---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards educator licenses for substitute teachers"
description: "Regards educator licenses for substitute teachers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 583"
citation: "Ohio HB 583 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Finance and Appropriations", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Bird", "Don Jones"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-09-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0734e098-f2a7-4813-8925-7e454511650b"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/"
source_hash: "28aec4c66ad8a9f0802f3ee7ce8ecee3e3bbd379278ead042f1c0ab7a3c9d6ec"
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 583 (134) — Regards educator licenses for substitute teachers

## 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/hb583/IN/00/hb583_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Concurred by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/CH/07/hb583_07_CH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/PH/04/hb583_04_PH?format=pdf)
4. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/PS/06/hb583_06_PS?format=pdf)
5. **As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/RCH/02/hb583_02_RCH?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/RH/03/hb583_03_RH?format=pdf)
7. **As Reported by the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/RH/01/hb583_01_RH?format=pdf)
8. **As Reported by the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/RS/05/hb583_05_RS?format=pdf)
9. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb583/EN/08/hb583_08_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **56–36** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **21–2** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **80–10** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adam Bird — primary (person)
- Don Jones — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-01** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Reported
- **2022-03-29** Reported
- **2022-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Reported
- **2022-04-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-25** Reported
- **2022-06-01** Concurred in Senate amendments `passage`
- **2022-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/23/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0734e098-f2a7-4813-8925-7e454511650b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).