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HB637 • 2026

Regards use of recycled asphalt roofing shingles for construction

Regards use of recycled asphalt roofing shingles for construction

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Ty D. Mathews
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Regards use of recycled asphalt roofing shingles for construction

To enact section 3710.30 of the Revised Code to allow a person to use recycled asphalt roofing shingles for construction purposes so long as the shingles do not contain asbestos.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 3710.30 of the Revised Code to allow a person to use recycled asphalt roofing shingles for construction purposes so long as the shingles do not contain asbestos.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 3710.30 of the Revised Code to allow a person to use recycled asphalt roofing shingles for construction purposes so long as the shingles do not contain asbestos.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 637

2025-2026

Representative Mathews, T.

To
enact section 3710.30 of the Revised Code
to
allow a person to use recycled asphalt roofing shingles for
construction purposes so long as the shingles do not contain
asbestos.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 3710.30 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
3710.30.
(A)
Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 3781. or 3791. of the Revised
Code or rules adopted under them, a person may use recycled asphalt
roofing shingles in any form of roadway construction or any other
construction project so long as such shingles do not contain
asbestos, asbestos tailings, or asbestos-containing waste material.

(B)
The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the
administration and enforcement of this section, including the testing
of recycled asphalt roofing shingles.