SB 398 Ohio Senate · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Create the Adopt a Trail Program

This bill creates the Adopt a Trail Program to allow volunteer groups to help maintain and improve trails on state-owned land. Under the program, approved volunteer groups can perform tasks such as spring cleanup, litter collection, accessibility improvements, and trail maintenance after applying to and receiving approval from the state division of parks and watercraft. The program requires volunteer groups to commit for at least two years, ensures all participants are at least eighteen years old, and prohibits activities that would reduce state employee hours or violate labor agreements.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 23, 2026 Last action Jun 16, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Introduced As Passed by the Senate · 3 edits · Jun 10, 2026
MINOR
The bill underwent significant formatting cleanup to standardize the text layout and saw a major expansion in Senate support, with eight new cosponsors joining the original four. The substantive policy language regarding the Adopt a Trail Program, including volunteer duties, age restrictions, and division responsibilities, remained identical between versions.
Scope change
None; the bill's scope and applicability are unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Added eight new cosponsors to the list of legislators supporting the bill.

Removed page headers, footers, and line numbers from the text to create a clean, continuous version.

Adjusted the header to reflect that the bill has been passed by the Senate.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2026

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Jun 11, 2026
D Democratic9
9 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican24
24 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jun 16, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jun 11, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Jun 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
2 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors