Other than the changes to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and the Illinois False Claims Act, the 2011 legislative session has been rather uneventful in terms of state false claims act legislation. 

However, in some late-breaking news from Ohio, Senate Bill No. 143 was introduced last week by state Senators Hughes (R-Canton) and Oelslager (R-North Canton) last week.  Both Senators also sponsored a previous bill which died in the last legislative session.    

The Ohio False Claims Act appears to be DRA compliant, and seems to incorporate all of the post-2009 amendments to the federal False Claims Act.  The other good news is that new Ohio Attorney General Dewine is a strong supporter of the legislation—he also supported the Ohio FCA as a state Senator in the last legislative session).   

I don't know how long the Ohio state legislative session is, but I hope it is long enough to get this important legislation passed.  Stay tuned....