---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates FY 2020-2021 Industrial Commission budget"
description: "Creates FY 2020-2021 Industrial Commission budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Ohio HB 79 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment", "Workers' Compensation", "Employment", "Finance and Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Oelslager"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b8d0aed-ad84-4a4a-b8b7-fe5c22721d78"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb79/"
source_hash: "f097826a305e5e935d5b89f27d619ddad20ea005091aa52bb27fc52151271ade"
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 79 (133) — Creates FY 2020-2021 Industrial Commission budget

## 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/hb79/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/hb79/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/hb79/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/hb79/RCH/02?format=pdf)
5. **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/hb79/RH/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb79/RH/03?format=pdf)
7. **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/hb79/RS/05?format=pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb79/EN/07?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **26–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Oelslager — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Re-referred
- **2019-03-12** Re-referred
- **2019-05-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Reported
- **2019-06-04** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Reported
- **2019-06-19** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/27/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b8d0aed-ad84-4a4a-b8b7-fe5c22721d78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).