Announced Monday, the governor introduced an idea for a statewide child tax credit that would involve raising the cigarette tax and still need to be approved by state lawmakers. The new credit would give parents up to $1,000 per child up to the age of 6, depending on how much you earn.

DeWine’s proposed child tax credit — introduced this week in his fourth and final two-year proposed budget framework — would, if approved, give Ohio families up to $1,000 in tax refunds for each child younger than seven. It would cost Ohio about $450 million per year, the state estimates.