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pages">Energy Policy by state</a></li> <li><a href="/Energy_Policy/Fracking" title="Energy Policy/Fracking">Fracking</a> <ul><li><a href="/State_fracking_information_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="State fracking information pages">Fracking information by state</a></li> <li><a href="/Fracking" title="Fracking">Fracking</a></li> <li><a href="/Fracking_in_the_United_States" title="Fracking in the United States">Fracking in the United States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Energy_policy_in_the_United_States" title="Energy policy in the United States">Energy policy in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/Energy_use_in_the_United_States" title="Energy use in the United States">Energy use in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/State_oil_and_gas_activity_on_federal_lands_information" title="State oil and gas activity on federal lands information">Oil and gas on federal lands by state</a></li> <li><a href="/Energy_terms_and_definitions" title="Energy terms and definitions">Energy 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overview">Affordable Care Act</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Immigration_Policy" title="Immigration Policy">Immigration</a> <ul><li><a href="/Immigration_in_the_United_States" title="Immigration in the United States">Immigration in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/Category:Immigration_by_state" title="Category:Immigration by state">Immigration by state</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia:Index_of_Contents_(Public_policy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballotpedia:Index of Contents (Public policy)">Index</a></li></ul> </small><p><small></small> </p> </div> <div style="float:right; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; ; max-width:200px;" class="toclimit-2"> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Budget_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Budget Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Budget_and_finances"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Budget and finances</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Taxes"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Taxes</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Civil_Liberties_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Civil Liberties Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Affirmative_action"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Affirmative action</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Campaign_finance"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign finance</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Nonprofit_regulation"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Nonprofit regulation</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Education_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Education Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#K-12_Public_education"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">K-12 Public education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Higher_education"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Higher education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#School_choice"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">School choice</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Charter_schools"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Charter schools</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Election_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Election Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Ballot_access_requirements"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ballot access requirements</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Redistricting"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Redistricting</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Voting"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Voting</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Energy_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Energy Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Energy_information"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Energy information</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fracking"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Fracking</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Environmental_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Environmental_information"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental information</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Environmental_governance_in_Ohio"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental governance in Ohio</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Environmental_budget"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental budget</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Air"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Air</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Clean_Air_Act"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Clean Air Act</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mercury_and_air_toxics_standards"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Mercury and air toxics standards</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Ozone_standards"><span class="tocnumber">8.3</span> <span class="toctext">Ozone standards</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Clean_Power_Plan"><span class="tocnumber">8.4</span> <span class="toctext">Clean Power Plan</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Carbon_dioxide_emissions"><span class="tocnumber">8.5</span> <span class="toctext">Carbon dioxide emissions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Land"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Land</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Federal_land_policy"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Federal land policy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Federal_land_ownership"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Federal land ownership</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Federal_land_management_by_agency"><span class="tocnumber">9.3</span> <span class="toctext">Federal land management by agency</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#National_parks"><span class="tocnumber">9.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">National parks</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Payments_in_lieu_of_taxes"><span class="tocnumber">9.4</span> <span class="toctext">Payments in lieu of taxes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Oil_and_natural_gas_activity"><span class="tocnumber">9.5</span> <span class="toctext">Oil and natural gas activity</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Water"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Water</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Clean_Water_Act"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Clean Water Act</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Waste"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Waste</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Superfund_sites_and_hazardous_waste_facilities"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Superfund sites and hazardous waste facilities</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Endangered_species"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Endangered species</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Endangered_Species_Act"><span class="tocnumber">12.1</span> <span class="toctext">Endangered Species Act</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Environmental_ballot_measures_in_Ohio"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">Environmental ballot measures in Ohio</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Natural_resources"><span class="tocnumber">13.1</span> <span class="toctext">Natural resources</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Environment"><span class="tocnumber">13.2</span> <span class="toctext">Environment</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Water_2"><span class="tocnumber">13.3</span> <span class="toctext">Water</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Recent_environmental_legislation_in_Ohio"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">Recent environmental legislation in Ohio</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">16</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">17</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Endangered_species_2"><span class="tocnumber">17.1</span> <span class="toctext">Endangered species</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Finance_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">18</span> <span class="toctext">Finance Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Financial_regulation_information"><span class="tocnumber">18.1</span> <span class="toctext">Financial regulation information</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Healthcare_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">19</span> <span class="toctext">Healthcare Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Healthcare_information"><span class="tocnumber">19.1</span> <span class="toctext">Healthcare information</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Medicaid_spending"><span class="tocnumber">19.2</span> <span class="toctext">Medicaid spending</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Effect_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act"><span class="tocnumber">19.3</span> <span class="toctext">Effect of the Affordable Care Act</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Immigration_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">20</span> <span class="toctext">Immigration Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Immigration_information"><span class="tocnumber">20.1</span> <span class="toctext">Immigration information</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Pension_Policy"><span class="tocnumber">21</span> <span class="toctext">Pension Policy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Public_pensions"><span class="tocnumber">21.1</span> <span class="toctext">Public pensions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Public_policy_in_other_states"><span class="tocnumber">22</span> <span class="toctext">Public policy in other states</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Footnotes_2"><span class="tocnumber">23</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p><br /> The <b><a href="/Public_Policy" title="Public Policy">Public Policy Project</a></b> on Ballotpedia aims to illuminate major policy issues being discussed and implemented throughout the United States. Public policy can be complicated and controversial; deciding what works best and how to allocate resources to achieve a policy goal can involve multiple trade-offs. Much of the public policy that affects citizens economically, legally and socially, is made at the state level. Below you will find links and introductions to all the <b>Ohio</b> public policy articles on <i>Ballotpedia</i>. To see the policy overview of another state click on the <a href="#See_also">map below</a>. </p> <dl><dd><i>For a list of all public policy articles on <a href="/Ballotpedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballotpedia">Ballotpedia</a> see <a href="/Ballotpedia:Index_of_Contents_(Public_policy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballotpedia:Index of Contents (Public policy)">here</a>.