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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establish affirmative defense-certain hazardous substance release"
+description: "Establish affirmative defense-certain hazardous substance release"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "133"
+identifier: "HB 168"
+citation: "Ohio HB 168 (133)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Civil Law", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Waste Disposal"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steven Arndt"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-03-26"
+last_action: "2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca6f9b00-17f0-4f07-92a6-2b72ed770651"
+source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/"
+source_hash: "481b24a7826d12b97327042858d6a36bc0db191fdf5875badd4bc13b448929d2"
+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 168 (133) — Establish affirmative defense-certain hazardous substance release
+
+## 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_133/bills/hb168/IN/00?format=pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/PH/02?format=pdf)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/PS/06?format=pdf)
+4. **As Re-reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/RRS/05?format=pdf)
+5. **As Recommitted to the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/RCS/04?format=pdf)
+6. **As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/RH/01?format=pdf)
+7. **As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/RS/03?format=pdf)
+8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb168/EN/07?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **10–1** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in Senate amendments — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steven Arndt — primary (person)
+- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
+- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
+- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
+- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
+- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
+- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
+- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
+- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
+- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-26** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-04-02** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Reported
+- **2019-05-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-04** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-12-04** Reported
+- **2020-03-04** Recommitted
+- **2020-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2020-05-06** Reported
+- **2020-05-13** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/15/20 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca6f9b00-17f0-4f07-92a6-2b72ed770651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
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