Senator Steve Huffman Leads Drive to Repeal Gas Tax Increase
February 16, 2022
Stephen A. Huffman News
COLUMBUS—State Senator Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City) today provided sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 277, repealing the gas tax increase included in the 2019 Transportation Budget.
The tax was increased by 10.5 cents a gallon on gas and 19 cents a gallon on diesel, providing $1.5 billion over five years to repair and upgrade Ohio’s roads, highways and bridges.
Senate Bill 277 is a repeal of the gas tax increase for the next five years, and Huffman’s reasoning is simple, “Ohioans need relief from runaway inflation right now, especially in one of the places it hits them the hardest — at the pump.”
Senator Huffman explained the state can cut taxes and still make needed infrastructure repairs and improvements.
The federal government passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package last August providing an estimated $11.5 billion dollars to Ohio for roads, bridges and highways. That is approximately $10 billion more than the estimated $1.5 billion needed to repair and improve Ohio’s infrastructure over five years.
"The federal bill was passed a year after Ohio's transportation budget, making our gas tax increase unnecessary," said Huffman. "There is no better time to repeal this tax than now. Inflation is killing the hard working moms and dads in Ohio, and this is a way to give them much-needed relief, right now."
To learn more on this legislation, click here.
Senate Bill 277 is a repeal of the gas tax increase for the next five years, and Huffman’s reasoning is simple, “Ohioans need relief from runaway inflation right now, especially in one of the places it hits them the hardest — at the pump.”
Senator Huffman explained the state can cut taxes and still make needed infrastructure repairs and improvements.
The federal government passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package last August providing an estimated $11.5 billion dollars to Ohio for roads, bridges and highways. That is approximately $10 billion more than the estimated $1.5 billion needed to repair and improve Ohio’s infrastructure over five years.
"The federal bill was passed a year after Ohio's transportation budget, making our gas tax increase unnecessary," said Huffman. "There is no better time to repeal this tax than now. Inflation is killing the hard working moms and dads in Ohio, and this is a way to give them much-needed relief, right now."
To learn more on this legislation, click here.