---
type: "Bill"
title: "Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate programs"
description: "Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Ohio HB 4 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education", "Employment", "Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillip Robinson", "Tracy Richardson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1958afb0-ff92-4123-9482-4f50cc6fba3c"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb4/"
source_hash: "3b22186dba0a6a6857694043d1756761281b3794c0760c11463a1552d3e4399f"
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 4 (133) — Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate 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/hb4/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/hb4/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/hb4/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **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/hb4/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **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/hb4/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb4/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillip Robinson — primary (person)
- Tracy Richardson — 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)
- 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)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Don Manning, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — 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)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Zeltwanger — 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)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — 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.

- **2019-05-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reported
- **2019-06-06** Passed `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-07-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-12-11** Reported
- **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/1958afb0-ff92-4123-9482-4f50cc6fba3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).