</i></dd></dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Budget_Policy"><a href="/Budget_Policy" title="Budget Policy">Budget Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Budget_Policy" title="Budget Policy"><img alt="Budget Policy Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/9/96/Budget_Policy_Logo.png/200px-Budget_Policy_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/9/96/Budget_Policy_Logo.png/300px-Budget_Policy_Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/9/96/Budget_Policy_Logo.png/400px-Budget_Policy_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Budget_and_finances"><a href="/Ohio_state_budget_and_finances" title="Ohio state budget and finances">Budget and finances</a></span></h3> <p>In <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, as in other states, lawmakers and public officials are elected in part to manage the state's finances. This includes generating revenues (money coming into the state from various sources) and approving expenditures (the money spent on governmental functions and servicing <a href="/Ohio_state_debt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio state debt">state debt</a>). State budgets are complex and fluid, as they depend on anticipated revenues and planned expenditures, which may alter over the course of a fiscal year. If revenues do not keep pace with expenditures, states generally have to raise taxes, cut services, borrow money, or a combination of the three. State budget decisions are also influenced by policy decisions at the national level, such as the <a href="/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> or energy and environmental regulations, and issues at the local level, such as crime and the quality of education. </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Between fiscal years 2015 and 2016, total government spending in Ohio increased by approximately $2.4 billion—from $65.1 billion in fiscal year 2015 to an estimated $67.5 billion in 2016. This represents a 3.6-percent increase.<sup id="cite_ref-nasbo2017_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasbo2017-1">[1]</a></sup> </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>In Ohio in fiscal year 2015, 63.5 percent of total tax revenues came from sales taxes and gross receipts. Income taxes accounted for 28.6 percent of total state tax collections. </li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Education accounted for 20.9 percent of state expenditures in fiscal year 2015, while 37.4 percent went to Medicaid.</li></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Taxes"><a href="/Tax_policy_in_Ohio" title="Tax policy in Ohio">Taxes</a></span></h3> <p><b>Ohio</b> generates the bulk of its tax revenue by levying a <a href="/Personal_income_tax" title="Personal income tax">personal income tax</a> and a <a href="/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a>. The state derives its constitutional authority to tax from <a href="/Article_XII,_Ohio_Constitution" title="Article XII, Ohio Constitution">Article XII of the state constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-collections_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collections-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>Tax policy can vary from state to state. States levy taxes to help fund the variety of services provided by state governments. Tax collections comprise approximately 40 percent of the states' total revenues. The rest comes from non-tax sources, such as intergovernmental aid (e.g., federal funds), lottery revenues and fees. The primary types of taxes levied by state governments include personal income tax, general sales tax, excise (or special sales) taxes and corporate income tax.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>According to the United States Census Bureau, Ohio collected $28.69 billion in tax revenue in 2016. The state's tax revenue per capita was $2,471.</li></div> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Civil_Liberties_Policy"><a href="/Civil_Liberties_Policy" title="Civil Liberties Policy">Civil Liberties Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Civil_Liberties_Policy" title="Civil Liberties Policy"><img alt="Civil Liberties Policy Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/0/00/Civil_Liberties_Policy_Logo.png/200px-Civil_Liberties_Policy_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/0/00/Civil_Liberties_Policy_Logo.png/300px-Civil_Liberties_Policy_Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/0/00/Civil_Liberties_Policy_Logo.png/400px-Civil_Liberties_Policy_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Affirmative_action"><a href="/Affirmative_action_in_Ohio" title="Affirmative action in Ohio">Affirmative action</a></span></h3> <p><b><a href="/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">Affirmative action</a> in Ohio</b> refers to the steps taken by employers and universities in <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> to increase the proportions of historically disadvantaged minority groups at those institutions. Historically, affirmative action nationwide has taken many different forms, such as <b>strict quotas, extra outreach efforts, and racial and gender preferences</b>. However, racial quotas in university admissions were banned in a 1978 <a href="/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> case, <i><a href="/Affirmative_action_and_anti-discrimination_lawsuits#Education_cases" title="Affirmative action and anti-discrimination lawsuits">Regents of the University of California v. Bakke</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>On June 29, 2023, the <a href="/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a> reversed lower court decisions in <a href="/Students_for_Fair_Admissions,_Inc._v._President_%26_Fellows_of_Harvard" title="Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard"><i>Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College</i></a> and <a href="/Students_for_Fair_Admissions,_Inc._v._University_of_North_Carolina" title="Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina"><i>Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina</i></a>, effectively ending the use of affirmative action in college admissions. </p><p>As of March 2015, 109 out of 577 public four-year universities across the country reported that they considered race in admissions. This practice has been banned in eight states. Meanwhile, 28 states require affirmative action plans in either public employment or apprenticeships. Affirmative action programs that grant racial preferences have come under scrutiny in the courts for potentially violating the Equal Protection Clause of the <a href="/Amendment_XIV,_United_States_Constitution" title="Amendment XIV, United States Constitution">Fourteenth Amendment</a> and <a href="/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#Title_VII" title="Civil Rights Act of 1964">Title VII of the Civil Rights Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>In Ohio, two public universities reported considering race in <a href="#University_admissions">admissions</a> as of March 2015. At that time, the Ohio Department of State Personnel required all state agencies and state contractors to have an affirmative action plan in place for their <a href="#Employment">employment</a> processes.</li></div> </div> <p>The effects of affirmative action policies are contested. Proponents argue that affirmative action diversifies selective institutions and provides more opportunities to minorities. Opponents argue that implementing policies that favor some groups requires discrimination against others and that these policies<a href="#Mismatch">may harm individuals</a> they are meant to help. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_finance"><a href="/Campaign_finance_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaign finance in Ohio">Campaign finance</a></span></h3> <p><b><a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> campaign finance requirements</b> govern the following: </p> <ul><li>how much money candidates may receive from individuals and organizations,</li> <li>how much and how often they must report those contributions, and</li> <li>how much individuals, organizations and political parties may contribute to campaigns.</li></ul> <p>In addition to direct campaign contributions, campaign finance laws also apply to third-party organizations and <a href="/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit organizations</a> that seek to influence elections through <a href="/Independent_expenditure" title="Independent expenditure">independent expenditures</a> or <a href="/Issue_advocacy" title="Issue advocacy">issue advocacy</a>. </p> <table style="width:auto; border-top:solid 2px #407374; border-bottom:solid 2px #407374; background-color:#F0F0F0; padding:0.5em; margin-top:10px;" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><center>As of May 2015, individuals could contribute no more than $12,532.34 to candidates for office. Corporations and unions could not directly contribute to candidates for office but could make unlimited contributions to ballot measure campaigns.</center></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Nonprofit_regulation"><a href="/Nonprofit_regulation_in_Ohio" title="Nonprofit regulation in Ohio">Nonprofit regulation</a></span></h3> <p><b>Nonprofit regulation in Ohio</b> involves a complex set of rules that govern <a href="/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit organizations</a> and charitable giving throughout the state. Major issues surrounding nonprofit regulation nationwide include the following: </p> <dl><dd><ul><li>contribution limits,</li> <li>donor disclosure, and</li> <li>the redefinition of <a href="/Issue_advocacy" title="Issue advocacy">issue advocacy</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl> <p><br /> <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> is one of <b>39 states that require charitable organizations</b>, and those intending to solicit on their behalf, <b>to register with the state</b> in order to solicit contributions, whether they are an Ohio organization or based out-of-state. In Ohio a number of groups and organizations are exempt from registration.<sup id="cite_ref-NOLO_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOLO-8">[8]</a></sup> </p><p>Ohio is one of several states that allows registrants to use an <b>entirely online system</b>, and no longer uses the <a href="#Procedures">Unified Registration Statement (URS)</a> or an individual state registration form.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> Only seven states requiring registration do not accept the URS in lieu of their own individual state form or process. </p> <table style="width:70%; border-top:solid 2px #407374; border-bottom:solid 2px #407374; background-color:#F0F0F0; padding:0.5em; margin-top:10px;" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><center> According to Guidestar, an organization that reports on nonprofit companies, regulation of nonprofit activity protects donors and organizations from potential fraud and helps "to maintain trust in the [nonprofit] sector." According to the London School of Economics, nonprofit disclosure requirements can create privacy concerns among potential donors, thereby having an unintended negative impact on donor participation.