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Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.12 (2026)

Itemized statement of expenditures on issues

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Effective:
May 2, 2006
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House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly
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(A) Prior to receiving a contribution or making an expenditure, the circulator or committee in charge of an initiative or referendum petition, or supplementary petition for additional signatures, for the submission of a constitutional amendment, proposed law, section, or item of any law shall appoint a treasurer and shall file with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a designation of that appointment, including the full name and address of the treasurer and of the circulator or committee.

(B) The circulator or the committee in charge of an initiative or referendum petition, or supplementary petition for additional signatures, for the submission of a constitutional amendment, proposed law, section, or item of any law shall, within thirty days after those petition papers are filed, file with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, an itemized statement, made under penalty of election falsification, showing in detail the following:

(1) All money or things of value paid, given, promised, or received for circulating the petitions;

(2) All appointments, promotions, or increases in salary, in positions which were given, promised, or received, or to obtain which assistance was given, promised, or received as a consideration for work done in circulating petitions;

(3) Full names and addresses, including street, city, and state, of all persons to whom such payments or promises were made and of all persons from whom such payments or promises were received;

(4) Full names and addresses, including street, city, and state, of all persons who contributed anything of value to be used in circulating the petitions, and the amounts of those contributions;

(5) Time spent and salaries earned while soliciting signatures to petitions by persons who were regular salaried employees of some person or whom that employer authorized to solicit as part of their regular duties.

If no money or things of value were paid or received or if no promises were made or received as a consideration for work done in circulating a petition, the statement shall contain words to that effect.

(C) The treasurer designated under division (A) of this section shall file statements of contributions and expenditures in accordance with section 3517.10 of the Revised Code regarding all contributions made or received and all expenditures made by that treasurer or the circulator or committee in connection with the initiative or referendum petition, or supplementary petition for additional signatures, for the submission of a constitutional amendment, proposed law, section, or item of any law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1958–2020 · leading case: Citizens in Charge v. Brunner, 689 F. Supp. 2d 992 (S.D. Ohio 2010).
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Citizens in Charge v. Brunner, 689 F. Supp. 2d 992 (S.D. Ohio 2010). · cites it 13× “org, to file a report with the Secretary of State of Ohio (the “Secretary”) providing, inter alia, the name and address of each paid circulator of its initiative or referendum petition together with the amount paid, or to be paid, to each circulator.”
Gordon Just., Jr. v. Delbert Hosemann, et, 771 F.3d 285 (5th Cir. 2014). “See Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.12 (A) (requiring “the circulator or committee in charge of an initiative or referendum petition” to register “prior to receiving a contribution or.”
Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Wilhem, 465 F. Supp. 3d 780 (S.D. Ohio 2020). · cites it 4× “1996), for the proposition that O.R.C. § 3517.12 is not discriminatory towards minor political parties, such as the Libertarian Party of Ohio, is misplaced.”
State ex rel. Corrigan v. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., 169 Ohio St. (N.S.) 42 (Ohio 1959). · cites it 14× “Belator also relies on the part of Section 3517.12, Bevised Code, reading: “The provisions of Title XXXV of the Bevised Code relating to the contributions, receipts, and expenditures of money or other things of value in elections in the case of candidates, the filing of…”
State ex rel. Corrigan v. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., 152 N.E.2d 1 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1958). “The first sentence of §3517.12 R. C., then provides: “The provisions of Title XXXV R.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.12(B): 1 case
Citizens in Charge v. Brunner, 689 F. Supp. 2d 992 (S.D. Ohio 2010). “org, to file a report with the Secretary of State of Ohio (the “Secretary”) providing, inter alia, the name and address of each paid circulator of its initiative or referendum petition together with the amount paid, or to be paid, to each circulator.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3517.12(a)(1): 1 case
Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Wilhem, 465 F. Supp. 3d 780 (S.D. Ohio 2020). “1996), for the proposition that O.R.C. § 3517.12 is not discriminatory towards minor political parties, such as the Libertarian Party of Ohio, is misplaced.”
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