---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow government use distributed ledger technology, blockchain"
description: "Allow government use distributed ledger technology, blockchain"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "Ohio HB 177 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Fraizer", "Rick Carfagna"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e225a306-5a80-447b-a15f-7f01a004a918"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/"
source_hash: "7602ded6f9eaa0b3d1dd56c2b72b1e35292fe4ea63f216c141fbf8c993712761"
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 177 (134) — Allow government use distributed ledger technology, blockchain

## 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/hb177/IN/00/hb177_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/hb177/PH/02/hb177_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/hb177/PS/04/hb177_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Technology and Innovation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/RH/01/hb177_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Financial Institutions and Technology Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/RS/03/hb177_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb177/EN/05/hb177_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Fraizer — primary (person)
- Rick Carfagna — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — 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)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Smith, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Zeltwanger — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — 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)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Reported
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-10-19** Reported
- **2021-11-10** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/2/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e225a306-5a80-447b-a15f-7f01a004a918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).