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSE_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSE-12">[12]</a></sup></center></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education_Policy"><a href="/Education_Policy" title="Education Policy">Education Policy</a></span></h2> <table class="navbox" style="margin-top:auto; font-size:80%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #ccc; background-color:#F0F0F0;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="line-height:135%;"><center> <p><a href="/Charter_schools_in_Ohio" title="Charter schools in Ohio">Charter schools</a>  •  <a href="/Higher_education_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education in Ohio">Higher education</a>  •  <a href="/Public_education_in_Ohio" title="Public education in Ohio">Public education</a>  •  <a href="/School_choice_in_Ohio" title="School choice in Ohio">School choice</a>  </p> </center></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Education_Policy" title="Education Policy"><img alt="Education Policy Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/82/Education_Policy_Logo.png/200px-Education_Policy_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/82/Education_Policy_Logo.png/300px-Education_Policy_Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/82/Education_Policy_Logo.png/400px-Education_Policy_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="K-12_Public_education"><a href="/Public_education_in_Ohio" title="Public education in Ohio">K-12 Public education</a></span></h3> <p>The <b>Ohio public school system</b> (prekindergarten through grade 12) operates within districts governed by locally elected school boards and superintendents. In 2022, Ohio had 1,580,547 students enrolled in a total of <a href="/Education_statistics_in_the_United_States" title="Education statistics in the United States"> 3,136 schools in 615 school districts</a>. There were 95,198 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16. In 2020, Ohio spent on average $13,805 per pupil.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> The state's graduation rate was 82 percent in the 2018-2019 school year.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Higher_education"><a href="/Higher_education_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education in Ohio">Higher education</a></span></h3> <p><b>Ohio's higher education system</b> is composed of 211 colleges and universities. Of these, 61 are public institutions, 75 are nonprofit private schools, and 75 are for-profit private institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-publiclist_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-publiclist-15">[15]</a></sup> </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>The average tuition increase from year-to-year in Ohio between 2005-2006 and 2015-2016 was 0 percent, making Ohio the only state to see roughly no change in tuition during that time. </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>At public four-year colleges in Ohio, 31.9 percent graduated within four years, while 54.6 percent graduated within six years. These figures were lower than in three neighboring states. </li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Ohio was one of five states where the number of graduate assistants alone outnumbered full-time faculty in the 2013-2014 school year.</li></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="School_choice"><a href="/School_choice_in_Ohio" title="School choice in Ohio">School choice</a></span></h3> <p><b><a href="/School_choice" class="mw-redirect" title="School choice">School choice</a></b> is a term that refers to programs offering alternatives to assigned local public school options. Public school choice options include open enrollment policies, <a href="/Magnet_schools" title="Magnet schools">magnet schools</a>, and <a href="/Charter_schools" title="Charter schools">charter schools</a>. Other options include <a href="/School_vouchers" title="School vouchers">school vouchers</a>, scholarship tax credits, and education savings accounts (ESAs).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a charter school advocacy group, there were an estimated 373 total charter schools in Ohio in the 2015-2016 school year. These schools enrolled approximately 132,000 students. </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> In Ohio, there were 238,620 students enrolled in 1,160 private schools in fall 2013, accounting for roughly 12.18 percent of the state's total school-age population. </li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> Ohio sponsors five <a href="/School_voucher" class="mw-redirect" title="School voucher">school voucher</a> programs, each with different eligibility criteria (see <a href="#School_vouchers">below</a> for further details). </li></div></div> <p>Proponents argue that school choice programs improve educational outcomes by expanding opportunity and access for historically disadvantaged students. In addition, advocates claim that school choice programs empower parents and improve traditional public schools through competition. Critics contend that these programs divert funds from traditional public schools, thereby generating unequal outcomes for students. In addition, some critics argue that school voucher programs wrongly direct tax dollars to religious organizations, which operate many private schools. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Charter_schools"><a href="/Charter_schools_in_Ohio" title="Charter schools in Ohio">Charter schools</a></span></h3> <p><b>Charter schools in Ohio are public schools operated independently of public school systems, either by nonprofit or for-profit organizations. Although they are largely publicly funded, charter schools are exempt from many of the requirements imposed by state and local boards of education regarding hiring and curriculum</b>. As public schools, charter schools cannot charge tuition or impose special entrance requirements; students are usually admitted through a lottery process if demand exceeds the number of spaces available in a school. Charter schools generally receive a percentage of the per-pupil funds from the state and local school districts for operational costs based on enrollment. In most states, charter schools do not receive funds for facilities or start-up costs; therefore, they must rely to some extent on private donations. The federal government also provides revenues through special grants. As of March 2017, 44 states and the District of Columbia had approved legislation authorizing the creation of public charter schools. Six states had not. </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a charter school advocacy group, there were an estimated 373 total charter schools in Ohio in the 2015-2016 school year. These schools enrolled approximately 132,000 students. </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Overall, charter school students accounted for 7.77 percent of total public school enrollment in Ohio in 2015. </li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>The <a href="/Ohio_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio State Legislature">Ohio State Legislature</a> approved the state's charter school law in 1997. </li></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Election_Policy"><a href="/Election_Policy" title="Election Policy">Election Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatright"><a href="/Election_Policy" title="Election Policy"><img alt="Election Policy Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/16/Election_Policy_Logo.png/200px-Election_Policy_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/16/Election_Policy_Logo.png/300px-Election_Policy_Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/16/Election_Policy_Logo.png/400px-Election_Policy_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ballot_access_requirements"><a href="/Ballot_access_requirements_for_political_candidates_in_Ohio" title="Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Ohio">Ballot access requirements</a></span></h3> <p>In order to get on the ballot in Ohio, a candidate for state or federal office must meet a variety of state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. <b>These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot.</b> These laws are set at the state level. A candidate must prepare to meet ballot access requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election. </p><p>There are three basic methods by which an individual may become a candidate for office in a state. </p> <ol><li>An individual can seek the nomination of a state-recognized political party.</li> <li>An individual can run as an independent. Independent candidates often must petition in order to have their names printed on the general election ballot.</li> <li>An individual can run as a write-in candidate.</li></ol> <p><b><a href="/Ballot_access_requirements_for_political_candidates_in_Ohio" title="Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Ohio">This article</a> outlines the steps that prospective candidates for state-level and congressional office must take in order to run for office in Ohio.</b> For information about filing requirements for presidential candidates, <a href="/Ballot_access_requirements_for_presidential_candidates_in_Ohio" title="Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Ohio">click here</a>. Information about filing requirements for local-level offices is not available in this article (contact <a href="/State_election_agencies" title="State election agencies">state election agencies</a> for information about local candidate filing processes). </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Redistricting"><a href="/Redistricting_in_Ohio" title="Redistricting in Ohio">Redistricting</a></span></h3> <p><b><a href="/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">Redistricting</a> is the process by which new congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn.</b> Each of Ohio's 15 United States representatives and 132 state legislators are elected from political divisions called districts. United States senators are not elected by districts but by the states at large. District lines are redrawn every 10 years following completion of the United States Census. The federal government stipulates that districts must have nearly equal populations and must not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity.<sup id="cite_ref-matter_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-matter-18">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indy_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy-19">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-atlantic_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlantic-20">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-naacp_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naacp-21">[21]</a></sup> </p><p>Ohio was apportioned 15 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, 1 fewer than it received after the 2010 census. </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Following the 2020 United States Census, Ohio was apportioned 15 congressional districts, one less than the number it had after the 2010 census. </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Ohio's House of Representatives is made up of 99 districts; Ohio's State Senate is made up of 33 districts. </li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>In Ohio, congressional district boundaries are set by the <a href="/Redistricting_in_Ohio#State_process" title="Redistricting in Ohio">state legislature</a>. State legislative district lines are drawn by a politician commission.