OhioSB 147136th General Assembly (2025-2026)Senate

Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 3 mixed.

Districts lose some tire planning exemptions

Districts can choose to leave scrap tires and tire facilities out of specified initial waste plans. The law removes separate options to omit them from preliminary capacity reviews or plans tied to district changes. Other stated scrap-tire exclusions remain in place. This narrows district planning choices but creates no direct household fee.

More disposal fees for debris facilities

Licensed solid waste facilities pay $0.30 per cubic yard or $0.60 per ton for construction and demolition debris. This applies even without a licensed debris facility within 35 miles or an election to collect matching district fees. Covered debris and asbestos also carry three additional fees at licensed debris or solid waste facilities, without the matching-fee exception. Those fees fund soil and water conservation assistance at 12.5¢ per cubic yard or 25¢ per ton; recycling and litter prevention at 35¢ or 70¢; and waste management at 2.5¢ or 5¢. Operators are responsible for these fees and may pass the costs to customers.

Some districts can charge debris fees

Districts may charge debris and asbestos disposal fees at covered facilities in counties with census populations between 53,000 and 58,000. Facilities must be within the district and in a health district on the approved list. First-year rates are $0.35–$0.70 per ton for district waste and $0.70–$1.40 for waste from elsewhere in Ohio; second-year ranges are $0.70–$1.40 and $1.40–$2.80. Beginning three years after the amendment takes effect, those ranges are $1–$2 and $2–$4; out-of-state rates cannot exceed district-waste rates. Districts may send 75% to the facility’s health district or keep it for allowed uses; the remaining 25% goes to Ohio’s environmental agency, split equally between the environmental protection and waste management funds.

Broader waste funding with allocation rules

Waste districts can use contracted generation or disposal fees, rates, and charges for all purposes allowed by state law. Fee money can help counties, health boards, cities, and townships address health, safety, and welfare effects from disposal or transfer facilities. That help must follow approved plans and budget rules; no grant amount or award is guaranteed. District plans must also set allocations of available special-fund money for policy committee oversight, approved health programs, facility-hosting counties, and contracted health boards.

Counties gain a district exit process

A county can leave a joint waste district through a resolution, notice, and written transition agreement. Counties have 45 days after notice to agree; otherwise, the withdrawing county must ask a court within 10 days, and the court must issue an order within 90 days. The agreement generally lasts two years, with an extension of up to 45 days by agreement or court order. After it expires, the county becomes its own district, assets and funds are divided fairly, and the former district’s tax levy ends except for taxes paying pre-withdrawal debt. A regional authority’s withdrawal agreement controls; without one, local approval must represent at least 60% of district residents and include each county’s largest municipality.

Local waste boards gain revised powers

Regional waste authority trustees and engineers can act in place of specified county or joint-district officials under covered laws. Related public borrowing rules also apply to these authorities. A board seeking withdrawal cannot propose district formation, joinder, or merger until its required transition agreement is signed and delivered. Other boards can still vote on district changes after withdrawal begins, and the law removes certain preliminary capacity reviews and backup planning steps. Changes involving county withdrawal become final when the state environmental director completes the process and provides for required plans.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Bill Reineke
Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

Bernard Willis
Republican • House
Casey Weinstein
Democratic • Senate
Catherine D. Ingram
Democratic • Senate
Gary Click
Republican • House
George F. Lang
Republican • Senate
Hearcel F. Craig
Democratic • Senate
Jane M. Timken
Republican • Senate
Jean Schmidt
Republican • House
Jerry C. Cirino
Republican • Senate
Josh Williams
Republican • House
Michael D. Dovilla
Republican • House
Nathan H. Manning
Republican • Senate
Nickie J. Antonio
Democratic • Senate
Paula Hicks-Hudson
Democratic • Senate
Riordan T. McClain
Republican • House
Sandra O'Brien
Republican • Senate
Sean P. Brennan
Democratic • House
Stephen A. Huffman
Republican • Senate
Steve Wilson
Republican • Senate
Terry Johnson
Republican • Senate
Thomas F. Patton
Republican • Senate
Tim Schaffer
Republican • Senate
Ty D. Mathews
Republican • House
William P. DeMora
Democratic • Senate
Willis E. Blackshear, Jr.
Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 174 • No: 2

Senate vote • 6/18/2025

Concurred in House amendments

Yes: 32 • No: 0

House vote • 6/11/2025

Passed

Yes: 90 • No: 2

House vote • 5/28/2025

Community Revitalization: Reported

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/9/2025

Passed

Yes: 33 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/2/2025

Agriculture and Natural Resources: Reported

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

Signed by Governor
7/1/2025Governor
Sent to Governor
6/24/2025Governor
Concurred in House amendments
6/18/2025Senate
Passed
6/11/2025House
Reported
5/28/2025House
Refer to Committee
4/30/2025House
Introduced
4/15/2025House
Passed
4/9/2025Senate
Reported
4/2/2025Senate
Refer to Committee
3/19/2025Senate
Introduced
3/18/2025Senate

Bill Text

As Enrolled
7/1/2025
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As Introduced
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As Passed by the House
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As Passed by the Senate
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As Reported by the House Community Revitalization Committee
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As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
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