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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate programs"
+description: "Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate programs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "133"
+identifier: "HB 4"
+citation: "Ohio HB 4 (133)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education", "Employment", "Workforce Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Phillip Robinson", "Tracy Richardson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-05-16"
+last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1958afb0-ff92-4123-9482-4f50cc6fba3c"
+source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb4/"
+source_hash: "3b22186dba0a6a6857694043d1756761281b3794c0760c11463a1552d3e4399f"
+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 4 (133) — Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate 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/hb4/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/hb4/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/hb4/PS/04?format=pdf)
+4. **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/hb4/RH/01?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb4/RS/03?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb4/EN/05?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **89–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Phillip Robinson — primary (person)
+- Tracy Richardson — 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)
+- 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)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
+- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
+- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Manning, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
+- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
+- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
+- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
+- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
+- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
+- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
+- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
+- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Lanese — 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)
+- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
+- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Zeltwanger — 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)
+- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
+- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
+- Tavia Galonski — 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.
+
+- **2019-05-16** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-05-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-05** Reported
+- **2019-06-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-10** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2019-07-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-12-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-12-11** Reported
+- **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/1958afb0-ff92-4123-9482-4f50cc6fba3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
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