---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deregulate certain ephemeral water features"
description: "Deregulate certain ephemeral water features"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 175"
citation: "Ohio HB 175 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air and Water Pollution Control", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Oil and Gas", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Hillyer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c493d8f5-10ce-454d-b28f-10133501530d"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb175/"
source_hash: "966a84ee45a3da6811a63f6cee37b753855072a3bab27e82db40624dfaa65abf"
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 175 (134) — Deregulate certain ephemeral water features

## 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/hb175/IN/00/hb175_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/hb175/PH/02/hb175_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/hb175/PS/04/hb175_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb175/RH/01/hb175_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb175/RS/03/hb175_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb175/EN/05/hb175_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **61–35** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **61–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Hillyer — primary (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-28** Reported
- **2021-09-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-30** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Reported
- **2022-04-06** Concurred in Senate amendments `passage`
- **2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/21/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c493d8f5-10ce-454d-b28f-10133501530d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).