---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify chemical dependency counselor licensing"
description: "Modify chemical dependency counselor licensing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Ohio HB 5 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation", "Substance Abuse & Addiction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gayle Manning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e514289a-d3e8-438e-8d3d-569eff63f6e2"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb5/"
source_hash: "34d2bb2982c34eb49ab34ef2b1e7e521931f8060b133c8df533771ad2bddaa44"
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 5 (134) — Modify chemical dependency counselor licensing

## 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/hb5/IN/00/hb5_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/hb5/PH/02/hb5_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/hb5/PS/04/hb5_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb5/RH/01/hb5_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb5/RS/03/hb5_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb5/EN/05/hb5_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gayle Manning — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — 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)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Reported
- **2021-02-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Reported
- **2021-06-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** 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/e514289a-d3e8-438e-8d3d-569eff63f6e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).