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SB132 • 2026

Enact the PRESERVE Act

Enact the PRESERVE Act

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Nickie J. Antonio
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Enact the PRESERVE Act

To enact section 1509.023 of the Revised Code to prohibit the removal of oil or gas from under state lands via horizontal wells and to name this act the Protecting public Resources, Ecosystems, and Sensitive lands from Extraction, Violation, and Exploitation (PRESERVE) Act.

What This Bill Does

  • To enact section 1509.023 of the Revised Code to prohibit the removal of oil or gas from under state lands via horizontal wells and to name this act the Protecting public Resources, Ecosystems, and Sensitive lands from Extraction, Violation, and Exploitation (PRESERVE) Act.

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 1509.023 of the Revised Code to prohibit the removal of oil or gas from under state lands via horizontal wells and to name this act the Protecting public Resources, Ecosystems, and Sensitive lands from Extraction, Violation, and Exploitation (PRESERVE) Act.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 132

2025-2026

Senator Antonio

Cosponsors: Senators DeMora, Smith,
Hicks-Hudson

To
enact section 1509.023 of the Revised Code
to
prohibit the removal of oil or gas from under state lands via
horizontal wells and to name this act the Protecting public
Resources, Ecosystems, and Sensitive lands from Extraction,
Violation, and Exploitation (PRESERVE) Act.

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

Section
1.
That
section 1509.023 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
1509.023.
Notwithstanding
any section of the Revised Code to the contrary, the director of
natural resources or any other state authority shall not issue any
permit, make any lease, or otherwise grant authorization to take or
remove oil or natural gas from and under any land owned or controlled
by the state via horizontal well.

Section
2.
This
act shall be known as the Protecting public Resources, Ecosystems,
and Sensitive lands from Extraction, Violation, and Exploitation
(PRESERVE) Act.