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Committee hears proponents urge regulatory sandbox in Ohio for new technologies
Summary
Supporters including the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and a policy group testified in favor of House Bill 176, which would create a statewide regulatory sandbox for novel products and services; lawmakers questioned details such as the five‑year testing window and program oversight.
The House Government Oversight Committee received proponent testimony on House Bill 176 on Wednesday, a proposal to create a regulatory "sandbox" program allowing selected businesses to test novel products and services under limited regulatory relief.
Tony Long, general counsel and director of energy and environmental policy at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, told the committee the bill would expand a prior fintech-focused sandbox (Senate Bill 249) to a broader set of products and services. "This legislation would create a regulatory sandbox program for novel products and services in Ohio," Long said, adding that regulators could use results from tests…
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