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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prevent local governments from limiting use of natural gas"
+description: "Prevent local governments from limiting use of natural gas"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "134"
+identifier: "HB 201"
+citation: "Ohio HB 201 (134)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Gas Utilities", "Local Government", "State and Local Government", "Utilities", "Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jason Stephens"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-10"
+last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1353293d-07de-4b09-8541-ebce0c0cf09c"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb201/"
+source_hash: "5c94ae8c4fedeb21b39e49e04870b63cb64c1f659fe00cb35ec21c37fa347c84"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
+---
+
+# Ohio HB 201 (134) — Prevent local governments from limiting use of natural gas
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb201/IN/00/hb201_00_IN?format=pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb201/PH/02/hb201_02_PH?format=pdf)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb201/PS/04/hb201_04_PS?format=pdf)
+4. **As Reported by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb201/RH/01/hb201_01_RH?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb201/RS/03/hb201_03_RS?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb201/EN/05/hb201_05_EN?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **25–7** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **8–5** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **8–3** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **65–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jason Stephens — primary (person)
+- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
+- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
+- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
+- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
+- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
+- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
+- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
+- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
+- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-03** Reported
+- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16** Reported
+- **2021-06-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/30/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1353293d-07de-4b09-8541-ebce0c0cf09c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
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