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SB 250
Ohio Senate•In Senate Committee
Summary
SB 250, the Enact the Promised Land Act, was introduced in the Senate on Sep 3, 2025 by Sen. Michele Reynolds (R). It last saw action on Jun 10, 2026: Reported - Substitute: Housing.
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sb250/comm-sub.txtAs Reported by the Senate Housing Committee136th General AssemblyRegular Session Sub. S. B. No. 2502025-2026Senator ReynoldsTo amend sections 5725.38, 5725.98, 5726.61, 15726.98, 5729.21, 5729.98, 5747.86, and 5747.98 2and to enact section 122.841 of the Revised Code 3to authorize a nonrefundable, transferable tax 4credit for charitable organizations that 5construct student housing or owner-occupied 6housing and to name this act the Promised Land 7Act. 8BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:Section 1. That sections 5725.38, 5725.98, 5726.61, 95726.98, 5729.21, 5729.98, 5747.86, and 5747.98 be amended and 10section 122.841 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as 11follows: 12Sec. 122.841. (A) As used in this section: 13(1) "Eligible nonprofit organization" means an entity 14organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes and 15recognized as exempt from federal income taxation under section 16501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which may be a church as 17defined by section 1710.01 of the Revised Code. 18(2) "Development period" means the six-month period from 19the first day of January to the thirtieth day of June, or from 20Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 2As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeethe first day of July to the thirty-first day of December. 21(3) "Business day" has the same meaning as in section 22122.84 of the Revised Code. 23(4) "Industrialized unit" and "manufactured home" have the 24same meanings as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. 25(5) "Student tenant" means the occupant of a rented 26housing unit whose occupancy is conditioned on the tenant's 27continued enrollment in an educational program offered by a 28nonprofit institution holding a certificate of authorization 29pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, regardless of 30whether that nonprofit institution facilitated the construction 31of the unit. 32(B) An eligible nonprofit organization that owns, in fee 33simple, real property in this state, and that facilitates the 34construction of housing, which may be a manufactured home or 35consist of one or more industrialized units, on at least one 36acre of that property may apply to the director of development 37for a nonrefundable credit against the tax levied under section 385725.18, 5726.02, 5729.03, or 5747.02 of the Revised Code after 39one or more units of the housing are rented to a student tenant 40or sold to an owner-occupant for use as the owner-occupant's 41primary residence. Sales of housing to an owner-occupant need 42not include transfer of fee simple ownership of the underlying 43land to qualify for a credit authorized by this section, but 44must include transfer of ownership of the housing unit and at 45least a leasehold interest in the underlying land. 46The application shall be made on forms prescribed by the 47director. The director shall accept and review applications 48submitted under this section during two annual periods, the 49Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 3As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeefirst of which begins on the tenth day of January and ends after 50the first day of February, and the second of which begins on the 51tenth day of July and ends after the first day of August. If any 52of those dates fall on a day that is not a business day, then 53the application period begins on or ends after the next business 54day, as applicable. The credit shall equal ten per cent of the 55total cost to construct the housing, including the cost or value 56of real property on which the housing is built. 57The eligible nonprofit organization shall include the 58following information with its application: 59(1) The number of housing units the organization 60facilitated construction of that were rented to student tenants 61or sold to owner-occupants for use as a primary residence during 62the immediately preceding development period; 63(2) The aggregate acreage of all parcels on which the 64housing units were constructed; 65(3) The amount spent to construct each unit. If the costs 66include land acquisition costs from the purchase of land on 67which multiple units were constructed, the organization shall 68apportion the land costs or value to each unit in proportion to 69the unit's share of the total amount of livable square footage. 70(4) Any other information the director may require. 71The director shall review and process applications in the 72order in which they are received. 73(C) An eligible nonprofit organization shall be deemed to 74have facilitated the construction of housing if it enters into 75an agreement with another person under which the eligible 76nonprofit organization provides real property through 77contribution, lease, or similar arrangement, and the other 78Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 4As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeeperson finances and constructs housing on the real property. 79(D) An agreement described in division (C) of this 80section, an agreement to transfer ownership of housing to an 81owner-occupant, and documents of title transferring such 82ownership may include any terms that are not contrary to the 83terms of this section without affecting eligibility for the tax 84credit authorized by this section. Such terms may include 85provisions to preserve affordability and owner-occupancy. 