02/14/2022

Ohio Businesses Could Get $25,000 in Tax Breaks to Train Truck Drivers

House Bill 197 passed the House 97-0 last week

The Ohio House has passed a bill that would give employers $25,000 in tax credits to train new drivers in an effort to help companies across the state alleviate a growing truck driving shortage.

House Bill 197, backed by trucking and business organizations, now heads to the Senate. It passed the House, 97-0, last week.

"I am a small-business owner, and the hardest position to fill in my company has always been a CDL truck driver because they are in such great demand," Rep. Reggie Stoltzfus, R-Paris Township, said in testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee. "After getting frustrated because I could not find drivers, I started training current employees to be drivers on my own dime. Having trained several employees of my own, I know what a huge expense this can be to a company."

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