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
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 19, 2026
Last action Jun 16, 2026
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MINOR
The bill underwent significant reformatting and a complete reordering of its 'Whereas' clauses, which rearranged the sequence of arguments regarding the river's geography, economic impact, and environmental threats. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's scope, funding, eligibility, or legal requirements; the core request to urge Congress to pass the Ohio River Restoration Program Act remains identical.
TECHNICAL
The order of the 'Whereas' clauses was swapped, moving the economic impact argument to follow the geographic description and placing the environmental threats argument before the legislative history, while the final resolution text remained unchanged.
The header and metadata sections were reformatted, including the addition of a list of cosponsors and adjustments to the layout of the General Assembly session details.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 10, 2026
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Jun 10, 2026
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican24
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jun 16, 2026
Introduced
Offered
lower
Jun 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Introduced
Offered
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shane Wilkin
RRepublican
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