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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Create TechCred and Microcredential Assistance Programs"
+description: "Create TechCred and Microcredential Assistance Programs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "133"
+identifier: "HB 2"
+citation: "Ohio HB 2 (133)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commerce", "Education", "Education", "Higher Education", "Employment", "Employment", "Workforce Development", "Finance and Appropriations", "State and Local Government", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jon Cross", "Michele Lepore-Hagan"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2019-05-13"
+last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bca7ef52-62f6-4230-a2c0-41605e2f3056"
+source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/"
+source_hash: "277bc035e0764a9d6c1e090f3bd8874ed16b6d73839c21b1dc23bfdd2d683586"
+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 2 (133) — Create TechCred and Microcredential Assistance Programs
+
+## 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/hb2/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/hb2/PH/04?format=pdf)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/PS/06?format=pdf)
+4. **As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RCH/02?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Committee of Conference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/CR/07?format=pdf)
+6. **As Reported by the House Economic and Workforce Development Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RH/01?format=pdf)
+7. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RH/03?format=pdf)
+8. **As Reported by the Senate Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RS/05?format=pdf)
+9. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/EN/08?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **13–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Refused to concur in Senate amendments — **0–92** (fail) · lower
+- Pass — **92–3** (pass) · lower
+- Conference report agreed to — **85–2** (pass) · lower
+- Conference report agreed to — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **28–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jon Cross — primary (person)
+- Michele Lepore-Hagan — primary (person)
+- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
+- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
+- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
+- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
+- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
+- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
+- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
+- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
+- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
+- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
+- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
+- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
+- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
+- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
+- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
+- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Randi Clites — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa Fedor — 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)
+- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-13** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-05-14** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-05** Re-referred
+- **2019-06-05** Re-referred
+- **2019-06-11** Reported
+- **2019-06-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-13** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2019-07-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-11-06** Reported
+- **2019-11-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-11-19** Refused to concur in Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2019-11-26** Insist on amendments; asks for committee of conference
+- **2019-12-11** Conference report agreed to
+- **2019-12-12** Conference report agreed to
+- **2019-12-04** Conference managers: Reps. - Oelslager, Cross, Sobecki
+- **2019-12-04** Conference managers: Sens. - Dolan, Huffman, M., Sykes
+- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 4/14/20 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bca7ef52-62f6-4230-a2c0-41605e2f3056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+