</li></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Voting"><a href="/Voting_in_Ohio" title="Voting in Ohio">Voting</a></span></h3> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Energy_Policy"><a href="/Energy_Policy" title="Energy Policy">Energy Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Energy_Policy" title="Energy Policy"><img alt="Energy Policy-Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/af/Energy_Policy-Logo.png/200px-Energy_Policy-Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/af/Energy_Policy-Logo.png/300px-Energy_Policy-Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/af/Energy_Policy-Logo.png/400px-Energy_Policy-Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Energy_information"><a href="/Energy_policy_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy policy in Ohio">Energy information</a></span></h3> <p>Energy policy involves governmental actions affecting the production, distribution, and consumption of energy in a state. Energy policies are enacted and enforced at the local, state, and federal levels and may change over time. These policies include legislation, regulation, taxes, incentives for energy production or use, standards for energy efficiency, and more. Stakeholders include citizens, politicians, environmental groups, industry groups, and think tanks. A variety of factors can affect the feasibility of federal and state-level energy policies, such as available <a href="/Natural_resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural resources">natural resources</a>, geography, and consumer needs. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Fracking"><a href="/Fracking_in_Ohio" title="Fracking in Ohio">Fracking</a></span></h3> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_Policy"><a href="/Environmental_Policy" title="Environmental Policy">Environmental Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Environmental_Policy" title="Environmental Policy"><img alt="Environmental Policy Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/5/5c/Environmental_Policy_Logo.png/200px-Environmental_Policy_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/5/5c/Environmental_Policy_Logo.png/300px-Environmental_Policy_Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/5/5c/Environmental_Policy_Logo.png/400px-Environmental_Policy_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_information"><a href="/Environmental_policy_in_Ohio" title="Environmental policy in Ohio">Environmental information</a></span></h3> <p>Environmental policy aims to conserve natural resources by balancing environmental protection with economic growth, property rights, public health, and energy production. Federal, state, and local government entities develop and implement environmental policies through laws and regulations. This page features information about environmental policy in <b>Ohio</b>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_governance_in_Ohio">Environmental governance in Ohio</span></h2> <ul><li>The <a href="/Ohio_State_Senate" title="Ohio State Senate">Ohio State Senate</a> has a <a href="/Energy_and_Natural_Resources_Committee,_Ohio_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ohio State Senate">standing committee for energy and natural resources</a>. The <a href="/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">Ohio House of Representatives</a> has a <a href="/Agriculture_and_Natural_Resources_Committee,_Ohio_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Ohio House of Representatives">standing committee for agriculture and natural resources</a>. The committees manage bills relating to energy, the environment and natural resources.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup></li> <li>The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency oversees the state's environmental policy. The department was established in 1972. Its stated mission is "to protect the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with environmental laws and demonstrating leadership in environmental stewardship." The department "establishes and enforces standards for air, water, waste management and cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup></li> <li>The stated mission of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is "to ensure a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all." The department manages more than 590,000 acres of state land, including state parks, forests, nature preserves and wildlife areas. The department was established in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup></li></ul> <table style="float:right; font-size:90%;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="#anchor">Back to top↑</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="stopHeaderTabs" style="display:none;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_budget">Environmental budget</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Environmental_spending_in_the_50_states" title="Environmental spending in the 50 states">Environmental spending in the 50 states</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The table below features annual budget information for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources from 2011 to 2023: </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Environmental and natural resources budget in Ohio, 2011-2023 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Fiscal year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total spending </th></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td>$869,248,589 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>$647,800,534 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>$583,977,664 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>$543,544,885 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>$518,322,274 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>$530,530,092 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>$495,998,298 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>$488,620,081 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>$524,904,894 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td>$478,588,941 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>$548,125,357 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>$440,260,403 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>$557,451,950 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small><b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://obm.ohio.gov/areas-of-interest/budget-and-planning/03_operating-budget/03_operating-budget">Ohio Office of Budget and Management</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Air">Air</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Clean_Air_Act">Clean Air Act</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Implementation_of_the_Clean_Air_Act" title="Implementation of the Clean Air Act">Implementation of the Clean Air Act</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/Clean_Air_Act" title="Clean Air Act">Clean Air Act</a> is a federal law aimed at maintaining air quality and reducing air pollution. The law requires states and private industries to meet national air pollution standards. Each state must implement an EPA-approved plan to reduce <a href="/Air_pollutants" title="Air pollutants">air pollutants</a> from industrial facilities such as chemical plants and utilities. Over 47,000 facilities nationwide were regulated under the Clean Air Act as of February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-summary_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-summary-26">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-27">[27]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history2_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history2-28">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> </p><p>The table below features information about the number of regulated facilities under the Clean Air Act in Ohio from 2014 to 2023: </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Regulated facilities under the Clean Air Act in Ohio, 2014-2023 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Number of EPA-regulated facilities </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Number of state-regulated facilities </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Number of local-regulated facilities </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total regulated facilities </th></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td>6</td> <td>1,725</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>1,731 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>22</td> <td>1,914</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>1,936 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>102</td> <td>1,800</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>1,902 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>109</td> <td>1,880</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>1,989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>165</td> <td>2,049</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>2,214 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>106</td> <td>1,958</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>2,064 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>103</td> <td>2,026</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>2,129 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>26</td> <td>2,305</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>2,331 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>53</td> <td>2,562</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>2,615 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td>24</td> <td>2,716</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>2,740 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small><b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://echo.epa.gov/trends/comparative-maps-dashboards/state-air-dashboard?state=National&view=activity"><i>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</i>, "EPA/State Air Dashboard"</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Mercury_and_air_toxics_standards">Mercury and air toxics standards</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Mercury_and_air_toxics_standards" title="Mercury and air toxics standards">Mercury and air toxics standards</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Citing its authority under the <a href="/Clean_Air_Act" title="Clean Air Act">Clean Air Act</a>, the <a href="/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA) in 2011 issued a rule (commonly known as the MATS rule) limiting the amount of mercury and other toxic air pollutants emitted by power plants. Mercury and air toxics standards (MATS) target mercury and other hazardous pollutants from over 580 <a href="/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> and <a href="/Oil" title="Oil">oil</a>-fired power plants nationwide. The MATS rule was issued by the <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Obama</a> administration as part of its larger policy limiting emissions from <a href="/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>-fired power plants.