---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make technical and corrective changes to tax law"
description: "Make technical and corrective changes to tax law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Ohio HB 197 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Merrin", "Jena Powell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e32db2ef-1741-4a56-bcee-d0eabf2b3917"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb197/"
source_hash: "03573323c789c32c6b575a85adbcd93ce878ae28d6831ffaabd99a7f9064209e"
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 197 (133) — Make technical and corrective changes to tax 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_133/bills/hb197/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Concurred by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb197/CH/05?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb197/PH/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb197/PS/04?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb197/RH/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb197/RS/03?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb197/EN/06?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derek Merrin — primary (person)
- Jena Powell — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Cera — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — 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)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-11-04** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-11-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Reported
- **2019-10-23** Reported
- **2020-03-25** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/27/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e32db2ef-1741-4a56-bcee-d0eabf2b3917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).