Employment laws and bills in Ohio

Every bill in the Ohio Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 40bills in scope
Past committee: 8past committee
Most recent action: 17 September 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Ohio in 2026

2 Employment bills were enacted in Ohio this year, the latest with a last action on 17 September 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Ohio

4Enacted

4Past committee

32Introduced or inactive

40 bills in scope

Enacted

SB 263Regards professional employer organizations and Unemployment Law17 September 2026Enacted HB 246Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify20 March 2026Enacted SB 33Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet21 July 2025Enacted HB 81Make appropriations for Bureau of Workers' Comp for FY 2026-2727 June 2025Enacted

Past committee

SB 423Regards employment status of health care workers for certain laws16 June 2026Passed chamber HB 593Regards paid family leave insurance10 June 2026Passed chamber SB 343Regards workers' compensation coverage-urban search and rescue27 May 2026Passed chamber HB 122Create tax credit for employers providing organ donors paid leave25 June 2025Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

17 of 32 shown

HB 869Establish family and medical leave insurance benefits20 May 2026In committee HB 921Require additional Ohio employers to use E-verify20 May 2026In committee HB 797Enact the Ohio Students and Families Workforce Strengthening Act13 May 2026In committee HB 828Regards use of automated employment decision tools13 May 2026In committee HB 840Regards pay, workers' comp for transportation network drivers13 May 2026In committee HB 788Regards paid military leave for law enforcement officers25 March 2026In committee SB 396Establish family and medical leave insurance benefits25 March 2026In committee HB 726Waive certain unemployment claim work-seeking requirements4 March 2026In committee HB 701Regards juvenile offenders, qualification for employment18 February 2026In committee SB 347Regards the BWC drug free workplace program11 February 2026In committee HB 624Regards employment under Ohio's overtime and minimum wage laws4 February 2026In committee HB 588Apply employment portions of Civil Rights Law to unpaid interns19 November 2025In committee HB 510Prohibit requiring employees to join, pay dues to employee org.15 October 2025In committee HB 512Modify law re: project labor agreements in public contracts15 October 2025In committee HB 513Let certain entities apply Prevailing Wage to public projects15 October 2025In committee HB 473Bar public employer from paying employee retirement contributions1 October 2025In committee SB 241Regards specified workers' compensation employer appeals1 October 2025In committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 40. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Ohio Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.

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