86(E)(1) Subject to division (E)(2) of this section, if the 87director determines that the applicant qualifies for a credit 88under this section, the director shall issue, within sixty days 89after the last day on which an application may be submitted for 90that application period, a tax credit certificate to the 91applicant identified with a unique number and listing the amount 92of credit the director determines is eligible to be claimed or 93transferred. 94(2) The total amount of tax credits issued by the director 95shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars for the first full 96fiscal biennium occurring after the effective date of this 97section. No tax credits may be issued under this section after 98the conclusion of the second full fiscal year occurring after 99the effective date of this section. 100The director shall not issue certificates to a single 101applicant in any fiscal biennium in a credit amount that exceeds 102two million dollars. 103(3) The credit may be claimed by a person under section 1045725.38, 5726.61, 5729.21, or 5747.86 of the Revised Code, as 105applicable. An eligible nonprofit organization that is not 106subject to taxation under section 5725.18, 5726.02, 5729.03, or 107Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 5As Reported by the Senate Housing Committee5747.02 of the Revised Code shall not claim the credit but may 108transfer the right to claim the credit under division (G) of 109this section. 110(4) The eligible nonprofit organization shall be the sole 111applicant of any tax credit awarded under this section, 112regardless of whether another person finances or constructs the 113housing improvements. 114(5) In awarding tax credit certificates for applications 115submitted based on the construction and sale of owner-occupied 116units, the director of development may grant preference to 117applications that incorporate ground lease arrangements, deed 118restrictions, or other mechanisms designed to preserve 119affordability and owner-occupancy. Such preference shall not 120disadvantage applications submitted based on the construction 121and occupancy of units for student tenants. 122(F) A taxpayer claiming a credit through a certificate 123issued under this section shall submit a copy of the certificate 124with the taxpayer's return or report. 125(G) An eligible nonprofit organization that holds a wholly 126or partially unclaimed certificate issued under this section may 127transfer the right to claim all or part of the remaining credit 128to any other person that is not an employee or officer of the 129eligible nonprofit organization, a member of such a person's 130immediate family, or an entity owned, controlled, or managed by 131such a person or a member of such a person's immediate family. 132The director of development may adopt rules necessary to 133administer this limit on transfers, including rules defining the 134meaning of owned, controlled, managed, or immediate family. To 135effectuate the transfer, the transferor shall notify the tax 136commissioner, in writing, that the transferor is transferring 137Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 6As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeethe right to claim all or part of the remaining credit stated on 138the certificate. The transferor shall identify in that 139notification the certificate's number, the name and the tax 140identification number of the transferee, the amount of remaining 141credit transferred to the transferee, and, if applicable, the 142amount of remaining credit retained by the transferor. The 143transferee may claim the amount of credit received under this 144division pursuant to and in the manner required under divisions 145(E)(3) and (F) of this section. Transferring a credit under this 146division does not extend the taxable year or calendar year for 147which the credit may be claimed or number of years for which the 148unclaimed credit amount may be carried forward under section 1495725.38, 5726.61, 5729.21, or 5747.86 of the Revised Code, as 150applicable. 151Any person to which a credit has been transferred under 152this division may transfer the right to claim all or part of the 153transferred credit amount to any other person provided that 154person was not prohibited from obtaining that right directly 155from the eligible nonprofit organization that was awarded the 156credit. The transfer shall occur in the same manner prescribed 157by this division for the initial transfer, including that any 158such transfer be reported by the transferor to the tax 159commissioner as described in this division. 160(H) On or before the first day of August each year, the 161director of development shall submit a report to the governor, 162the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker 163and minority leader of the house of representatives on the tax 164credit program authorized under this section. The report shall 165include the number of owner-occupied housing units and the 166number of occupied student housing units for which a tax credit 167application was submitted under this section during the 168Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 7As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeepreceding year, the address of each unit, and the number of 169owner-occupied housing units and the number of occupied student 170housing units for which certificates were issued during the 171preceding year. 172(I) The tax credit authorized by this section shall be 173known as "the promised land credit." 