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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Add Paralyzed Veterans of America rep to Veterans Advisory Comm"
+description: "Add Paralyzed Veterans of America rep to Veterans Advisory Comm"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "134"
+identifier: "SB 259"
+citation: "Ohio SB 259 (134)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military and Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frank Hoagland"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-11-02"
+last_action: "2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4121217a-1e8f-40ba-9f31-967c1b142bcd"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb259/"
+source_hash: "3c2f14c6c1f8a136c48117ba43017024061067dea479c8ba37530da9b860798a"
+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 259 (134) — Add Paralyzed Veterans of America rep to Veterans Advisory Comm
+
+## 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/sb259/IN/00/sb259_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/sb259/PH/04/sb259_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/sb259/PS/02/sb259_02_PS?format=pdf)
+4. **As Reported by the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb259/RH/03/sb259_03_RH?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb259/RS/01/sb259_01_RS?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb259/EN/05/sb259_05_EN?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **77–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frank Hoagland — primary (person)
+- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
+- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
+- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
+- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
+- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
+- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
+- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
+- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
+- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
+- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
+- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
+- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
+- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-11-02** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-11-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-30** Reported
+- **2022-04-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-12** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2022-05-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-12-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2022-12-01** Reported
+- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/14/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4121217a-1e8f-40ba-9f31-967c1b142bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
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