02/13/2024

Senate Bill 176

Lead Sponsors: Senator Vernon Sykes and Senator Mark Romanchuk

Status: Passed the Senate 32-1 (June 12, 2024)

Description: The bill makes changes regarding child support for individuals with a disability. These changes include allowing child support orders for such individuals to continue beyond when the individual reaches the age of 18, allows child support enforcement agencies to file an action in court for the support of a person with a disability, and allows the court to issue or modify a child support order for a child with a disability as part of a marriage termination proceeding, along with other changes.

CCAO Position: No position (as of July 2024)

CCAO Position: The Ohio Judicial Conference and the Ohio Child Support Professionals Association both provided proponent testimony.