---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow director of ADAMHS board to execute contracts"
description: "Allow director of ADAMHS board to execute contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Ohio SB 71 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Human Services", "Public Health", "State and Local Government", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gayle Manning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-27"
last_action: "2018-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f771d1f-63df-47b3-af1e-16abca23790e"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb71/"
source_hash: "f9b630fd9986da8614384542b0718d58b867988d33307abc5a4cd96ece1c4f80"
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 71 (132) — Allow director of ADAMHS board to execute contracts

## 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/sb71/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/sb71/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/sb71/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb71/RS/01?format=pdf)
5. **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/sb71/RH/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb71/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- intro_108 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gayle Manning — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Cliff Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — 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)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-27** Reported
- **2017-09-27** Passed `passage`
- **2017-10-02** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-10-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-30** Reported
- **2017-12-05** Passed `passage`
- **2017-12-05** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-23T04:00:00+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/8f771d1f-63df-47b3-af1e-16abca23790e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).