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House bill · 136

HB 20

Prohibit harassing or impeding an emergency service responder

Became law

Effective 10/6/26

Official record on Ohio Legislature

Progress

617 days from first to latest action, across 13 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Jan 27

  2. Referred to committee

    —

  3. Heard in committee

    Jun 18

  4. Reported from committee

    Jun 18

  5. Passed first chamber

    Jun 18

  6. Passed second chamber

    Jun 3

  7. Sent to governor

    Jul 1

  8. Became law

    Jul 7

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Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

Reported

House · Jun 18, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 8–2

8 Yea

2 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Passed

House · Jun 18, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 79–18

79 Yea

18 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

Passed

Senate · Jun 3, 2026

Passed 29–2

29 Yea

2 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Reported

Senate · Jun 3, 2026

Passed 7–0

7 Yea

0 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Concurred in Senate amendments

House · Jun 9, 2026

Passed 83–12

83 Yea

12 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

Full history

Every action recorded by Ohio Legislature.

  1. Effective 10/6/26

    Oct 6, 2026 · Governor

  2. Effective

    Oct 6, 2026 · Joint

  3. Signed By The Governor

    Jul 7, 2026 · Joint

  4. Sent To The Governor

    Jul 1, 2026 · Joint

  5. Concurred in Senate amendments

    Jun 9, 2026 · House

  6. Passed

    Jun 3, 2026 · Senate

  7. Reported - Substitute

    Jun 3, 2026 · Senate

  8. Referred to committee

    Jun 25, 2025 · Senate

  9. Introduced

    Jun 24, 2025 · Senate

  10. Passed

    Jun 18, 2025 · House

  11. Reported - Substitute

    Jun 18, 2025 · House

  12. Referred to committee

    Jan 28, 2025 · House

  13. Introduced

    Jan 27, 2025 · House

Authors

and 42 coauthors or sponsors

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  • Matt Kishman cosponsorR
  • Tracy Richardson cosponsorR
  • Adam Holmes cosponsorR
  • Ty Mathews cosponsorR
  • Jennifer Gross cosponsorR
  • David Thomas cosponsorR
  • Bob Peterson cosponsorR
  • Johnathan Newman cosponsorR
  • Nathan Manning cosponsorR
  • Mark Sigrist cosponsorD
  • Jack Daniels cosponsorR
  • Beth Lear cosponsorR
  • Josh Williams cosponsorR
  • Adam Bird cosponsorR
  • Meredith Craig cosponsorR
  • Cindy Abrams cosponsorR
  • Kevin Ritter cosponsorR
  • Jodi Salvo cosponsorR
  • Cecil Thomas cosponsorD
  • Bernie Willis cosponsorR
  • Sean Brennan cosponsorD
  • Steve Demetriou cosponsorR
  • Mike Odioso cosponsorR
  • Gary Click cosponsorR
  • Riordan McClain cosponsorR
  • Nick Santucci cosponsorR
  • Haraz Ghanbari cosponsorR
  • Brian Lampton cosponsorR
  • Mark Hiner cosponsorR
  • Bill Roemer cosponsorR
  • Sharon Ray cosponsorR
  • Rodney Creech cosponsorR
  • Kevin Miller cosponsorR
  • Jeff LaRe cosponsorR
  • Mike Dovilla cosponsorR
  • Scott Oelslager cosponsorR
  • Heidi Workman cosponsorR
  • Kellie Deeter cosponsorR
  • Jean Schmidt cosponsorR
  • Adam Mathews cosponsorR
  • Tom Young cosponsorR
  • Monica Blasdel cosponsorR

Topics

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