Scope: State (Ohio)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: June 30, 2025
Ohio HB 54, the transportation appropriations act for the FY 2026-27 biennium, took effect June 30, 2025. Along with transportation program appropriations and traffic-code changes, the act amends Revised Code section 3503.11, governing voter registration handled through Bureau of Motor Vehicles deputy registrars, and related citizenship-documentation provisions.
Constitutional basis: Substantive voter-registration changes carried inside a transportation appropriations act, implicating Ohio's constitutional one-subject requirement for legislation.