---
type: "Bill"
title: "Address composition of educational service centers"
description: "Address composition of educational service centers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 438"
citation: "Ohio HB 438 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education", "Finance and Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darrell Kick", "Stephen Hambley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-06"
last_action: "2018-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc06fdd9-dc26-4265-bf53-de2a622310b7"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb438/"
source_hash: "b833e69abc820111e292587761706bd682198452e30b49ee5ec715b7360c5ed4"
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 438 (132) — Address composition of educational service centers

## 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_132/bills/hb438/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb438/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb438/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Education and Career Readiness Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb438/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb438/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb438/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- msg_507 — **72–15** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darrell Kick — primary (person)
- Stephen Hambley — primary (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Reported
- **2018-03-07** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21** Reported
- **2018-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc06fdd9-dc26-4265-bf53-de2a622310b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).