---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact Public School Deregulation Act-primary/secondary ed-testing"
description: "Enact Public School Deregulation Act-primary/secondary ed-testing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Ohio SB 216 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Early Childhood Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Huffman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-10"
last_action: "2018-11-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd35aa5-d287-4c6e-9f55-bf867183a4b9"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb216/"
source_hash: "2768e948aa1c6eb29c14da394122b473a597c05692448d54e74c36cd9e6028cd"
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 SB 216 (132) — Enact Public School Deregulation Act-primary/secondary ed-testing

## 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/sb216/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/sb216/PH/04?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb216/PS/02?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/sb216/RH/03?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/sb216/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb216/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- pass_300 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- msg_507 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **60–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Huffman — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Henne — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Balderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-10-18** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported
- **2018-03-21** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2018-04-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-28** Informally passed
- **2018-06-26** Reported
- **2018-06-28** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-11-02T04:00:00+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/7fd35aa5-d287-4c6e-9f55-bf867183a4b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).