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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorize certain nurses to sign hospital patient documents"
+description: "Authorize certain nurses to sign hospital patient documents"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "135"
+identifier: "SB 81"
+citation: "Ohio SB 81 (135)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Romanchuk"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 18
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2024-09-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97ef7e5c-a2ef-4f86-89f4-7bf4be8364d5"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb81/"
+source_hash: "35bc6393686f17f068ff2a5a6b6113010d0502159a2fb7d1135dffd3fa3d3310"
+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 81 (135) — Authorize certain nurses to sign hospital patient documents
+
+## 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/sb81/IN/00/sb81_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/sb81/PH/04/sb81_04_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/sb81/PS/02/sb81_02_PS?format=pdf)
+4. **As Reported by the House Health Provider Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb81/RH/03/sb81_03_RH?format=pdf)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb81/RS/01/sb81_01_RS?format=pdf)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb81/EN/05/sb81_05_EN?format=pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **29–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **29–1** (pass) · upper
+- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **29–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **89–1** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **89–1** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **89–1** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **29–1** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **89–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Romanchuk — primary (person)
+- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
+- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
+- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
+- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
+- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
+- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
+- Melanie Miller, M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
+- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Munira Abdullahi — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
+- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
+- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Veronica Sims — cosponsor (person)
+- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-03-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-15** Reported
+- **2023-11-16** Introduced `reading-1`
+- **2023-11-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-22** Reported
+- **2023-11-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-22** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-22** The question being, Shall the amendments be concurred in?
+- **2024-05-22** Received from the House `passage`
+- **2024-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/20/24 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97ef7e5c-a2ef-4f86-89f4-7bf4be8364d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+