov. Mike DeWine.
The House returned from recess to vote 61-28 in a special session today. The Republican governor used a line-item veto to reject the measures in the 2026-27 state budget.
The three measures that were vetoed involved a provision granting county budget commissions authority to unilaterally reduce a levy passed by voters for a school district or other taxing authority under certain circumstances; a provision for certain tax levies to be included in the 20-mill floor calculation for school funding purposes; and a provision eliminating the power of school districts and local governments to levy replacement property taxes.
Ohio’s Senate has not set a date for the consideration of overriding the governor’s votes.
The gov’t may reduce a tax in one place but they will just raise it somewhere else. They require their “pound of flesh”. States with low property taxes usually have higher sales taxes and vice – versa.
Yes but, in my humble opinion, at least a sales tax would be equitable among everyone, not an additional burden on property owners. The tax burden on property owners, small business owners and working people is already onerous. Being forced to sell property due to taxes is simply unacceptable.
Especially when it’s levied on retired homeowners who can’t afford to continue to live in their own home due to high property taxes, no matter if they paid those taxes for 20, 30 years or more!
As DOGE exposed, government is a criminal organization where the mob just keeps upping its “cut” of what the people make. The vast majority of government spending is waste and fraud and therefore the vast majority of taxation is unnecessary. It’s amazing how many people just accept whatever the government does to them.
Taxation is corruption today. As DOGE has shown, taxation is nothing but a slush fund for the deep state. Get rid of the left wing spending and we don’t need much taxation.
Just goes to show that a property owner will NEVER fully own their home.
Taxes are the requirement for a functioning government. It costs money to pay for roads, schools, public amenities, all things that create a quality of life. Alleging “waste, fraud and abuse” is negligent absent a detailed review of costs , needs and benefits. And what the citizens want for their community.
Spend the money for a detailed analysis, have the voters vote and go down the road. That’s democracy. Changing the results of a citizen vote? That’s authoritarianism. Russia, China, No Korea, Iran operate that way. America didn’t.
I agree with Amy. it is not fair that the burden be placed on the homeowners. Sales tax increase would be more appropriate. Then everyone shares in the expense. Affordable housing is going away because of the costs to the landlords are so high. The taxes and insurance keep going up.