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> </p><p>The EPA later reconsidered the MATS rule and, in 2020, determined "that it is not 'appropriate and necessary' to regulate electric utility steam generating units under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA)."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> </p><p>A 2021 proposed rulemaking from the EPA seeks to revoke the 2020 action and reinstate the MATS rule.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup> </p><p>During the period that the MATS rule was in effect, Ohio had 22 power plants subject to the mercury standards.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ozone_standards">Ozone standards</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ground-level_ozone_standards" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-level ozone standards">Ground-level ozone standards</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Federal <a href="/Ground-level_ozone_standards" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-level ozone standards">ozone standards</a> establish the acceptable amount of ground level <a href="/Ozone" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozone">ozone</a>, commonly known as smog, which is formed when nitrogen oxide combines with other organic chemicals in the atmosphere. Automobiles, power plants, factories and manufacturing centers emit the nitrogen oxide necessary for ozone formation. In high concentrations, ozone is harmful to human health.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-overview_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview-35">[35]</a></sup> </p><p>EPA in 2015 lowered the acceptable amount of ground-level ozone (smog) in the air. The standards will go into effect in 2025. States would have between the years 2020 and 2037 to create and establish a plan to meet the standards, depending how much ozone forms in certain areas of a state.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ozonenumbers_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ozonenumbers-37">[37]</a></sup> </p> <table style="float:right; font-size:90%;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="#anchor">Back to top↑</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Clean_Power_Plan">Clean Power Plan</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a> and <a href="/Climate_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate change">climate change</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The EPA in 2015 finalized a regulatory action known as the <a href="/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a> aimed at mitigating what the agency views as potentially human-caused <a href="/Climate_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate change">climate change</a>. The plan aims to reduce <a href="/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a> (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions from <a href="/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>- and <a href="/Oil" title="Oil">oil</a>-fired power plants (fossil fuel-fired) and <a href="/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>-fired power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. Each state would have to meet goals based on the number of fossil fuel- and natural gas-fired plants in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-finalCPPoverview_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finalCPPoverview-38">[38]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CPPinStates_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPPinStates-39">[39]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup> </p><p>After several states challenged the plan in court, arguing in part that the plan exceeded the EPA's statutory authority, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit delayed the rule's implementation in June 2016. The Trump administration later moved to replace the Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The D.C. Circuit vacated the Trump-era rule in January 2021, "giving the incoming Biden administration a clean slate for" drafting a new rule, according to <i>Bloomberg</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Carbon_dioxide_emissions">Carbon dioxide emissions</span></h3> <p>The following table provides information about annual carbon dioxide emissions in Ohio from 2010 to 2020:<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup> </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Carbon dioxide emissions in Ohio, 2010-2020 (in million metric tons of energy-related carbon dioxide) </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total carbon dioxide emissions </th></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>185.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>196.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>209.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>205.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>205.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>211.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td>229.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>228.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>214.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>235.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>247.2 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small><b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/state/">U.S. Energy Information Administration</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Land">Land</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Federal_land_policy">Federal land policy</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Federal_land_policy" title="Federal land policy">Federal land policy</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Federal land policy involves the <a href="/Conservation" title="Conservation">conservation</a> and management of <a href="/Natural_resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural resources">natural resources</a> on land owned by the federal government. Most federal land policies focus on conservation, recreation, oil and natural gas extraction, wildlife and forest management, and grazing. </p><p>The federal government as of 2018 owned around 640 million total acres of land (about 28 percent) of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States. Four federal agencies (the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the National Park Service (NPS), the Forest Service (FS) oversee public lands for conservation, recreation, wildlife protection, <a href="/Federal_land_policy#Grazing_on_federal_land" title="Federal land policy">grazing</a>, <a href="/Federal_land_policy#Energy_production" title="Federal land policy">energy production</a>, and other purposes. The Department of Defense also oversees federal lands used for military, training, and related purposes. The majority of federal land is located in Alaska and 11 coterminous Western states<sup id="cite_ref-CRSoverview_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRSoverview-44">[44]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Federal_land_ownership">Federal land ownership</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Federal_land_ownership_by_state" title="Federal land ownership by state">Federal land ownership by state</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The table below features information about changes in federal land ownership in Ohio from 1990 to 2018:<sup id="cite_ref-CRSoverview_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRSoverview-44">[44]</a></sup> </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Change in federal land ownership in Ohio, 1990-2018 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total federal land (in acres) </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Percentage of state land owned by the federal government </th></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>305,502</td> <td>1.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>298,500</td> <td>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>289,566</td> <td>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td>234,396</td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small><b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R42346/16">Congressional Research Service</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Federal_land_management_by_agency">Federal land management by agency</span></h3> <p>The following table features information about federal land management in Ohio by federal agency in 2018:<sup id="cite_ref-CRSoverview_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRSoverview-44">[44]</a></sup> </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Federal agency land management in Ohio, 2018 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Agency </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total federal land in state managed by agency (in acres) </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Percentage of total federal land in state </th></tr> <tr> <td>Bureau of Land Management (BLM)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Forest Service (FS)</td> <td>244,440</td> <td>80.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)</td> <td>9,109</td> <td>3.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>National Park Service (NPS)</td> <td>20,290</td> <td>6.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Department of Defense (DoD)</td> <td>31,663</td> <td>10.4% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small><b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R42346/16">Congressional Research Service</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="National_parks">National parks</span></h4> <p>The <a href="/U.S._National_Park_Service" title="U.S. National Park Service">U.S. National Park Service</a> (NPS) as of February 2023 oversaw what the agency describes as 424 units (often referred to as parks) and more than 150 related areas within the National Park System. The agency assists in managing national historic areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic landmarks, and national trails. The National Park System contained more than 85 million acres as of February 2023, including national parks, historical parks and sites, national monuments, battlefields and military parks, recreation areas, seashores, and parkways. More than 297 million visitors attended sites in the National Park System in 2021. NPS employed around 20,000 permanent, temporary, and seasonal employees as of February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-NPSoverview_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPSoverview-45">[45]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup> </p><p>NPS operated eight national parks in Ohio as of February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></sup> </p><p>The following table features visitation statistics for national parks in Ohio from 2017 to 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></sup> </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:65%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">National Park Service visitation in Ohio, 2017-2021 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total recreation visits </th></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>2,809,563 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>2,902,422 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>2,613,089 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>2,511,418 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>2,590,212 