H.B. 335 Summary

• Requires the Ohio Ethics Commission to post certain financial disclosure statements online on its official website as soon as practicable after filing, specifically for persons holding elective office and administrative department heads listed in section 121.03 of the Revised Code

• Maintains confidentiality protections for disclosure statements required to be kept confidential under division (B) of section 102.02, preventing public divulgence of such information

• Appropriates $35,000 for fiscal year 2022 and $2,500 for fiscal year 2023 to the Ohio Ethics Commission to support making disclosure statements available on the Commission's website

• Amends sections 102.02 and 102.07 of the Revised Code to implement the online disclosure statement posting requirement while preserving existing confidentiality rules

• No substantive changes to financial disclosure statement requirements, filing deadlines, or fees; only adds the requirement for online public access to specified statements