{"id":199173,"date":"2025-11-05T21:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=199173"},"modified":"2025-11-05T21:48:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:48:41","slug":"ohio-house-passes-house-bill-433","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/ohio-house-passes-house-bill-433\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio House passes House Bill 433"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Sarah Fowler Arthur (R-Ashtabula) have announced that the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 433, legislation to modernize the state\u2019s amusement ride inspection fee structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis legislation isn\u2019t about raising fees,\u201d Rep. Klopfenstein said. \u201cIt\u2019s about making sure every operator pays their appropriate share so that Ohio\u2019s amusement ride safety program can continue to operate effectively and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Roy-Klopfenstein-11-2025-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199174\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Representative Roy Klopfenstein says HB 433 has passed the Ohio House. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under current law, all amusement rides, regardless of size, complexity, or inspection time, are charged the same permit fee. As a result, small operators of inflatables and portable rides have been subsidizing the cost of inspecting larger, more complex attractions such as roller coasters and major amusement park rides. House Bill 433 establishes a new fee structure that more accurately reflects the time and cost required to inspect each ride type, ensuring a fair and sustainable system for both regulators and operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House Bill 433 now moves to the Ohio Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Sarah Fowler Arthur (R-Ashtabula) have announced that the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 433, legislation to modernize the state\u2019s amusement ride inspection fee structure. \u201cThis legislation isn\u2019t about raising fees,\u201d Rep. Klopfenstein said. \u201cIt\u2019s about making sure every operator pays their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 08:48:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199175,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199173\/revisions\/199175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}