republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/sb-223.md

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Bill	Require ODNR discount program for veterans, service members	To amend section 1546.04 of the Revised Code to require the ODNR Chief of the Division of Parks and Watercraft to establish a discount program for veterans and service members for park services and rentals.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	SB 223	Ohio SB 223 (136)	bill	Environment and Natural Resources Military and Veterans State Government State and Local Government	enacted	Thomas F. Patton	6	12	4	2025-06-17T04:00:00+00:00	2026-09-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6ece85ab-84f8-4dab-94e8-2516fc2854f4	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb223/	1bc3166d45e26ea20f302ddb09315bdc38e6402bbcc7a9ab52b8191c62444530	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio SB 223 (136) — Require ODNR discount program for veterans, service members

To amend section 1546.04 of the Revised Code to require the ODNR Chief of the Division of Parks and Watercraft to establish a discount program for veterans and service members for park services and rentals.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Reported by the House Natural Resources Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passed — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported — 12–0 (fail) · lower
• Reported — 6–0 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Thomas F. Patton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2025-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported - Amended
• 2025-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported
• 2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Sent To The Governor passage
• 2026-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed By The Governor became-law
• 2026-09-07T04:00:00+00:00 Effective became-law
• 2026-09-07T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 9/7/26 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ece85ab-84f8-4dab-94e8-2516fc2854f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).