When was Ohio House Bill HB 197 introduced?

HB 197 was introduced on Jun 06, 2023.

What's the current status of Ohio House Bill HB 197?

The latest action on HB 197 by the House was: Referred to committee (Public Utilities) on Jun 07, 2023.

Who introduced Ohio House Bill HB 197?

HB 197 was introduced by James M. Hoops.

Bill tracking in Ohio - HB 197 (135 legislative session)

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HB 197

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House • Jun 07, 2023: Referred to committee (Public Utilities)

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James M. Hoops
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(R - 81)
Sharon A. Ray
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(R - 66)
Brett Hudson Hillyer
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(R - 51)
Joseph A. Miller, III
Michael J. Skindell
Bride Rose Sweeney
Casey Weinstein

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Jun 07, 2023 | House
- Referred to committee (Public Utilities)
Jun 06, 2023 | House
- Introduced

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Testimony by Jim Hoops (Ohio House of Representatives, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 1st Hearing (June 21, 2023)
Testimony by Sharon Ray (Ohio House of Representatives, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 1st Hearing (June 21, 2023)
Testimony by Scott Elias (Clean Capital, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Matthew Hargarten (Coalition for Community Solar Access, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Tom Bullock (Citizens Utility Board of Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Alex Chapman (Ridge Creek Global, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Tristan Rader (Solar United Neighbors, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Todd Fryatt (ECA Solar, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Dan Cook (Solarstone Limited, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Jessica Collingsworth (Nexamp, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Lian Niu (Eitri Foundry LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Tom Forman (MTM Project Development Company LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Rebecca Mellino (The Nature Conservancy, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Sarah Spence (Ohio Conservative Energy Forum, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Azam Kazmi (YellowLite, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Erica McConnell (Enviromental Law & Policy Center, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Daniel Shirey (IBEW Local Union 575, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Greg Bambenek (IBEW Local 540, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Ron Berard (IBEW Local 540, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Aaron Brown (IBEW, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Glen Giffin (IBEW Local 141, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Ashley Labaki (IBEW Local 1105, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Sarah Iammarino (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Kurt Princic (CEP Renewables LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Joseph Pero (Pero Power Innovations, LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Greg Pace (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Linda New (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Randi Pokladnik (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Michal Sittek (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Joseph Winner (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Lorraine Cathala (Starlight Gardners, LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Craig Ickler (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Nolan Rutchilling (Ohio Enviromental Council Action Fund, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Phil and Nicole House (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Roger Sikes (Solar United Neighbors, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Nicholas Minekime (Sunrise Mountain Partners LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Dr. Paul Scheiwiller (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by William Heck (Cenergy, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Glann Campbell (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by James Ketchaver (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Adrian Marti (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Allen Funk (Blue Planet, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Ariel Miller (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Stephen Bagstad (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Bill Heck (AFI Solar, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Zebulon Wallace (BNRG Renewables, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Tyler Duvelius (Community Solar Freedom Coalition, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Dean Greene (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Donna Jones (Melink Solar Development, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Geoff Miller (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Jane Harf (Green Energy Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Granger Souder (Solscient Energy, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Terry Donelon (Greater Cleveland Partnership, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Michael Haught (IBEW Local 972, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Jeff Nofzinger (Haas Door Company, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Jonathan Welle (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Kevin Adler (AFI Solar Capital Solutions, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Martha Grevatt (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Janette McDonald (Capital University, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Dion Mensah (Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Kevin Gunn (NextEra Energy Resources, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Rachael Belz (Ohio Citizen Action, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Patrick Ziemnik (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Scott Satterlee (IBEW Local 64, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Ericka Copeland (Sierra Club Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Kyle Blocher (Solar Stone Partners, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Joe Rosenberg (Turning Point Energy, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Ronald Ross (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Timothy Dewald (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Will Cuneo (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 2nd Hearing (September 20, 2023)
Testimony by Maureen Willis (Ohio Consumer's Counsel, Opponent) -- Public Utilities, 4th Hearing (January 24, 2024)
Testimony by Jon Williams (AEP Ohio, Opponent) -- Public Utilities, 4th Hearing (January 24, 2024)
Testimony by Carlo Cavallaro (Coalition for Community Solar Access, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Karl Rabago (Rabago Energy, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Scott Elias (Clean Capital, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by John Henri (Dimension Renewable Energy, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Tristan Rader (Solar United Neighbors, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Tom Bullock (Citizens Utility Board of Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Molly Bryden (Policy Matters Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Cathy Cowan Becker (Ohio Sustainable Business Council, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Janette McDonald (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Aaron Brown (IBEW, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Greg Bambenek (IBEW, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Nolan Rutschilling (Ohio Enviromental Council Action Fund, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Nolan Rutschilling (Ohio Enviromental Council Action Fund, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by William Kuehnle (Catholic Conference of Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Robert Kelter (Enviromental Law and Policy Center, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Brianna Fiorillo (Lightstar Renewables, LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Alex Fay (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Ayat Amin (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Justin Biltz (Cypress Creek Renewables, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Colleen Boyd (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Eric Yarham (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Terry Donelon (Greater Cleveland Partnership, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by James Bergman (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by P. Kennard Wright (Faith Communities Go Green & Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Sid Shah (Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Pearl Chen (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Ronald Ross (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Sakinah Bryant (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Steve Mondak (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Jonathan Welle (Cleveland Owns, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Glenn Campbell (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Allison Grant (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Howard Bergman (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Brian Dicken (Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Craig Ickler (Cleveland Owns, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Eda Daniel (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Marnie Urson (Audubon Great Lakes, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Hannah Bent (ENGIE, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Juanita Stevens (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Mryia Williams (Solar United Neighbors, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Jessica Collingsworth (Nexamp, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Paul Scheiwiller (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Kelsey Repitone (Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Rachel Cannon (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Tracy Sabetta (Momms Clean Air Force in Ohio, Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Sherri Green (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Stephanie Thomas (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Tim DeWald (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)
Testimony by Will Cuneo (Proponent) -- Public Utilities, 5th Hearing (April 24, 2024)

Sources

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/135/HB197

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