174Sec. 5725.38. Terms used in this section have the same 175meanings as in section 122.84 of the Revised Code. 176There is allowed a nonrefundable credit against the tax 177imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code for a domestic 178insurance company that is issued, or to which is transferred, a 179tax credit certificate under section 122.84 or 122.841 of the 180Revised Code. The credit equals the amount stated on the 181certificate and may be claimed for the calendar year that 182includes the investment period or development period that was 183the subject of the application for the certificate under that 184the applicable section or for the ensuing calendar year. For a 185credit issued under section 122.84 of the Revised Code during 186the July application round each year, the credit may also be 187claimed for the preceding calendar year. A taxpayer applying a 188that credit for the preceding calendar year shall file an 189amended return or apply that amendment on the taxpayer's 190original return, for that year. 191The A credit authorized in this section shall be claimed 192in the order required under section 5725.98 of the Revised Code. 193If the amount of a credit exceeds the tax otherwise due under 194section 5725.18 of the Revised Code after deducting all other 195credits preceding the credit in that order, the excess may be 196carried forward for not more than five ensuing calendar years. 197The amount of the excess credit claimed in any such year shall 198Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 8As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeebe deducted from the balance carried forward to the next 199calendar year. 200No credit shall be claimed under this section to the 201extent the credit was claimed under section 5726.61, 5729.21, or 2025747.86 of the Revised Code. 203Sec. 5725.98. (A) To provide a uniform procedure for 204calculating the amount of tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the 205Revised Code that is due under this chapter, a taxpayer shall 206claim any credits and offsets against tax liability to which it 207is entitled in the following order: 208The credit for an insurance company or insurance company 209group under section 5729.031 of the Revised Code; 210The credit for eligible employee training costs under 211section 5725.31 of the Revised Code; 212The credit for purchasers of qualified low-income 213community investments under section 5725.33 of the Revised Code; 214The nonrefundable job retention credit under division (B) 215of section 122.171 of the Revised Code; 216The nonrefundable credit for investments in rural business 217growth funds under section 122.152 of the Revised Code; 218The nonrefundable Ohio low-income housing tax credit under 219section 5725.36 of the Revised Code; 220The nonrefundable affordable single-family home credit 221under section 5725.37 of the Revised Code; 222The nonrefundable credit for contributing capital to a 223transformational mixed use development project under section 2245725.35 of the Revised Code; 225Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 9As Reported by the Senate Housing CommitteeThe nonrefundable opportunity zone investment credit under 226section 5725.38 of the Revised Code; 227The nonrefundable promised land credit under section 2285725.38 of the Revised Code; 229The offset of assessments by the Ohio life and health 230insurance guaranty association permitted by section 3956.20 of 231the Revised Code; 232The refundable credit for rehabilitating a historic 233building under section 5725.34 of the Revised Code; 234The refundable credit for Ohio job retention under former 235division (B)(2) or (3) of section 122.171 of the Revised Code as 236those divisions existed before September 29, 2015, the effective 237date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 64 of the 131st 238general assembly; 239The refundable credit for Ohio job creation under section 2405725.32 of the Revised Code; 241The refundable credit under section 5725.19 of the Revised 242Code for losses on loans made under the Ohio venture capital 243program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code. 244(B) For any credit except the refundable credits 245enumerated in this section, the amount of the credit for a 246taxable year shall not exceed the tax due after allowing for any 247other credit that precedes it in the order required under this 248section. Any excess amount of a particular credit may be carried 249forward if authorized under the section creating that credit. 250Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a taxpayer 251to claim, directly or indirectly, a credit more than once for a 252taxable year. 253Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 10As Reported by the Senate Housing CommitteeSec. 5726.61. Terms used in this section have the same 254meanings as in section 122.84 of the Revised Code. 255A taxpayer may claim a nonrefundable credit against the 256tax imposed under section 5726.02 of the Revised Code for each 257person included in the annual report of the taxpayer to whom a 258certificate is issued or transferred under section 122.84 or 259122.841 of the Revised Code or is transferred pursuant to that 260section. The credit equals the amount stated on the certificate 261and may be claimed for the taxable year that aligns with the 262calendar year that includes the investment period or development 263period that was the subject of the application for the 264certificate under that the applicable section or for the ensuing 265calendar year. For a credit issued under section 122.84 of the 266Revised Code during the July application round each year, the 267credit may also be claimed for the preceding taxable year. A 268taxpayer applying a that credit for the preceding taxable year 269shall file an amended report or apply that amendment on the 270taxpayer's original report, for that year. 271The A credit authorized in this section shall be claimed 272in the order required under section 5726.98 of the Revised Code. 273If the amount of a credit exceeds the tax otherwise due under 274section 5726.02 of the Revised Code after deducting all other 275credits preceding the credit in that order, the excess may be 276carried forward for not more than five ensuing taxable years. 