HB 630 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Regards police escorts for farm equipment, agricultural vehicles

HB 630 creates an annual permit for farmers hauling agricultural equipment or produce, eliminating the requirement for police escorts under specific conditions. If a farmer uses this permit to move farm equipment on a state route (not an interstate) for less than 10 miles, law enforcement escorts are no longer mandatory. The bill modifies existing permit rules to streamline movement of agricultural vehicles, focusing on short-distance travel within the state highway system. This directly affects farmers transporting machinery or crops, reducing administrative hurdles for routine farm operations.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 17, 2025 Last action Jun 11, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Passed by the House · 5 edits · Jun 9, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was significantly expanded to address a broader range of traffic violations on freeways and to formalize the permitting process for farm equipment. It added new prohibitions against pedestrians and various non-motorized vehicles on freeways, while simultaneously creating a specific new section for permits allowing farm machinery to operate on limited-access highways.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from solely regulating heavy hauling permits to also prohibiting specific types of traffic (pedestrians, animals, bicycles) on freeways and explicitly authorizing farm machinery on limited-access highways.

SCOPE

Added new prohibitions preventing pedestrians, animals, bicycles, and other non-motorized vehicles from occupying freeway rights-of-way.

Created a new section (4513.341) that explicitly authorizes farm machinery and equipment to operate on limited-access highways and freeways (excluding interstate highways) with a specific permit.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the existing heavy hauling permit rules to clarify that law enforcement escorts are not required for farm machinery moving less than ten miles on state routes that are not interstate highways.

REQUIREMENT

Added detailed administrative rules regarding permit fees, debarment procedures for repeat offenders, and specific definitions for what constitutes a 'nondivisible load' for milk and aluminum coils.

TECHNICAL

Removed the original introductory text and simplified the bill structure to accommodate the new, expanded content.

Floor votes · House Jun 10, 2026

How they voted

95–0

Passed

Total votes 95

Jun 10, 2026

D Democratic32

32 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican63

63 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 11, 2026

Introduced

upper

Jun 10, 2026

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (95-0)

house

Jun 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee

lower

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors