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OH HB134
Bill
Status
11/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Gross
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AI Summary
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Creates a new "microenterprise home kitchen operation" registration allowing individuals to sell homemade food items, including potentially hazardous foods like meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy, directly to consumers from their home kitchen
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Registration costs $25 annually with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, with a $150,000 annual gross receipts cap on sales of potentially hazardous homemade food items
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Requires operators to complete food safety training and submit to kitchen inspections, but prohibits the state from requiring commercial equipment, structural alterations, or specialized venting in home kitchens
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Items containing meat, poultry, seafood, or dairy must be delivered in person by the operator to the consumer, while non-perishable items may be sold through third-party vendors and shipped via carriers like USPS
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Excludes certain high-risk products from the program including low-acid canned foods, alcoholic beverages, smoked/cured foods, custom processed meats, and shellfish from display tanks
Legislative Description
Authorize home kitchen registration for sale of certain foods
Commerce
Last Action
Referred to committee: Agriculture and Natural Resources
2/11/2026