HB71 • 2026

Require certain info disclosure for wells drilled in state parks

Energy

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Sean P. Brennan
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Require certain info disclosure for wells drilled in state parks

To enact section 1509.101 of the Revised Code to require horizontal oil and gas well owners that drill in state parks to disclose the chemical components of the materials used in the drilling operation.

What This Bill Does

To enact section 1509.101 of the Revised Code to require horizontal oil and gas well owners that drill in state parks to disclose the chemical components of the materials used in the drilling operation.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 1509.101 of the Revised Code to require horizontal oil and gas well owners that drill in state parks to disclose the chemical components of the materials used in the drilling operation.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 71

2025-2026

Representative Brennan

A
BILL

To
enact section 1509.101 of the Revised Code
to
require horizontal oil and gas well owners that drill in state parks
to disclose the chemical components of the materials used in the
drilling operation.

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

Section
1.
That
section 1509.101 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
1509.101.
(A)
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary,
the owner of a horizontal well that operates in or under a state park
established under Chapter 1546. of the Revised Code shall disclose
the trade name and all chemical components of all products, fluids,
and substances used in the drilling and operation of the well to the
chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The owner
shall disclose the trade name and chemical components not less than
thirty days prior to the use of any such product, fluid, or
substance.

(B)
The chief shall immediately post the information the chief receives
under division (A) of this section on the division of oil and gas
resources management's web site.