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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify"
+description: "To enact sections 4151.01, 4151.02, 4151.03, 4151.04, 4151.05, 4151.06, and 4151.07 of the Revised Code to require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "136"
+identifier: "HB 246"
+citation: "Ohio HB 246 (136)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Law", "Courts", "Courts and Civil Law", "Employment", "State and Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. J. Swearingen", "Tex Fischer"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d16707fb-1401-4375-9509-413fcd8d619d"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/"
+source_hash: "dfe8f68bdb83ca965deb63dc5591db611f431a787df7dfa35be40984d04f0ab1"
+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 246 (136) — Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify
+
+To enact sections 4151.01, 4151.02, 4151.03, 4151.04, 4151.05, 4151.06, and 4151.07 of the Revised Code to require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry.
+
+## 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/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/00_IN/pdf/)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/02_PH/pdf/)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/04_PS/pdf/)
+4. **As Reported by the House Commerce and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/01_RH/pdf/)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Workforce Development Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/03_RS/pdf/)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/05_EN/pdf/)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported — **5–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported — **9–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. J. Swearingen — primary (person)
+- Tex Fischer — primary (person)
+- David Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
+- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
+- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
+- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/20/26 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d16707fb-1401-4375-9509-413fcd8d619d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+