---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate an awareness month"
description: "Designate an awareness month"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Ohio HB 45 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Designations", "Special Designations", "Observances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Sprague"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2018-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8b19c93-e9ae-44ee-a27c-a2361c300126"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb45/"
source_hash: "d42d280bd6e86dcb8b459cc558dc6d2106e34bed8cab8cd875ace06a132965b2"
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 45 (132) — Designate an awareness month

## 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/hb45/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/hb45/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/hb45/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb45/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb45/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb45/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- pass_300 — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Sprague — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Reece — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bernadine Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- John Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Celebrezze — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Balderson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Reported
- **2017-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-05-03** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Reported
- **2018-02-20** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2018-06-01T04:00:00+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/f8b19c93-e9ae-44ee-a27c-a2361c300126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).