The presidents can give bonuses to the new newlyweds during the Ohio Bell, aimed at “stimulating marriage”

Columbus, Ohmo (WCMH) – A legislator in Ohio has submitted a bill that provides state income credit for companies that provide financial rewards for employees who marry, and framing them as part of a wider batch to strengthen family structures.

The Parliament’s Bill 342, entitled “The Investment Law in Marriage”, will give employers to be granted a non -refundable tax credit of up to $ 50,000 a year if they apply the “qualified marriage policy”. Under the bill, employers will be qualified to obtain credit of $ 1,000 for each employee who receives a marriage reward of no less than this amount.

To qualify, employers must provide the reward for any employee who provides a marriage license or marriage record. Legislation allows unused credit forward for up to five years.

The state deputy Josh Williams (PBUH), the main sponsor of the draft law, said that the legislation aims to stimulate marriage by involving employers in supporting family formation.

“We have discussed studies, not only studies from conservative groups such as [the Center for Christian Virtue] But also from BGSU on the results of children raised in the families of the only parents, especially the single mother families, and the harmful effect that could be, Williams told NBC4. “Our society has escaped the motivation of marriage.”

Williams added that the draft law is also in response to what he said was integrated inhibitors in public aid programs, and he claims that he praises parents with parents.

“We have, as you know, the penalty for marriage when it comes to other general assistance programs,” he said. “We have just thought about a way to be able to stimulate marriage here in Ohio, and we wanted to make sure that employers were participating in this encouragement.”

Williams said that the minimum $ 1,000 reward was chosen to ensure that it will be meaningful to employees and could affect employment or employment decisions.

“We believed that $ 1,000 at the minimum appears to be a reasonable reward amount, and something will be the employer of its kind to provide,” he said. “The company may offer this reward, and the company B no. The qualified employee wants to make a decision on where he wants to work.”

HB 342 is part of the Williams I family agenda, a set of proposals that focus on strengthening nuclear families in Ohio. Other bills include a procedure to set weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day as a natural family month, tax credit for fertilization in the laboratory, and other things that aim to support paternity and marriage.

“It is a group of bills that we deliberately designed to promote family units here in Ohio,” Williams said. “We want Ohio to be a place where people want … to meet their husband, marriage, plant their roots here in Ohio, and raise a family.”

Democratic lawmakers and policy analysts publicly did not comment on HB 342. Critics have expressed similar proposals in other states that they are concerned that tax -based marriage incentives can sparkle unmarried people and may not face deeper economic or social challenges in the face of families.

The draft law was referred to the Ohio Roads Committee for means and means, but he has not yet received a hearing.