HB 454: Create the State Government Efficiency Commission
The state government efficiency commission is created to review state government services and eliminate duplication and overlapping functions among departments and agencies. The commission will identify instances of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation and recommend methods to eliminate or improve services. The commission will also estimate potential cost savings and prepare an annual report to the general assembly, which will include findings and recommendations. The commission will consist of seven members, including three representatives from the house of representatives, three senators, and the director of budget and management or an employee of the office of budget and management. Members of the commission who are also members of the general assembly will serve terms concurrent with their term in the general assembly. Members can be removed at the will of their appointing authori…
| Oct. 01, 2025 | Referred to committee: General Government |
| Sep. 15, 2025 | Introduced |
As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session
H. B. No. 454
2025-2026
Representatives Hiner, Mathews, T.
To amend section 121.17 and to enact section 1
121.171 of the Revised Code to create the State 2
Government Efficiency Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 121.17 be amended and section 4
121.171 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 121.17. (A) Under the direction of the governor, the 6
directors of departments shall devise a practical and working 7
basis for co-operation and co-ordination of work and for the 8
elimination of duplication and overlapping functions. They shall 9
co-operate with each other in the employment of services and the 10
use of quarters and equipment. The director of any department 11
may empower or require an employee of another department, 12
subject to the consent of the superior officer of the employee, 13
to perform any duty which he the director might require of his 14
the director's own subordinates.
(B) The directors of departments shall provide assistance 16
to the state government efficiency commission established under 17
section 121.171 of the Revised Code and shall cooperate and 18
coordinate to eliminate duplication and overlapping functions 19
identified by the commission.
Sec. 121.171. (A) The state government efficiency ..... 21
commission is created to review state government services and to ..... 22
eliminate duplication and overlapping functions among state ..... 23
departments. ..... 24
(B) The commission shall do all of the following: ..... 25
(1) Identify instances of duplication, overlap, or ..... 26
fragmentation across state departments and agencies; ..... 27
(2) Recommend methods to eliminate or improve services; ..... 28
(3) Estimate the potential cost savings of implementing a ..... 29
recommendation; ..... 30
(4) Prepare and deliver, in accordance with section 101.68 ..... 31
of the Revised Code, an annual report to the general assembly. ..... 32
The report shall be submitted not later than the first day of ..... 33
March, and shall summarize the work of the commission for the ..... 34
preceding calendar year. The report shall include the findings ..... 35
of the commission and shall offer recommendations. A ..... 36
recommendation shall not be offered unless it has been approved ..... 37
by a majority of the commission members. ..... 38
(C) The commission shall consist of the following seven ..... 39
members: ..... 40
(1) Three members of the house of representatives ..... 41
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; ..... 42
(2) Three members of the senate appointed by the president ..... 43
of the senate; ..... 44
(3) The director of budget and management or an employee ..... 45
of the office of budget and management designated by the ..... 46
director. ..... 47
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(D) Members of the commission who are members of the 48 general assembly shall serve terms on the commission concurrent 49 with their term in the general assembly.
(E) A member of the commission may be removed at the will 51 of the member's appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled 52 in the same manner as original appointments.
(F) The affirmative vote of not fewer than four members of 54 the commission is required for any action of the commission.
(G) Members of the commission are not entitled to 56 compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary 57 expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties on 58 the commission.
Section 2. That existing section 121.17 of the Revised 60
Code is hereby repealed.