---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit wearing hearing protection while riding motorcycle"
description: "Permit wearing hearing protection while riding motorcycle"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Ohio HB 129 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation", "Transportation", "Traffic Offenses", "Transportation", "Vehicle Registration and Titling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riordan McClain"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2020-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/178016a9-db07-4734-b273-fa70346384e1"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb129/"
source_hash: "809a33a283e721ff52a9690850ffd5a8d0cf76e71e24ab835d511ab7e8fd27cf"
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 129 (133) — Permit wearing hearing protection while riding motorcycle

## 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_133/bills/hb129/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb129/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb129/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb129/RS/03?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported the by House Transportation and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb129/RH/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb129/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riordan McClain — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Don Manning, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Randi Clites — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported
- **2019-06-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-09-11** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-22** Reported
- **2020-01-22** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2020-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 5/22/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/178016a9-db07-4734-b273-fa70346384e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).