---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create TechCred and Microcredential Assistance Programs"
description: "Create TechCred and Microcredential Assistance Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Ohio HB 2 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Education", "Education", "Higher Education", "Employment", "Employment", "Workforce Development", "Finance and Appropriations", "State and Local Government", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Cross", "Michele Lepore-Hagan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-05-13"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bca7ef52-62f6-4230-a2c0-41605e2f3056"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/"
source_hash: "277bc035e0764a9d6c1e090f3bd8874ed16b6d73839c21b1dc23bfdd2d683586"
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 2 (133) — Create TechCred and Microcredential Assistance Programs

## 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/hb2/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/hb2/PH/04?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/PS/06?format=pdf)
4. **As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RCH/02?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Committee of Conference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/CR/07?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the House Economic and Workforce Development Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RH/01?format=pdf)
7. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RH/03?format=pdf)
8. **As Reported by the Senate Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/RS/05?format=pdf)
9. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb2/EN/08?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Refused to concur in Senate amendments — **0–92** (fail) · lower
- Pass — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon Cross — primary (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — 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)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Randi Clites — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — 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.

- **2019-05-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Re-referred
- **2019-06-05** Re-referred
- **2019-06-11** Reported
- **2019-06-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-07-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-06** Reported
- **2019-11-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-11-19** Refused to concur in Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2019-11-26** Insist on amendments; asks for committee of conference
- **2019-12-11** Conference report agreed to
- **2019-12-12** Conference report agreed to
- **2019-12-04** Conference managers: Reps. - Oelslager, Cross, Sobecki
- **2019-12-04** Conference managers: Sens. - Dolan, Huffman, M., Sykes
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 4/14/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bca7ef52-62f6-4230-a2c0-41605e2f3056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).