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small> <b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/Reports/National">U.S. National Park Service</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Payments_in_lieu_of_taxes">Payments in lieu of taxes</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Payments_in_lieu_of_taxes" title="Payments in lieu of taxes">Payments in lieu of taxes</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/U.S._Department_of_the_Interior" title="U.S. Department of the Interior">U.S. Department of the Interior</a> pays local governments each year to offset what they lose in property taxes due to non-taxable federal land within their borders, commonly known as <a href="/Payments_in_lieu_of_taxes" title="Payments in lieu of taxes">payments in lieu of taxes</a> (PILT). PILT payments go toward fire and police departments, public schools, road construction, and other local services. PILT amounts are based on population and the amount of federal land in a county. From 1977 (when PILT payments began) to 2022, the Interior Department paid out around $10.8 billion to states, territories, and <a href="/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> PILT payments can be used for any governmental purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></sup> </p><p>The following table features information about payments in lieu of taxes received by local governments in Ohio from 2017 to 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></sup> </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:65%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Total payments in lieu of taxes, Ohio, 2017-2021 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total payments in lieu of taxes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>$883,322 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>$728,291 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>$674,214 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>$437,126 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>$540,945 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small> <b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://pilt.doi.gov/states-payments.cfm">U.S. National Park Service</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Oil_and_natural_gas_activity">Oil and natural gas activity</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oil_and_natural_gas_extraction_on_federal_land" title="Oil and natural gas extraction on federal land">Oil and natural gas extraction on federal land</a></i> and <i><a href="/BLM_oil_and_gas_leases_by_state" title="BLM oil and gas leases by state">BLM oil and gas leases by state</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The federal government leases its land to private individuals and companies for energy development, including drilling for <a href="/Crude_oil" title="Crude oil">crude oil</a> and <a href="/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>, <a href="/Solar_energy" title="Solar energy">solar energy</a>, and <a href="/Geothermal_energy" title="Geothermal energy">geothermal energy</a>. Oil and natural gas drilling on federal lands in the United States is primarily overseen by the <a href="/U.S._Bureau_of_Land_Management" title="U.S. Bureau of Land Management">U.S. Bureau of Land Management</a>. Private oil and natural gas companies apply for leases from the BLM to produce energy on federal land. About 26 million acres of federal land—12.8 million of which produced oil and gas in economic quantities—were leased to about 24,000 oil and gas developers operating 96,000 wells at the end of fiscal year 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></sup> </p><p>The following table features information about oil and natural gas activity on federal land in Ohio from 2017 to 2021:<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></sup> </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:65%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Oil and natural gas activity on federal land in Ohio, 2017-2021 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Oil production (in thousands of barrels) </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Natural gas production (in million cubic feet) </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total leases in state </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Total leased acres in state </th></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>7,408</td> <td>3,032,650</td> <td>291</td> <td>37,020 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>12,206</td> <td>3,068,679</td> <td>299</td> <td>37,948 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>11,583</td> <td>2,832,852</td> <td>299</td> <td>46,058 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>13,123</td> <td>2,939,123</td> <td>284</td> <td>44,983 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>11,877</td> <td>5,110,722</td> <td>288</td> <td>44,476 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small> <b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://pilt.doi.gov/states-payments.cfm">U.S. National Park Service</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Water">Water</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Clean_Water_Act">Clean Water Act</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Implementation_of_the_Clean_Water_Act" title="Implementation of the Clean Water Act">Implementation of the Clean Water Act</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act">Clean Water Act</a> is a federal law regulating pollutants discharged into all <a href="/Waters_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Waters of the United States">waters of the United States</a>, including lakes, rivers, streams, and <a href="/Wetland" title="Wetland">wetlands</a>. The federal government approves water quality and technology standards for major sources of water pollution, such as chemical plants, steel manufacturers, municipal facilities, and others. Each state must establish water quality standards for all bodies of water within its boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-CWAsummary_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWAsummary-56">[56]</a></sup> </p><p>Under the Clean Water Act, it is unlawful to discharge any pollutant from any source into navigable waters without a federal permit. The permit specifies what limitations or conditions apply to a facility before the facility may discharge any pollutants. Federal permits may contain facility-specific requirements and limitations depending on the water source.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></sup> </p><p>The following table provides information about the number of Ohio facilities subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act from 2014 to 2023:<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></sup> </p> <table class="bptable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:65%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#2C905A; color:white;">Clean Water Act permits, Ohio, 2014-2023 </th></tr> <tr> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Year </th> <th valign="bottom" style="background-color:#F0F0F0; color: black;">Number of facilities </th></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td>3,345 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>3,386 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>3,411 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>3,398 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>3,415 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>3,450 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>3,483 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>3,533 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>3,506 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td>3,519 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; line-height:135%;"><small><b>Source</b>: <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://echo.epa.gov/trends/comparative-maps-dashboards/state-water-dashboard?state=National&view=activity"><i>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</i>, "National Water Activity Dashboard"</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Waste">Waste</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Superfund_sites_and_hazardous_waste_facilities">Superfund sites and hazardous waste facilities</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Comprehensive_Environmental_Response,_Compensation_and_Liability_Act" title="Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act">Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/Superfund" class="mw-redirect" title="Superfund">Superfund</a> is a federal program that addresses contaminated waste sites and their return to practical use. Superfund sites include oil refineries, smelting facilities, mines and other industrial areas. The federal government can compel the private entities responsible for a waste site to clean the site or face penalties. If the federal government cleans a waste site, it can compel the responsible company to reimburse the government for cleanup costs. Because Superfund sites are added and removed from a prioritized list on a regular basis, the total number of Superfund sites since the program's inception in 1980 is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></sup> </p><p>The federal <a href="/Resource_Conservation_and_Recovery_Act" title="Resource Conservation and Recovery Act">Resource Conservation and Recovery Act</a> covers hazardous wastes, including their generation, treatment, storage and disposal. States may regulate hazardous wastes rather than the federal government. The EPA is responsible for all hazardous waste requirements if no state program exists. Hazardous waste regulations cover waste generators, transporters, treatment centers, storage and disposal facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-about_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-62">[62]</a></sup> </p><p>Ohio had 37 Superfund sites and 17,982 regulated hazardous waste facilities as of February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Endangered_species">Endangered species</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Endangered_Species_Act">Endangered Species Act</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Endangered_species_in_Ohio" title="Endangered species in Ohio">Endangered species in Ohio</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/Endangered_Species_Act" title="Endangered Species Act">Endangered Species Act</a> is a federal law that mandates the listing and conservation of <span class="simple-tooltip simple-tooltip-inline" data-simple-tooltip="<p>An <i>endangered</i> species is 'in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.' A <i>threatened</i> species is 'likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future.'&lt;ref&gt;<a target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener' class='external text' href='http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/esastatus/e-vs-t.htm'><i>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</i>, 'What Is the Difference Between Endangered and Threatened?' accessed November 16, 2015</a>&lt;/ref&gt; </p>">endangered and threatened</span> species. The legislation aims to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species throughout the United States and to recover a species' population to the point where listing the species as endangered or threatened is no longer necessary. The <a href="/U.S._Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</a> is responsible for the law's implementation.