---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make sales tax holiday for clothes and school supplies permanent"
description: "Make sales tax holiday for clothes and school supplies permanent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Ohio SB 226 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Bacon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-31"
last_action: "2018-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84af4af7-5ac9-41dd-a474-593a08ee22b1"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb226/"
source_hash: "72d40ccde63d2e528a05dbf0f921909a437541a92792d052e90212ec95b08ef9"
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 226 (132) — Make sales tax holiday for clothes and school supplies permanent

## 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/sb226/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/sb226/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/sb226/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb226/RH/03?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb226/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb226/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- msg_507 — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Bacon — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Patmon — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Pelanda — 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)
- Jack Cera — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Clyde — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Celebrezze — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — 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)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Balderson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Wes Retherford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-11-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Reported
- **2018-02-07** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported
- **2018-03-21** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-21** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-30T04:00:00+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/84af4af7-5ac9-41dd-a474-593a08ee22b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).