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Section 101.68(B) of the Revised Code requires that when reports must be submitted to the General Assembly, copies of the reports must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Service Commission (LSC). Section 101.68(C) requires LSC to monthly inform each member of the General Assembly of the reports received. Below is the annotated bibliography of reports recently submitted to LSC. The bibliography, compiled by the LSC Library staff, also includes other documents that may be of interest to legislators. The links to electronic copies of the documents are included; click "View Report" to open a document. Please call the LSC Library at (614) 466-5312 if you would like to receive more information about this document.
CAPITAL CRIMES: STATE AND FEDERAL CASES, 2025, 428 pages
Report required by R.C. 109.97(B); provides legislative history of capital punishment in Ohio; explains the statutes, executive clemency review, the law as it relates to individuals with disability, and DNA testing; presents statistics, including demographic characteristics, about individuals receiving death sentences; includes case history sheets for every case that resulted in a death sentence since 1981, noting state and federal procedural events.
NOTIFICATION BY THE AUDITOR OF STATE: DISCLOSURES OF SUBSTANTIVE AUDIT FINDINGS, JAMES A. RHODES STATE COLLEGE, April 28, 2026, 2 pages
Report required by Administrative Code Rule 126:3-1-01; letter serves as notice that James A. Rhodes State College filed late financial statements for FY 2025 containing errors requiring audit adjustments, in addition to issues with accounting records, and employee turnover, training, and supervision.
REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR CALEDNAR YEAR 2025, 2026, 66 pages
Report required by R.C. 4723.90; details activities of doula services in Ohio including the number of pregnant women and infants served, the number and types of doula services provided, and the outcome metrics including maternal and infant health outcomes; includes an appendix listing maternal care measures, the specific interventions performed by doulas that are tabulated in the outcome metrics.
FISCAL WATCH DECLARATION FOR TERRA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, March 23, 2026, 14 pages
Required by R.C. 3345.72(F); Chancellor Mike Duffey declares Terra State Community College under fiscal watch; identifies reportable events experienced and provides additional information about the events that led to the announcement of fiscal watch; contains full list of required steps for adopting a financial recovery plan.
REIMBURSEMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED PEER-TO-PEER PROGRAMING THAT SUPPORTS INFANT VITALITY STUDY REPORT, April 7, 2026, 5 pages
Report required by Section 4 of H.B. 7 of the 135th General Assembly; the results of a review of FY 2024 and FY 2025 peer support claims data to understand utilization of peer support services by Medicaid-enrolled pregnant and postpartum members; makes several recommendations.
ADVANCED TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES, February 26, 2026, 29 pages
Report required by Section 7 of H.B. 15 of the 136th General Assembly; a study conducted to evaluate the potential use or deployment of advanced transmission technologies by public utilities in accordance with orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
STATE AND PERMISSIVE (LOCAL) SALES AND USE TAX COLLECTIONS FOR INDUSTRIES RELATED TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM, JULY 1, 2025-DECEMBER 31, 2025, April 29, 2026, 2 pages
Report required by R.C. 5739.36; summarizes and publishes sales and use tax collections for industries related to travel and tourism for the reporting period.
PREPARING FOR THE 2031 REDISTRICTING OF OHIO QUARTERLY REPORT: QUARTER 1: DECEMBER 2025 THROUGH MARCH 2026, April 2026, 17 pages
Report required by contract with LSC; documents the work done under the contract to prepare for congressional and state legislative redistricting to be conducted in 2031; tasks included meeting with election officials and other stakeholders, updating computerized election precinct maps, participating in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Boundary and Annexation Survey, Block Boundary Suggestion Program, and Voting Tabulation Districts Program, and preparing the Common Unified Redistricting Database in anticipation of receiving updated census data in 2031.