Representative Robb Blasdel Supports 90 Day Gas Tax Holiday for Ohioans

COLUMBUS—State Representative Monica Robb Blasdel (R-New Waterford) today voted in support of a legislative effort that will temporarily suspend Ohio’s State Gas Tax for 90 days, providing real relief to Ohioans as fuel costs continue to rise. 

Sub. House Bill 519 would go into effect in October, providing Ohioans with $725 million in relief leading into the holiday season. Importantly, these savings will be achieved while providing uninterrupted access to funds for state and local road maintenance and construction. 

“Families across Columbiana and Carroll counties drive long distances every day to get to work, school, and the grocery store, and they have felt every cent of the rise in fuel prices,” said Robb Blasdel. “This gives them real, immediate relief at the pump, and it does so without shortchanging the roads and bridges our communities depend on.”

This initiative is part of the Ohio House Republicans’ broader efforts to lower the cost of everyday life for Ohioans. House Republicans have championed several pieces of legislation aimed at providing savings you can see since the beginning of the General Assembly, including cutting state income taxes with a new flat rate, passing a slate of bills to provide more than $4 billion in property tax relief over the next three years, expanding access to publicly funded child care and preschool, and renewing the expanded summer sales tax holiday.  

Sub. House Bill 519 now heads to Governor Mike DeWine for his signature.