---
type: "Bill"
title: "Specify that certain hospital nonprofits are separate entities"
description: "Specify that certain hospital nonprofits are separate entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "Ohio HB 222 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Local Government", "Public Health", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane Wilkin", "Terrence Upchurch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f5e243a-a1ee-4650-98fc-706af042f52a"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb222/"
source_hash: "a889afcc9be72c4df0dec3b014147ae2f715ca1ddbb3ab5e295da4d39f74e5d0"
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 222 (134) — Specify that certain hospital nonprofits are separate entities

## 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/hb222/IN/00/hb222_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/hb222/PH/02/hb222_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/hb222/PS/04/hb222_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb222/RH/01/hb222_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb222/RS/03/hb222_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb222/EN/05/hb222_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shane Wilkin — primary (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-23** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reported
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported
- **2021-06-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/30/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f5e243a-a1ee-4650-98fc-706af042f52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).