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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Regards vicarious liability in tort actions; statutes of repose"
+description: "Regards vicarious liability in tort actions; statutes of repose"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "135"
+identifier: "HB 179"
+citation: "Ohio HB 179 (135)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Law", "Courts and Civil Law", "Courts and Civil Law"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adam Mathews", "Brian Stewart"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 13
+first_action: "2023-05-22"
+last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4f371f6-ad06-4f8a-9223-95ad7339319e"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb179/"
+source_hash: "3e88d7e93eb39802e24c7d1da8f9c68a800cbd421400502d7566aa5aa2ae3a8f"
+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 179 (135) — Regards vicarious liability in tort actions; statutes of repose
+
+## 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_135/bills/hb179/IN/00/hb179_00_IN?format=pdf)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb179/PH/02/hb179_02_PH?format=pdf)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb179/PS/04/hb179_04_PS?format=pdf)
+4. **As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb179/RH/01/hb179_01_RH?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb179/RS/03/hb179_03_RS?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb179/EN/05/hb179_05_EN?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adam Mathews — primary (person)
+- Brian Stewart — primary (person)
+- Al Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
+- Beryl Piccolantonio — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
+- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
+- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Darnell Brewer — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
+- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
+- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
+- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
+- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
+- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
+- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
+- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
+- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-05-23** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-20** Reported
+- **2024-01-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-01-16** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-26** Reported
+- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/24/24 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4f371f6-ad06-4f8a-9223-95ad7339319e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+