republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/135/hb-226.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards customer-owned water service lines replacement costs"
description: "Regards customer-owned water service lines replacement costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Ohio HB 226 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment and Natural Resources", "Utilities", "Water Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dontavius Jarrells", "Monica Robb Blasdel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-06-26"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eecb27f5-30c1-4559-b6be-2fddaa2510de"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb226/"
source_hash: "895fb266b0f22dcb49b3dba34bb1ed6779f53162ddaced64e2295651c537ae2e"
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 226 (135) — Regards customer-owned water service lines replacement costs

## 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_135/bills/hb226/IN/00/hb226_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb226/PH/02/hb226_02_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb226/PS/04/hb226_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Public Utilities Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb226/RH/01/hb226_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_135/bills/hb226/RS/03/hb226_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb226/EN/05/hb226_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dontavius Jarrells — primary (person)
- Monica Robb Blasdel — primary (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Piccolantonio — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Grim — cosponsor (person)
- Munira Abdullahi — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica Sims — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-09-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Reported
- **2024-02-07** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** Reported
- **2024-06-26** Passed `passage`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/24/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eecb27f5-30c1-4559-b6be-2fddaa2510de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).