277The amount of the excess credit claimed in any such year shall 278be deducted from the balance carried forward to the next taxable 279year. 280No credit shall be claimed under this section to the 281extent the credit was claimed under section 5725.38, 5729.21, or 2825747.86 of the Revised Code. 283Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 11As Reported by the Senate Housing CommitteeSec. 5726.98. (A) To provide a uniform procedure for 284calculating the amount of tax due under section 5726.02 of the 285Revised Code, a taxpayer shall claim any credits to which the 286taxpayer is entitled under this chapter in the following order: 287The nonrefundable job retention credit under division (B) 288of section 5726.50 of the Revised Code; 289The nonrefundable credit for purchases of qualified low- 290income community investments under section 5726.54 of the 291Revised Code; 292The nonrefundable credit for transformational mixed use 293development tax credit certificate holders under section 5726.62 294of the Revised Code; 295The nonrefundable credit for qualified research expenses 296under section 5726.56 of the Revised Code; 297The nonrefundable credit for qualifying dealer in 298intangibles taxes under section 5726.57 of the Revised Code; 299The nonrefundable Ohio low-income housing tax credit under 300section 5726.58 of the Revised Code; 301The nonrefundable affordable single-family home credit 302under section 5726.60 of the Revised Code; 303The nonrefundable welcome home Ohio (WHO) program credit 304under section 122.633 of the Revised Code; 305The nonrefundable opportunity zone investment credit under 306section 5726.61 of the Revised Code; 307The nonrefundable promised land credit under section 3085726.61 of the Revised Code; 309The refundable credit for rehabilitating an historic 310Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 12As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeebuilding under section 5726.52 of the Revised Code; 311The refundable job retention or job creation credit under 312division (A) of section 5726.50 of the Revised Code; 313The refundable credit under section 5726.53 of the Revised 314Code for losses on loans made under the Ohio venture capital 315program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code; 316The refundable motion picture and broadway theatrical 317production credit under section 5726.55 of the Revised Code. 318(B) For any credit except the refundable credits 319enumerated in this section, the amount of the credit for a 320taxable year shall not exceed the tax due after allowing for any 321other credit that precedes it in the order required under this 322section. Any excess amount of a particular credit may be carried 323forward if authorized under the section creating that credit. 324Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a taxpayer 325to claim, directly or indirectly, a credit more than once for a 326taxable year. 327Sec. 5729.21. Terms used in this section have the same 328meanings as in section 122.84 of the Revised Code. 329There is allowed a nonrefundable credit against the tax 330imposed by section 5729.03 of the Revised Code for a foreign 331insurance company that is issued, or to which is transferred, a 332tax credit certificate under section 122.84 or 122.841 of the 333Revised Code. The credit equals the amount stated on the 334certificate and may be claimed for the calendar year that 335includes the investment period or development period that was 336the subject of the application for the certificate under that 337the applicable section or for the ensuing calendar year. For a 338credit issued under section 122.84 of the Revised Code during 339Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 13As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeethe July application round each year, the credit may also be 340claimed for the preceding calendar year. A taxpayer applying a 341that credit for the preceding calendar year shall file an 342amended return or apply that amendment on the taxpayer's 343original return, for that year. 344The A credit authorized in this section shall be claimed 345in the order required under section 5729.98 of the Revised Code. 346If the amount of a credit exceeds the tax otherwise due under 347section 5729.03 of the Revised Code after deducting all other 348credits preceding the credit in that order, the excess may be 349carried forward for not more than five ensuing calendar years. 350The amount of the excess credit claimed in any such year shall 351be deducted from the balance carried forward to the next 352calendar year. 353No credit shall be claimed under this section to the 354extent the credit was claimed under section 5725.38, 5726.61, or 3555747.86 of the Revised Code. 356A foreign insurance company shall not be required to pay 357any additional tax levied under section 5729.06 of the Revised 358Code as a result of claiming the a tax credit authorized by this 359section. 