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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Regards state institutions of higher education and free speech"
+description: "Regards state institutions of higher education and free speech"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "134"
+identifier: "SB 135"
+citation: "Ohio SB 135 (134)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Education", "Finance and Appropriations", "Higher Education", "Primary and Secondary Education", "State and Local Government", "Taxation", "Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Cirino"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-03-17"
+last_action: "2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75659e8e-d2d3-45f5-8a3b-30d70728082d"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/"
+source_hash: "46e3639b1f23531c438bed736a0889c948ac068319d4d37535375320fa692f33"
+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 SB 135 (134) — Regards state institutions of higher education and free speech
+
+## 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/sb135/IN/00/sb135_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/sb135/PH/04/sb135_04_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/sb135/PS/02/sb135_02_PS?format=pdf)
+4. **As Reported by the House Higher Education and Career Readiness Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/RH/03/sb135_03_RH?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/RS/01/sb135_01_RS?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/EN/05/sb135_05_EN?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **31–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jerry Cirino — primary (person)
+- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
+- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
+- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
+- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
+- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
+- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Shawn Stevens — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-17** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-16** Reported
+- **2021-06-22** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-17** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2022-04-06** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-04-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** Reported
+- **2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/21/22 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75659e8e-d2d3-45f5-8a3b-30d70728082d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+