<sup id="cite_ref-overview_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview-35">[35]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></sup> </p><p>Ohio had 29 federally listed endangered or threatened plant or animal species as of February 2023. To view the full list, <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/species-listings-by-state?stateAbbrev=OH&stateName=Ohio&statusCategory=Listed">click here</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_ballot_measures_in_Ohio">Environmental ballot measures in Ohio</span></h2> <p>The following list features historical information about <a href="/Ballot_measures" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballot measures">ballot measures</a> relating to environmental issues in Ohio. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Natural_resources">Natural resources</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="/Ohio_Promotion_of_Natural_Resources_Conservation_Amendment_(September_1912)" title="Ohio Promotion of Natural Resources Conservation Amendment (September 1912)">Ohio Promotion of Natural Resources Conservation Amendment (September 1912)</a></li></ul> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Environment">Environment</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="/Ohio_Bottle_Deposits_and_Pull_Tab_Can_Ban_Initiative_(1979)" title="Ohio Bottle Deposits and Pull Tab Can Ban Initiative (1979)">Ohio Bottle Deposits and Pull Tab Can Ban Initiative (1979)</a></li><li><a href="/Ohio_Promotion_of_Natural_Resources_Conservation_Amendment_(September_1912)" title="Ohio Promotion of Natural Resources Conservation Amendment (September 1912)">Ohio Promotion of Natural Resources Conservation Amendment (September 1912)</a></li></ul> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Water_2">Water</span></h4> <p>Ballotpedia staff have tracked no ballot measures relating to water in Ohio </p> <table style="float:right; font-size:90%;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="#anchor">Back to top↑</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Recent_environmental_legislation_in_Ohio">Recent environmental legislation in Ohio</span></h2> <p>The following list features information about environmental bills that have been introduced in or passed by the <a href="/Ohio_General_Assembly" title="Ohio General Assembly">Ohio General Assembly</a> in the last five years. To learn more about these bills, click the bill title. This information is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.billtrack50.com/">BillTrack50</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://legiscan.com/">LegiScan</a>. </p><p><b>Note:</b> Due to the nature of the sorting process used to generate this list, some results may not be relevant to the topic. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation pertaining to this topic has been introduced in the legislature recently. </p> <center> <p> <script src="https://www.billtrack50.com/Scripts/bt50.widget.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> BT50.Widget({ backImage: "flat", billSheet: "43afd84a-737e-4449-b616-dccfe0df708a", borderColor: "#9C9C9C", linkColor: "#0b0080", fontFamily: "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif", height: 300, rows: 25, stateFilter: "OH", sortBy: "0", sortDir: "desc", tBackground: "#CCCCCC", tForeground: "#444444", title: "Environmental legislation in Ohio", width: 700 }); </script> </p> <div id="BT50Widget"></div> </center> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/Endangered_species_in_Ohio" title="Endangered species in Ohio">Endangered species in Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/Energy_policy_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy policy in Ohio">Energy policy in Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/Federal_land_policy" title="Federal land policy">Federal land policy</a></li> <li><a href="/Federal_land_ownership_by_state" title="Federal land ownership by state">Federal land ownership by state</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Bureau_of_Land_Management" title="U.S. Bureau of Land Management">U.S. Bureau of Land Management</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_the_Interior" title="U.S. Department of the Interior">U.S. Department of the Interior</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._National_Park_Service" title="U.S. National Park Service">U.S. National Park Service</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=Public+policy+in+Ohio">Search Google News for this topic</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://epa.ohio.gov/">Ohio Environmental Protection Agency</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://ohiodnr.gov/">Ohio Department of Natural Resources</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.epa.gov/">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; </script> </p> <div class="references-small"><div class="mobile-columns" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nasbo2017-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-nasbo2017_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NASBO/9d2d2db1-c943-4f1b-b750-0fca152d64c2/UploadedImages/SER%20Archive/State%20Expenditure%20Report%20(Fiscal%202014-2016)%20-%20S.pdf"><i>National Association of State Budget Officers</i>, "State Expenditure Report (Fiscal 2014-2016)," accessed June 26, 2017</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/constitution.pdf"><i>Constitution of the State of Ohio</i>, "Article XII," accessed October 17, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-collections-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-collections_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=404"><i>Tax Policy Center</i>, "State Tax Collection Shares by Type 2000-2013," June 20, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46640594">Brunori, D. 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Policies are implemented and enforced by both the state and federal governments. </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>As of July 2016, Ohio had 25 species—16 endangered species and nine threatened species—listed under the federal <a href="/Endangered_Species_Act" title="Endangered Species Act">Endangered Species Act</a> (ESA). </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Of these, 19 were animal species and six were plant species.</li></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Finance_Policy"><a href="/Finance_Policy" title="Finance Policy">Finance Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Finance_Policy" title="Finance Policy"><img alt="Policypedia Finance Final.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/2/2d/Policypedia_Finance_Final.png/200px-Policypedia_Finance_Final.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="66" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/2/2d/Policypedia_Finance_Final.png/300px-Policypedia_Finance_Final.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/2/2d/Policypedia_Finance_Final.png/400px-Policypedia_Finance_Final.png 2x" data-file-width="2456" data-file-height="807" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Financial_regulation_information"><a href="/Financial_regulation_in_Ohio" title="Financial regulation in Ohio">Financial regulation information</a></span></h3> <p><b>The United States financial system is a network that facilitates exchanges between lenders and borrowers. The system, which includes banks and investment firms, is the base for all economic activity in the nation.</b> According to the <a href="/Federal_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve</a>, financial regulation has two main intended purposes: to ensure the safety and soundness of the financial system and to provide and enforce rules that aim to protect consumers. The regulatory framework varies across industries, with different regulations applying to different financial services.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>Individual federal and state entities have different and sometimes overlapping responsibilities within the regulatory system. For example, individual states and three federal agencies—the Federal Reserve, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the <a href="/Federal_Deposit_Insurance_Corporation" title="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation">Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</a> (FDIC)—regulate commercial banks. Other sectors of the financial market are regulated by specific entities.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69">[3]</a></sup> </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> In 2015, there were a total of 126 distinct commercial banks in Ohio, with total deposits of $299.12 billion.</li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>The Ohio Department of Commerce is responsible for the regulation of financial institutions in the state.</li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>In 2015, a total of 116,327 financial crimes were reported in Ohio according to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN), an agency of the United States Department of Treasury.</li></div></div> <p>Some, such as the <a href="/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a>, argue that expanded governmental regulation of banks and financial products (e.g., mortgages) can prevent large-scale financial crises, protect consumers from abusive practices, and stabilize financial markets. Others, such as the <a href="/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a>, argue that over-regulation of banks of banks and financial products burdens business, stalls economic growth, and does little, if anything, to stabilize financial markets. Beyond this basic debate about the role of the government in regulating the private financial sector, there are varying opinions about the proper extent of governmental regulation.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71">[5]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Healthcare_Policy"><a href="/Healthcare_Policy" title="Healthcare Policy">Healthcare Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Healthcare_Policy" title="Healthcare Policy"><img alt="Healthcare Policy Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/39/Healthcare_Policy_Logo.png/200px-Healthcare_Policy_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/39/Healthcare_Policy_Logo.png/300px-Healthcare_Policy_Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/39/Healthcare_Policy_Logo.png/400px-Healthcare_Policy_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Healthcare_information"><a href="/Healthcare_policy_in_Ohio" title="Healthcare policy in Ohio">Healthcare information</a></span></h3> <p><b>Healthcare policy in Ohio</b> involves the <span id="anchor">creation</span> and implementation of laws, rules, and regulations for managing the state's healthcare system. The healthcare system consists of services provided by medical professionals to diagnose, treat, and prevent mental and physical illness and injury. The system also encompasses a wide range of related sectors, such as <a href="/Healthcare_policy_in_Ohio#Private_insurance" title="Healthcare policy in Ohio">insurance</a>, <a href="/Healthcare_policy_in_Ohio#Pharmaceuticals" title="Healthcare policy in Ohio">pharmaceuticals</a> and <a href="/Healthcare_policy_in_Ohio#health_information_technology" title="Healthcare policy in Ohio">health information technology</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/National_Conference_of_State_Legislatures" title="National Conference of State Legislatures">National Conference of State Legislatures</a>, the 50 state legislatures collectively "make thousands of health policy decisions each year," not including the decisions made by local governments, which often oversee hospitals, and private bodies, such as insurers. These decisions can include budget appropriations, requirements for doctors obtaining their licenses, which services are covered by insurance, how personal health information is managed, and which immunizations children must receive, among many others.