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Committee hears bill to show property tax rates as percentages on bills and ballots (HB 391)

Ohio House Ways and Means Committee · November 12, 2025
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Summary

Sponsors told the committee HB 391 would require county auditors and treasurers to display property tax rates as percentages (in addition to mills) to improve transparency for voters; members asked whether percentages should reference true value, taxable value (35% rule) or appraised value.

Members of the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee heard sponsor testimony for House Bill 391, a transparency measure that would require property tax rates to be displayed not only in mills but also as a percentage of value on tax bills and ballot language.

Representative Workman, the sponsor, told the committee that millage is an arcane and frequently misunderstood concept and that…

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