H.B. No. 149 Summary

• Excludes judges of municipal court, county court, and court of common pleas from nonpartisan ballot requirements, requiring them to appear with party designations instead.

• Modifies ballot designation rules to remove "judicial offices" from categories that must appear on nonpartisan ballots under section 3505.04 of the Revised Code.

• Changes office-type ballot requirements in section 3505.03 to exclude judges of municipal, county, and common pleas courts from nonpartisan status.

• Clarifies that judicial candidates for municipal, county, and common pleas courts must receive party designations when appearing on ballots, similar to other partisan candidates.