---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhance penalty for moving violations while distracted"
description: "Enhance penalty for moving violations while distracted"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Ohio HB 95 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Crime and Punishment", "Transportation", "Transportation", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation", "Traffic Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Seitz", "Jim Hughes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-24"
last_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fa3d9ec-c082-4cec-b0ae-383c045e5b32"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb95/"
source_hash: "864404be48820b3d7fbed30a44b407fa08e15efbf0f1115d23129419631ca793"
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 95 (132) — Enhance penalty for moving violations while distracted

## 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/hb95/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/hb95/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/hb95/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Transportation and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb95/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb95/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb95/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **82–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Seitz — primary (person)
- Jim Hughes — primary (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Duffey — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Reported
- **2017-06-20** Passed `passage`
- **2017-06-22** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-06-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-24** Reported
- **2018-06-27** Passed `passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+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/0fa3d9ec-c082-4cec-b0ae-383c045e5b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).