Revise the township law
HB 315 amends Ohio laws to regulate how newspapers charge for publishing legal notices and establishes a new program to help clean up contaminated industrial sites. The bill requires newspapers to offer a special, capped rate for government-mandated legal advertisements and mandates that these notices be posted online alongside their print versions. It also allows agencies to publish abbreviated summaries of repeated notices online to reduce costs, provided the full text remains accessible on an official public notice website. Additionally, the legislation creates a brownfield remediation program that provides grants to counties and other entities for cleaning up abandoned properties with hazardous substances to encourage redevelopment.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2023
Committee Review
Dec 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Dec 2024
Governor
Introduced Nov 2, 2023
Last action Dec 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Dec 11, 2024 · House Jun 26, 2024
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Dec 11, 2024
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
R
Republican24
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Dec 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to
upper
Dec 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Insist on amendments; asks for committee of conference
upper
Dec 11, 2024
Amended
Refused to concur in Senate amendments
lower
Dec 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Nov 12, 2024
Committee
Refer to Committee
upper
Jun 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Committee
Re-referred
lower
Nov 14, 2023
Committee
Refer to Committee
lower
Nov 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
lower
2 primary · 49 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Seitz
RRepublican
P
Thomas Hall
RRepublican
Co
Adam Mathews
RRepublican
Co
Al Landis
RRepublican
Co
Bill DeMora
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Reineke
RRepublican
Co
Bob Peterson
RRepublican
Co
Brett Hillyer
RRepublican
Co
Brian Chavez
RRepublican
Co
Brian Lampton
RRepublican
Co
Brian Lorenz
RRepublican
Co
Catherine Ingram
DDemocratic
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