---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate required assessment for high school graduation"
description: "Eliminate required assessment for high school graduation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 82"
citation: "Ohio HB 82 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Jones", "Jon Cross"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4969b65-a022-423a-9fbd-762ea12ac39d"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb82/"
source_hash: "271ff5ac3283c88deefa5e5c3a5dda6982919ab019ef1a932b7f0f4285e2388a"
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 82 (134) — Eliminate required assessment for high school graduation

## 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/hb82/IN/00/hb82_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/hb82/PH/02/hb82_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/hb82/PS/04/hb82_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **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/hb82/RH/01/hb82_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **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/hb82/RS/03/hb82_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb82/EN/05/hb82_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Jones — primary (person)
- Jon Cross — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — 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)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Manchester — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** Reported
- **2021-06-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-06-23** Reported
- **2021-06-24** Amendments laid over under the rule
- **2021-06-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-06-25** Concurred in Senate amendments `passage`
- **2021-06-15** 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/c4969b65-a022-423a-9fbd-762ea12ac39d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).