---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt certain utility supply contracts from 10-year maximum"
description: "Exempt certain utility supply contracts from 10-year maximum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Ohio HB 87 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Stephens", "Marilyn John"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efca33d8-f9c0-4f1d-9750-381a3804859e"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb87/"
source_hash: "ffd047c79bed2ceae64c338fa5ebbdef3d4c5c06456f01835ea0f9a1911f39bc"
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 87 (134) — Exempt certain utility supply contracts from 10-year maximum

## 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/hb87/IN/00/hb87_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/hb87/PH/02/hb87_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/hb87/PS/04/hb87_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb87/RH/01/hb87_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/hb87/RS/03/hb87_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb87/EN/05/hb87_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Stephens — primary (person)
- Marilyn John — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — 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`
- **2021-03-10** Reported
- **2021-03-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Reported
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 5/17/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efca33d8-f9c0-4f1d-9750-381a3804859e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).