---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for firearms training for tactical medical professionals"
description: "Provide for firearms training for tactical medical professionals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Ohio HB 79 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Firearms", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Law Enforcement", "State and Local Government", "Public Officials and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christina Hagan", "Wes Retherford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2018-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05330a5c-b84f-4573-992f-e358b18c3fad"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb79/"
source_hash: "125dcf7cdc134d491452fb0edbce414b404a9764f710df92264e1863fb463199"
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 79 (132) — Provide for firearms training for tactical medical professionals

## 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/hb79/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/hb79/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/hb79/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Federalism and Interstate Relations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb79/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb79/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb79/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- pass_300 — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- concur_606 — **92–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christina Hagan — primary (person)
- Wes Retherford — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Pelanda — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Henne — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — 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)
- Tom Brinkman — cosponsor (person)
- Wesley Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-12** Reported
- **2017-10-11** Passed `passage`
- **2017-10-12** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-10-25** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Reported
- **2018-02-14** Concurred in Senate amendments `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Passed `passage`
- **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/05330a5c-b84f-4573-992f-e358b18c3fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).