360Sec. 5729.98. (A) To provide a uniform procedure for 361calculating the amount of tax due under this chapter, a taxpayer 362shall claim any credits and offsets against tax liability to 363which it is entitled in the following order: 364The credit for an insurance company or insurance company 365group under section 5729.031 of the Revised Code; 366The credit for eligible employee training costs under 367section 5729.07 of the Revised Code; 368Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 14As Reported by the Senate Housing CommitteeThe credit for purchases of qualified low-income community 369investments under section 5729.16 of the Revised Code; 370The nonrefundable job retention credit under division (B) 371of section 122.171 of the Revised Code; 372The nonrefundable credit for investments in rural business 373growth funds under section 122.152 of the Revised Code; 374The nonrefundable Ohio low-income housing tax credit under 375section 5729.19 of the Revised Code; 376The nonrefundable affordable single-family home credit 377under section 5729.20 of the Revised Code; 378The nonrefundable credit for contributing capital to a 379transformational mixed use development project under section 3805729.18 of the Revised Code; 381The nonrefundable opportunity zone investment credit under 382section 5729.21 of the Revised Code; 383The nonrefundable promised land credit under section 3845729.21 of the Revised Code; 385The offset of assessments by the Ohio life and health 386insurance guaranty association against tax liability permitted 387by section 3956.20 of the Revised Code; 388The refundable credit for rehabilitating a historic 389building under section 5729.17 of the Revised Code; 390The refundable credit for Ohio job retention under former 391division (B)(2) or (3) of section 122.171 of the Revised Code as 392those divisions existed before September 29, 2015, the effective 393date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 64 of the 131st 394general assembly; 395Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 15As Reported by the Senate Housing CommitteeThe refundable credit for Ohio job creation under section 3965729.032 of the Revised Code; 397The refundable credit under section 5729.08 of the Revised 398Code for losses on loans made under the Ohio venture capital 399program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code. 400(B) For any credit except the refundable credits 401enumerated in this section, the amount of the credit for a 402taxable year shall not exceed the tax due after allowing for any 403other credit that precedes it in the order required under this 404section. Any excess amount of a particular credit may be carried 405forward if authorized under the section creating that credit. 406Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a taxpayer 407to claim, directly or indirectly, a credit more than once for a 408taxable year. 409Sec. 5747.86. Terms used in this section have the same 410meanings as in section 122.84 of the Revised Code. 411There is hereby allowed a nonrefundable credit against a 412taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the 413Revised Code for a taxpayer who is issued, or to whom is 414transferred, a tax credit certificate under section 122.84 or 415122.841 of the Revised Code. The credit equals the amount stated 416on the certificate and may be claimed for the taxable year that 417includes the first day of the investment period or development 418period that was the subject of the application for the 419certificate under that the applicable section or for the ensuing 420taxable year. For a credit issued under section 122.84 of the 421Revised Code during the July application round each year, the 422credit may also be claimed for the preceding taxable year. A 423taxpayer applying a that credit for the preceding taxable year 424shall file an amended return or apply that amendment on the 425Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 16As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeetaxpayer's original return, for that year. 426If the certificate is held by a pass-through entity, any 427taxpayer that is a direct or indirect investor in the pass- 428through entity on the last day of the entity's qualifying 429taxable year may claim the taxpayer's proportionate or 430distributive share of the credit against the taxpayer's 431aggregate amount of tax levied under section 5747.02 of the 432Revised Code. 433The credit shall be claimed in the order required under 434section 5747.98 of the Revised Code. If the credit exceeds the 435taxpayer's aggregate tax due under section 5747.02 of the 436Revised Code for that taxable year after allowing for credits 437that precede the credit under this section in that order, such 438excess shall be allowed as a credit in each of the ensuing five 439taxable years, but the amount of any excess credit allowed in 440any such taxable year shall be deducted from the balance carried 441forward to the ensuing taxable year. 442No credit shall be claimed under this section to the 443extent the credit was claimed under section 5725.38, 5726.61, or 4445729.21 of the Revised Code. 445Sec. 5747.98. (A) To provide a uniform procedure for 446calculating a taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 4475747.02 of the Revised Code, a taxpayer shall claim any credits 448to which the taxpayer is entitled in the following order: 449Either the retirement income credit under division (B) of 450section 5747.055 of the Revised Code or the lump sum retirement 451income credits under divisions (C), (D), and (E) of that 452section; 453Either the senior citizen credit under division (F) of 454Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 17As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeesection 5747.055 of the Revised Code or the lump sum 455distribution credit under division (G) of that section; 456The dependent care credit under section 5747.054 of the 457Revised Code; 458The credit for displaced workers who pay for job training 459under section 5747.27 of the Revised Code; 460The twenty-dollar personal exemption credit under section 4615747.022 of the Revised Code; 462The