HCR 40 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Urge Congress to enact the Ohio River Restoration Program Act

Summary
To urge the Congress of the United States to enact the Ohio River Restoration Program Act to bring clean water, enhanced fish and aquatic wildlife, economic benefits, expanded recreation opportunities, and public health protections to Ohio.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 13, 2026 Last action Jun 11, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Introduced As Adopted by the House · 3 edits
MINOR
The primary changes are formatting and structural updates to the bill text, including the addition of a new internal identifier and the expansion of the list of cosponsors. There are no substantive policy changes regarding the bill's scope, funding, or eligibility criteria.
TECHNICAL

Added an internal tracking identifier 'hcr40_02_AH' at the beginning of the text.

Expanded the list of cosponsors by adding nine new representatives (Rogers, Abrams, Barhorst, Brennan, Claggett, Click, Daniels, Deeter, Dovilla, Ghanbari, Hiner, Holmes, Kishman, Klopfenstein, Lawson-Rowe, Lorenz, Mathews A., Mathews T., Miller J., Miller M., Salvo, Santucci, Schmidt, Sigrist, Tims, Williams, Willis, Workman, Young) to the original list.

Reorganized the layout and spacing of the header, title, and resolution text, likely to meet final printing standards.

Floor votes · House Jun 10, 2026

How they voted

940
Passed
Total votes 94
Jun 10, 2026
D Democratic32
32 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican62
62 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
0
Jun 11, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jun 10, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (94-0)
house
Jun 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
May 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Referred to Committee
lower
2 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors