---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide qualified immunity to camp operators for inherent risks"
description: "Provide qualified immunity to camp operators for inherent risks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Ohio HB 229 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Law", "Courts and Civil Law", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. J. Swearingen", "Shane Wilkin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2022-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3149d14-9c3b-4f00-ab3a-43551abd9f29"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb229/"
source_hash: "213982a35addc6871be61cdc6b68be7ded84e6833c94c680ceaa03fbeea1a20e"
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 229 (134) — Provide qualified immunity to camp operators for inherent risks

## 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/hb229/IN/00/hb229_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/hb229/PH/02/hb229_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/hb229/PS/04/hb229_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/hb229/RH/01/hb229_01_RH?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_134/bills/hb229/RS/03/hb229_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb229/EN/05/hb229_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **60–31** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **65–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. J. Swearingen — primary (person)
- Shane Wilkin — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Reported
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-12-08** Reported
- **2022-01-26** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 5/30/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3149d14-9c3b-4f00-ab3a-43551abd9f29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).