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Updated August 16, 2026

Ohio: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in Ohio: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 11.6% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 12.8%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

82 AI-related documents tracked.

Showing the 60 most recent of 82 tracked documents.

• State v. Davis enacted
  AI litigationGovernment: judicial and law enforcement
• Enact the Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesPerformance requirements
• In re A.P. enacted
  AI litigationGovernment: judicial and law enforcement
• Lampinen v. Borer enacted
  AI litigationGovernment: judicial and law enforcement
• Morgan v. Jones enacted
  AI litigationGovernment: judicial and law enforcementReliability
• DOE SoftBank Pike County AI Complex proposed
  ConstructionEnergy and utilitiesGovernment: other applications/unspecified
• Oklo Meta Pike County Nuclear Campus proposed
  ConstructionData centersDiscriminationEnergy and utilitiesHarm to health/safety
• OH HB807: Prohibit selling sensitive personal data for profit proposed
  Business services and analyticsGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• OH SB29: Regards education records and student data privacy enacted
  Children and minorsEducationPrivacy
• OH HB345: Enact the Ohio Personal Privacy Act proposed
  Privacy
• OH HB376: Enact Ohio Personal Privacy Act proposed
  Privacy
• OH HB432: Regards the teaching of career-technical education enacted
  EducationPrivacy
• OH HB798: Enact the Privacy Protection Act proposed
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• OH HB801: Enact the Ohio Privacy Act proposed
  Privacy
• OH SB217: Regards AI-generated products, simulated porn, identity fraud proposed
  Disclosure: About inputsInput controls: Data useTransparency
• State v. Coleman enacted
  AI litigationEducationGovernment: judicial and law enforcementReliability
• Regards use of automated employment decision tools proposed
• Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions from being granted proposed
  Data centers
• Honoring the Ridgewood High School AI for Youth team on winning the 2026 Ohio Presidential AI Challenge. enacted
  Children and minorsEducation
• Enact the Ohio Right to Compute Act proposed
• Impose penalties for AI models suggesting harming self or another proposed
  FinesSafety
• OH HB813: Regards AI-generated products, AI-systems acting as humans proposed
  DisclosureDisclosure: About inputsInput controls: Data useTransparency
• Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraud proposed
  Children and minorsDisclosure: About inputsInput controls: Data useTransparencyTransportation
• Ohio AI Watermarks Bill defunct
  Criminal liabilityDetrimental contentDisclosure
• Ohio AI Policy IT-17 enacted
  Evaluation: Conformity assessmentTransparency
• Ohio DC Committee Hearings enacted
  Data centersEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or report
• Ohio DC Wastewater Permit proposed
  Data centersEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesPerformance requirements
• Ohio Tariff Challenge proposed
  Civil liabilityData centersDiscriminationEnergy and utilities
• Ohio DC Energy Tariff enacted
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesFinancePerformance requirements
• Ohio Clearview AI Case enacted
  BiasGovernment: judicial and law enforcementTransparency
• Ohio DC Ban Initiative proposed
  Data centersEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesInput controls
• Ohio SB 163 proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesPerformance requirements
• Ohio Meta Prometheus DC enacted
  Business services and analyticsData centersEnergy and utilities
• Ohio DC Tax Freeze enacted
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesSubsidies
• Ohio OCSEA IT Committee enacted
  Governance development
• Ohio Intel PLA enacted
  ManufacturingSubsidies
• Ohio Education AI Law enacted
  EducationGovernance development
• State v. Currie enacted
• State v. Coleman enacted
• Columbus Trades Intel Impact enacted
  ConstructionPerformance requirements
• Bechtel Intel Ohio Construction enacted
  ConstructionPerformance requirements
• Ohio Intel Subsidy Accountability Gaps enacted
  FinesSubsidiesTransparency
• Intel Ohio Fab CHIPS enacted
  ConstructionEnergy and utilitiesSubsidies
• Ohio Data Center Tariff Precedent enacted
  Data centersDisclosureEnergy and utilitiesFinancial lossGovernance developmentLicensing, registration, and certificationPerformance requirementsTransparency
• Yellow Springs OH CCOPS Ordinance enacted
  Governance developmentSecurityTransparency
• Require PUCO approval to connect data centers to electrical grid proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or report
• Create the Data Center Study Commission proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or report
• Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesGovernment support: For R&DSubsidies
• Prohibit public support, limit construction of, new data centers proposed
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilities
• Impose certain minimum requirements on data center customers proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• Require data center water consumption reports proposed
  Data centersDisclosure: Of AI useEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or reportTransparency
• Enact the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act proposed
  Data centersEcological harmEnergy and utilities
• OH HB714: Prohibit using drones to commit trespass, voyeurism, and stalking proposed
  Government: military and public safetyTransportation
• OH HB401: Create the offense of nonconsensual distribution of a deepfake proposed
  Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleDetrimental contentDisclosure: About inputsInput controls: Data useTransparency
• OH HB410: Regulate dissemination of deepfake media to influence an election proposed
  Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleBroadcasting and media productionDetrimental contentDisclosure: About inputsInput controls: Data useSecurity: DisseminationTransparency
• OH SR213: Honoring Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Beak Squad robotics team 4028 as a 2019 Regional FIRST Robotics Champion. enacted
  Manufacturing
• OH SR159: Honoring the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School Flapjacks robotics team as a 2019 Ohio VEX Robotics Co-champion. enacted
  EducationManufacturing
• OH SR160: Honoring the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School FaZe Clan robotics team as a 2019 Ohio VEX Robotics Co-champion. enacted
  EducationManufacturing
• OH HR185: Honoring Abagail Travis on winning the 2019 Innovation Award at the Honda National Robotics Challenge. enacted
  Access to business opportunitiesManufacturing
• OH SR452: Honoring Firestone Community Learning Center robotics team B on its outstanding performance at the VEX Kalahari Classic. enacted
  EducationManufacturing

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for Ohio. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$94,074 in tracked political contributions across 562 records.

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