As Introduced

136th General Assembly

Regular Session S. B. No. 132

2025-2026

Senator Antonio

Cosponsors: Senators DeMora, Smith, Hicks-Hudson

To enact section 1509.023 of the Revised Code to prohibit the removal of oil or gas from under state lands via horizontal wells and to name this act the Protecting public Resources, Ecosystems, and Sensitive lands from Extraction, Violation, and Exploitation (PRESERVE) Act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 1509.023 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 1509.023. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code to the contrary, the director of natural resources or any other state authority shall not issue any permit, make any lease, or otherwise grant authorization to take or remove oil or natural gas from and under any land owned or controlled by the state via horizontal well.

Section 2. This act shall be known as the Protecting public Resources, Ecosystems, and Sensitive lands from Extraction, Violation, and Exploitation (PRESERVE) Act.