---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act"
description: "Enact Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "Ohio HB 140 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Housing and Real Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Merrin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5006e2ed-27b8-463c-97fc-2cab60ffcf84"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/"
source_hash: "55efa03949e87d967c90fdd1ba0787a637c247c70ecf899c024b277c686b610e"
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 140 (134) — Enact Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act

## 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_134/bills/hb140/IN/00/hb140_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/PH/02/hb140_02_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/PS/04/hb140_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/RH/01/hb140_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/RS/03/hb140_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/EN/05/hb140_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **60–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derek Merrin — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Young, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Brinkman — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Reported
- **2021-04-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Passed `passage`
- **2022-06-01** Reported
- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/13/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5006e2ed-27b8-463c-97fc-2cab60ffcf84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).