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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies"
+description: "Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "HB 18"
+citation: "Ohio HB 18 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dorothy Pelanda", "Wes Retherford"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3a7ceb-b275-49ed-a459-60c3f8a73bdd"
+source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/"
+source_hash: "d8775bd0b4e5973fd7ba5add6f7e93322b5fb40668d39af2f9561544d60aaab5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
+---
+
+# Ohio HB 18 (132) — Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/IN/00?format=pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/PH/02?format=pdf)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/PS/04?format=pdf)
+4. **As Reported by the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/RH/01?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/RS/03?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/EN/05?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- msg_507 — **68–24** (pass) · lower
+- pass_300 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
+- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dorothy Pelanda — primary (person)
+- Wes Retherford — primary (person)
+- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Patmon — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
+- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
+- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
+- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
+- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
+- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret Conditt — cosponsor (person)
+- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
+- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Duffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
+- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
+- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
+- Wesley Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-02-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-27** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-03** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2017-03-29** Reported
+- **2018-06-28** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-27** Reported
+- **2018-06-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c3a7ceb-b275-49ed-a459-60c3f8a73bdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+