Senate Completes First of Several Potential Veto Overrides on Critical Property Tax Reforms

The Ohio Senate completed the first veto override of the 136th General Assembly during its voting session today.

This specific override prevents future substitute emergency levies and replacement levies from being placed before the voters.

These levies fall outside of the cap that was designed to keep them from raising more than originally intended. This results in increased tax bills over time without a vote of the people.

"Today's veto override is the first step in accomplishing more reforms passed by the General Assembly and it also paves the way for future legislation," said Senate President Rob McColley. "Ohioans have made it clear property taxes are out of control. They're right. We heard you. We acted to rein in a system that has been leveraged against taxpayers by allowing runaway increases without a vote of the people."

The Senate completed the override process that began in the Ohio House as part of the state's new two-year operating budget.