---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies regional councils of government law"
description: "Modifies regional councils of government law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Ohio SB 239 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State and Local Government", "Ethics", "State and Local Government", "Local Government", "Transportation", "Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges", "Commerce", "Insurance", "Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Dolan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-05"
last_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c635bdc6-3fe6-4578-aed6-e535329ddaab"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb239/"
source_hash: "bbf9a46ce296c8601398934bc698e524f76578a277d9b862459b8404c98d3e0b"
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 239 (132) — Modifies regional councils of government law

## 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/sb239/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/sb239/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/sb239/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb239/RH/03?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb239/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb239/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- msg_507 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Dolan — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Henne — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Celebrezze — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Reported
- **2018-04-12** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-26** Reported
- **2018-06-28** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-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/c635bdc6-3fe6-4578-aed6-e535329ddaab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).