---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finance projects for protection of Lake Erie and its basin"
description: "Finance projects for protection of Lake Erie and its basin"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Ohio SB 299 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Finance and Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy Gardner", "Sean O'Brien"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-05-09"
last_action: "2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a8910e-c425-4a2c-89d9-f3db0cc21107"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb299/"
source_hash: "e7a2b512c8e588a672c71cd777e57ad364c5bd2bf3d11dc185c1b41494f84ad4"
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 SB 299 (132) — Finance projects for protection of Lake Erie and its basin

## 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_132/bills/sb299/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb299/PH/04?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb299/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb299/RH/03?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb299/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb299/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- msg_507 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randy Gardner — primary (person)
- Sean O'Brien — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Reece — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Pelanda — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Cera — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- John Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Clyde — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Celebrezze — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Balderson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-05-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-06** Reported
- **2018-06-07** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2018-06-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-28** Informally passed
- **2018-06-26** Reported
- **2018-06-28** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88a8910e-c425-4a2c-89d9-f3db0cc21107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).