| HB80 | AGRITOURISM-ZONING (BURKLEY T) To limit the authority of a board of county commissioners or board of township trustees to prohibit agritourism through zoning, to apply current agricultural use valuation to land used for agritourism for property tax purposes, and to establish immunity in a civil action for agritourism providers. |
| | Current Status: | 12/8/2015 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, Senate Civil Justice, (Second Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead and John Leutz |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-80 |
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| HB253 | OHIO RURAL JOBS ACT (RETHERFORD W) To enact the "Ohio Rural Jobs Act" which authorizes a nonrefundable tax credit for insurance companies that invest in rural business growth funds, which are certified to provide capital to rural and agricultural businesses. |
| | Current Status: | 10/27/2015 - REPORTED OUT, House Agriculture and Rural Development, (Third Hearing)
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| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-253 |
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| HB342 | OHIO FARM WINERY PERMIT (YOUNG R) To create the Ohio Farm Winery Permit and to authorize the Division of Liquor Control to issue a D-5l liquor permit to a premise that is located in a municipal corporation that is wholly within the geographic boundaries of a township, provided that a specified population density applies to the municipal corporation and township. |
| | Current Status: | 6/28/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 9/28/16
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| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-342 |
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| HB398 | CAUV COMPUTATION (HILL B) To require that the computation of the capitalization rate for the purposes of determining CAUV of agricultural land be computed using a method that excludes appreciation and equity buildup and to stipulate that CAUV land used for a conservation practice or enrolled in a federal land retirement or conservation program for at least three years must be valued at the lowest of the values assigned on the basis of soil type. |
| | Current Status: | 5/3/2016 - House Government Accountability and Oversight, (Second Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead and Brad Cole |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HB-398 |
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| HCR11 | GOVERNOR-WATER QUALITY EFFORTS (HALL D) To commend Governor John Kasich on his efforts to improve the water quality of Lake Erie and to affirm the Governor's ability to form an interstate compact with other states in furtherance of this objective. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2016 - Senate Agriculture, (First Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HCR-11 |
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| HCR24 | CLEAN WATER RULE-OPPOSITION (REZABEK J, GINTER T) To encourage the United States Senate to take legislative action opposing a clean water rule proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2015 - REPORTED OUT, House Energy and Natural Resources, (Third Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-HCR-24 |
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| SB1 | GREAT LAKES-HARMFUL ALGAE (GARDNER R, PETERSON B) To transfer the administration and enforcement of the Agricultural Pollution Abatement Program from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture, to require applicators of fertilizer or manure to comply with specified requirements, to create the Office of Harmful Algae Management and Response in the Environmental Protection Agency, to establish requirements governing dredged material, nutrient loading, phosphorous testing by publicly owned treatment works, and household sewage treatment systems, and to declare an emergency. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 7/3/15
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-1 |
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| SB16 | WATERSHEDS-FERTILIZER APPLICATION (BROWN E) To require applicators of fertilizer or manure to comply with specified requirements and to authorize the Director of Environmental Protection to study and calculate nutrient loading to Ohio watersheds from point and nonpoint sources. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2015 - Senate Agriculture, (First Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-16 |
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| SB75 | AGRITOURISM-ZONING (JONES S, PETERSON B) To limit the authority of a board of county commissioners or board of township trustees to prohibit agritourism through zoning, to apply current agricultural use valuation to land used for agritourism for property tax purposes, and to establish immunity in a civil action for agritourism providers. |
| | Current Status: | 5/17/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 8/16/16
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead and John Leutz |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-75 |
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| SB209 | OHIO RURAL JOBS ACT (HITE C) To enact the "Ohio Rural Jobs Act" which authorizes a nonrefundable tax credit for insurance companies that invest in rural business growth funds, which are certified to provide capital to rural and agricultural businesses. |
| | Current Status: | 12/8/2015 - House Agriculture and Rural Development, (Second Hearing)
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| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-209 |
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| SB224 | ANIMAL FEED FACILITIES (BROWN E) To revise the application and enforcement of the law governing operation and management plans, and to require certain animal feeding facilities to annually report the amount of manure that is applied by or for the facilities. |
| | Current Status: | 11/29/2016 - Senate Agriculture, (First Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-224 |
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| SB246 | CAUV COMPUTATION-CAPITALIZATION RATE (HITE C) To require that the computation of the capitalization rate for the purposes of determining CAUV of agricultural land be computed using a method that excludes appreciation and equity buildup and to stipulate that CAUV land used for a conservation practice or enrolled in a federal land retirement or conservation program for at least three years must be valued at the lowest of the values assigned on the basis of soil type. |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - Senate Ways and Means, (Fifth Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead and Brad Cole |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SB-246 |
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| SCR20 | AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES (PETERSON B) To support the use of science-based data to assess the impacts and regulation of modern agricultural technologies, and to oppose federal, state, or local legislative or regulatory actions that are not based on sound science and that may result in unnecessary restrictions on the use of modern agricultural technologies. |
| | Current Status: | 5/17/2016 - Senate Agriculture, (Second Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SCR-20 |
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| SR256 | LAKE ERIE-PHOSPHORUS REDUCTION (BROWN E) To encourage support for the agreement reached between Ontario, Michigan, and Ohio regarding the reduction of phosphorous in the western basin of Lake Erie. |
| | Current Status: | 12/7/2016 - Senate Energy and Natural Resources, (First Hearing)
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| | Staff Assigned: | Brian Mead |
| | State Bill Page: | https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA131-SR-256 |
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