As Introduced

136th General Assembly

Regular Session H. B. No. 85

2025-2026

Representative Demetriou

A BILL

To enact section 123.14 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Administrative Services to conduct a biennial comprehensive study of the state's real property holdings.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 123.14 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 123.14. (A) Every two years, the department of administrative services shall conduct a comprehensive study and issue a report on all real property owned or leased by the state or a state agency. The director of administrative services shall deliver the report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor not later than the thirty-first day of January of every odd-numbered year. The study shall include all of the following:

(1) A complete list of all the real property owned by the state or a state agency. The list shall be organized by who owns the real property, which shall include information regarding the nature of the real property, such as whether the real property includes structures, whether any structure is office space, the value of the real property, the cost of maintaining the real property, and what percentage of the real property is used or unused by the state or state agency.

(2) A complete list of all the real property that the state or a state agency rents or leases, but does not own, and the cost of renting or leasing;

(3) Which state agencies use the real property, whether owned or leased, and the square footage that is used, versus not used, organized by state agency;

(4) How much of the real property identified in division (A)(3) of this section would be used if all employees of that agency worked in person, rather than remote.

(B) As used in this section, "state agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government, including the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code, but not including the courts or any judicial agency, any state-assisted institution of higher education, or any local agency.