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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow government use distributed ledger technology, blockchain"
+description: "Allow government use distributed ledger technology, blockchain"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "134"
+identifier: "HB 177"
+citation: "Ohio HB 177 (134)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State and Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Fraizer", "Rick Carfagna"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-04"
+last_action: "2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e225a306-5a80-447b-a15f-7f01a004a918"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/"
+source_hash: "7602ded6f9eaa0b3d1dd56c2b72b1e35292fe4ea63f216c141fbf8c993712761"
+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 177 (134) — Allow government use distributed ledger technology, blockchain
+
+## 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_134/bills/hb177/IN/00/hb177_00_IN?format=pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/PH/02/hb177_02_PH?format=pdf)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/PS/04/hb177_04_PS?format=pdf)
+4. **As Reported by the House Technology and Innovation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/RH/01/hb177_01_RH?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Financial Institutions and Technology Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/RS/03/hb177_03_RS?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/EN/05/hb177_05_EN?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported - Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **95–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Fraizer — primary (person)
+- Rick Carfagna — primary (person)
+- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
+- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
+- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
+- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
+- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Sobecki — 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)
+- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
+- Monique Smith, M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Zeltwanger — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
+- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Howse — 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)
+- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
+- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-09** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Reported
+- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2021-10-19** Reported
+- **2021-11-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/2/22 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e225a306-5a80-447b-a15f-7f01a004a918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+