HB 145 Summary

• Increases public members of the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood from five to seven representatives appointed by the governor with experience in fatherhood-related issues.

• Adds the assistant director of job and family services overseeing child support and one representative from the Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council as commission members.

• Authorizes the commission to employ an executive director and other staff in the unclassified civil service, with compensation determined by the commission.

• Changes the state fatherhood summit requirement from once every four years to once during each two-year period beginning in odd-numbered calendar years.

• Reorganizes commission duties to focus on identifying and funding fatherhood initiatives including public awareness, father-readiness, father-child bonding, and relationship skills development, with annual reporting to legislative and executive leadership.