joint filing credit under division (E) of section 4635747.05 of the Revised Code; 464The earned income credit under section 5747.71 of the 465Revised Code; 466The nonrefundable credit for education expenses under 467section 5747.72 of the Revised Code; 468The nonrefundable credit for donations to scholarship 469granting organizations under section 5747.73 of the Revised 470Code; 471The nonrefundable credit for tuition paid to a 472nonchartered nonpublic school under section 5747.75 of the 473Revised Code; 474The nonrefundable vocational job credit under section 4755747.057 of the Revised Code; 476The nonrefundable job retention credit under division (B) 477of section 5747.058 of the Revised Code; 478The enterprise zone credit under section 5709.66 of the 479Revised Code; 480The credit for beginning farmers who participate in a 481Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 18As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeefinancial management program under division (B) of section 4825747.77 of the Revised Code; 483The credit for commercial vehicle operator training 484expenses under section 5747.82 of the Revised Code; 485The nonrefundable welcome home Ohio (WHO) program credit 486under section 122.633 of the Revised Code; 487The nonrefundable credit for transformational mixed use 488development tax credit certificate holders under section 5747.87 489of the Revised Code; 490The credit for selling or renting agricultural assets to 491beginning farmers under division (A) of section 5747.77 of the 492Revised Code; 493The credit for purchases of qualifying grape production 494property under section 5747.28 of the Revised Code; 495The small business investment credit under section 5747.81 496of the Revised Code; 497The nonrefundable lead abatement credit under section 4985747.26 of the Revised Code; 499The opportunity zone investment credit under section 5005747.86 of the Revised Code; 501The nonrefundable promised land credit under section 5025747.86 of the Revised Code; 503The enterprise zone credits under section 5709.65 of the 504Revised Code; 505The research and development credit under section 5747.331 506of the Revised Code; 507The credit for rehabilitating a historic building under 508Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 19As Reported by the Senate Housing Committeesection 5747.76 of the Revised Code; 509The nonrefundable Ohio low-income housing tax credit under 510section 5747.83 of the Revised Code; 511The nonrefundable affordable single-family home credit 512under section 5747.84 of the Revised Code; 513The nonresident credit under division (A) of section 5145747.05 of the Revised Code; 515The credit for a resident's out-of-state income under 516division (B) of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code; 517The refundable motion picture and broadway theatrical 518production credit under section 5747.66 of the Revised Code; 519The refundable jobs creation credit or job retention 520credit under division (A) of section 5747.058 of the Revised 521Code; 522The refundable credit for taxes paid by a qualifying 523entity granted under section 5747.059 of the Revised Code; 524The refundable credits for taxes paid by a qualifying 525pass-through entity granted under division (I) of section 5265747.08 of the Revised Code; 527The refundable credit under section 5747.80 of the Revised 528Code for losses on loans made to the Ohio venture capital 529program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code; 530The refundable credit for rehabilitating a historic 531building under section 5747.76 of the Revised Code; 532The refundable credit under section 5747.39 of the Revised 533Code for taxes levied under section 5747.38 of the Revised Code 534paid by an electing pass-through entity. 535Sub. S. B. No. 250 Page 20As Reported by the Senate Housing Committee(B) For any credit, except the refundable credits 536enumerated in this section and the credit granted under division 537(H) of section 5747.08 of the Revised Code, the amount of the 538credit for a taxable year shall not exceed the taxpayer's 539aggregate amount of tax due under section 5747.02 of the Revised 540Code, after allowing for any other credit that precedes it in 541the order required under this section. Any excess amount of a 542particular credit may be carried forward if authorized under the 543section creating that credit. Nothing in this chapter shall be 544construed to allow a taxpayer to claim, directly or indirectly, 545a credit more than once for a taxable year. 546Section 2. That existing sections 5725.38, 5725.98, 5475726.61, 5726.98, 5729.21, 5729.98, 5747.86, and 5747.98 of the 548Revised Code are hereby repealed. 549Section 3. This act shall be known as the Promised Land 550Act. 551
To amend sections 5725.38, 5725.98, 5726.61, 5726.98, 5729.21, 5729.98, 5747.86, and 5747.98 and to enact section 122.841 of the Revised Code to authorize a nonrefundable, transferable tax credit for charitable organizations that construct student housing or owner-occupied housing and to name this act the Promised Land Act.
Sponsors
Sen. Michele Reynolds (R) sponsors SB 250 alone.
Committees
SB 250 went before 1 committee: Housing.
History
SB 250 has taken 3 actions since Sep 3, 2025, the latest on Jun 10, 2026.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 10, 2026 | Senate | Reported - Substitute: Housing | ||
Oct 1, 2025 | Senate | Referred to committee: Housing | ||
Sep 3, 2025 | Senate | Introduced |
Votes
SB 250 went to 1 roll call in the Senate, the latest on Jun 10, 2026 at 6–0.
| Chamber | Question | Yea | Nay | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 10, 2026 | Senate | Senate Favorable Passage | 6 | 0 |
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