---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the definition of premises and sales for liquor permits"
description: "Expands the definition of premises and sales for liquor permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 669"
citation: "Ohio HB 669 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liquor Control", "Liquor Control", "Liquor Permits and Quotas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. J. Swearingen", "Jeff LaRe"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-05-20"
last_action: "2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f3863d7-ee01-43f0-b6bd-f89733217cc6"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb669/"
source_hash: "6e0c2f29dfe289d04d3b776d2edfef4054b60acde537b5e7132f0bd187db38e0"
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 669 (133) — Expands the definition of premises and sales for liquor permits

## 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/hb669/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/hb669/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/hb669/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Commerce and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb669/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb669/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb669/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **86–4** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **87–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. J. Swearingen — primary (person)
- Jeff LaRe — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Randi Clites — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-05-27** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Reported
- **2020-06-12** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2020-06-30** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-23** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-23** Reported
- **2020-09-23** Passed `passage`
- **2020-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/13/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f3863d7-ee01-43f0-b6bd-f89733217cc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).