<sup id="cite_ref-NCSLOverview_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCSLOverview-72">[6]</a></sup> </p><p>Healthcare policy affects not only the cost citizens must pay for care, but also their access to care and the quality of care received, which can influence their overall health. A top concern for policymakers is the <a href="/Healthcare_policy_in_Ohio#Spending_and_costs" title="Healthcare policy in Ohio">rising cost of healthcare</a>, which has placed an increasing strain on the disposable income of consumers as well as on <a href="/Government_budgets" title="Government budgets">state budgets</a>. </p><p><b>Other issues in healthcare policy include</b> </p> <ul><li>state <a href="/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> expansion,</li> <li><a href="/Healthcare_policy_in_Ohio#Health_information_technology" title="Healthcare policy in Ohio">health information technology and privacy</a>,</li> <li><a href="/Healthcare_policy_in_Ohio#Insurance_coverage" title="Healthcare policy in Ohio">uninsured and underinsured portions of the population</a>,</li> <li>a shortage of primary care physicians, and</li> <li>mental healthcare access and coverage.</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Medicaid_spending"><a href="/Medicaid_spending_in_Ohio" title="Medicaid spending in Ohio">Medicaid spending</a></span></h3> <p><span id="anchor"><b>Ohio's</b></span><b> <a href="/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> program</b> provides medical insurance to groups of low-income people and individuals with disabilities. Medicaid is a nationwide program jointly funded by the federal government and the states. Medicaid eligibility, benefits, and administration are managed by the states within federal guidelines. A program related to Medicaid is the <a href="/Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" title="Children's Health Insurance Program">Children's Health Insurance Program</a> (CHIP), which covers low-income children above the poverty line and is sometimes operated in conjunction with a state's Medicaid program. Medicaid is a separate program from <a href="/Medicare" title="Medicare">Medicare</a>, which provides health coverage for the elderly. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Effect_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act"><a href="/Effect_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Effect of the Affordable Care Act in Ohio">Effect of the Affordable Care Act</a></span></h3> <p>The <b>impact of the <a href="/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act of 2010</a></b> (ACA), also known as Obamacare, has been debated among politicians, policymakers, and other stakeholders. The ACA was signed into law in 2010 by President <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (D). The law facilitated the purchase of health insurance through a system of <a href="/Health_insurance_exchanges" title="Health insurance exchanges">health insurance exchanges</a>, tax credits, and subsidies. Initially, states were required to expand eligibility for Medicaid under the law; a 2012 ruling by the United States Supreme Court made the Medicaid expansion voluntary for states. The law also required insurers to cover healthcare services within a standard set of benefits and prohibited coverage denials based on preexisting conditions. Under the law, all individuals were required to obtain health <span id="anchor">insurance</span>. </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Between 2013 and 2016, the number of uninsured individuals in Ohio declined by 48.8%.</li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>About 207,000 individuals in Ohio were enrolled in health plans offered through the health insurance exchange in 2017. Enrollment in Medicaid amounted to about 2.8 million in May 2017.</li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>The <a href="/Kaiser_Family_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiser Family Foundation">Kaiser Family Foundation</a> found that between 2016 and 2017, average monthly premiums for <span class="simple-tooltip simple-tooltip-inline" data-simple-tooltip="<p>The second-lowest cost silver plan on the applicable exchange. </p>">benchmark</span> plans on Ohio's exchange decreased by an average of 2% in the Cleveland market, from $234 to $229.</li></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Immigration_Policy"><a href="/Immigration_Policy" title="Immigration Policy">Immigration Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Immigration_Policy" title="Immigration Policy"><img alt="Policypedia Imigration Final.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/66/Policypedia_Imigration_Final.png/200px-Policypedia_Imigration_Final.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="57" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/66/Policypedia_Imigration_Final.png/300px-Policypedia_Imigration_Final.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/66/Policypedia_Imigration_Final.png/400px-Policypedia_Imigration_Final.png 2x" data-file-width="2829" data-file-height="801" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Immigration_information"><a href="/Immigration_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigration in Ohio">Immigration information</a></span></h3> <p><b>Immigration policy</b> determines who may become a new citizen of the United States or enter the country as a temporary worker, student, refugee, or permanent resident. The federal government is responsible for setting and enforcing most immigration policy. </p><p>Meanwhile, states assume a largely supportive role, enacting their own supplementary laws and setting policies that may, for example, determine which public services immigrants can access, establish employee screening requirements, or guide the interaction between related state agencies and their federal counterparts. </p><p>Some jurisdictions, including some states, cities, and counties, have adopted policies of not cooperating with federal immigration enforcement; these jurisdictions have become known as <a href="/Immigration_in_Ohio#Sanctuary_jurisdictions" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigration in Ohio">sanctuary jurisdictions</a>. </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>As of October 2016, Ohio allowed lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women to enroll in <a href="/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a>. The state did not issue driver's licenses to individuals residing in the country without legal permission. </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> In 2014, Ohio's population amounted to just over 11.5 million. Native-born citizens comprised nearly 96 percent of the population; 2 percent of residents were naturalized citizens and another 2 percent were non-citizens. </li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> Ohio's poverty rate during 2014 was 11.7 percent. Among native-born citizens, 11.5 percent lived below the poverty line, compared to 23.7 percent of non-citizens.</li></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Pension_Policy"><a href="/Pension_Policy" title="Pension Policy">Pension Policy</a></span></h2> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Pension_Policy" title="Pension Policy"><img alt="Pension Policy Logo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/ac/Pension_Policy_Logo.png/200px-Pension_Policy_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="87" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/ac/Pension_Policy_Logo.png/300px-Pension_Policy_Logo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/ac/Pension_Policy_Logo.png/400px-Pension_Policy_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="300" /></a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Public_pensions"><a href="/Public_pensions_in_Ohio" title="Public pensions in Ohio">Public pensions</a></span></h3> <p><b>Ohio <a href="/Public_pensions" title="Public pensions">public pensions</a></b> are the state mechanism by which state and many local government employees in Ohio receive retirement benefits. </p><p>There were eight public pension systems in Ohio as of 2020. Of these, seven were state-level programs while the remaining one was administered at the local level. Membership in Ohio's various pension systems totaled 1,965,556, as of fiscal year 2020. Of these, 653,401 were active members.<sup id="cite_ref-census2020_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2020-73">[7]</a></sup> </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li> Total contributions of $8.5 billion were made to Ohio's state and local pension systems, in fiscal year 2020. 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July 2009</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NCSLOverview-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-NCSLOverview_72-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.ncsl.org/research/health.aspx"><i>National Conference of State Legislatures</i>, "Health," accessed July 8, 2015</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census2020-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-census2020_73-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/econ/aspp/aspp-historical-tables.html"><i>United States Census Bureau</i>, <i>2020 Annual Survey of Public Pensions: State & Local Tables</i> accessed February 23, 2022</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div> <table class="navbox collapsible autocollapse nowraplinks" style="margin-top:auto; font-size:84%;"> <tbody><tr style="color:inherit;"> <td style="width:75px; background-color:#fff; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/File:Flag_of_Ohio.png" class="image" title="Flag of Ohio"><img alt="Flag of Ohio" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Ohio.png/75px-Flag_of_Ohio.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="47" class="thumbborder" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Ohio.png/113px-Flag_of_Ohio.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Ohio.png/150px-Flag_of_Ohio.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="300" /></a></td> <th style="font-weight:normal; background:#B0C4DE;"><div style="float:left; text-align:left; width:6em;"><div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" style="background-color:transparent; padding:0; white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal; font-size:xx-small; ;"><a href="/Template:Ohio" title="Template:Ohio"><span title="View this template" style=";">v</span></a> <span style="font-size:80%;">•</span> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Ohio&action=edit"><span style="color:#002bb8;;" title="You can edit this template. 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