---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow income tax credits for beginning farmers / related business"
description: "Allow income tax credits for beginning farmers / related business"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Ohio HB 95 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Economic Development", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Lightbody", "Susan Manchester"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-07-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a0ae37-c4ec-4ea3-84b4-82be50cb3b95"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb95/"
source_hash: "140b4db53c6fa54f2c7027d3a0cfc9e745a27bad53a9f71e302acbcf366869a2"
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 95 (134) — Allow income tax credits for beginning farmers / related business

## 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/hb95/IN/00/hb95_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/hb95/PH/02/hb95_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/hb95/PS/04/hb95_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb95/RH/01/hb95_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb95/RS/03/hb95_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb95/EN/05/hb95_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Lightbody — primary (person)
- Susan Manchester — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Young, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — 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`
- **2021-03-16** Reported
- **2021-06-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-09-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Reported
- **2022-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-18T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/18/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9a0ae37-c4ec-4ea3-84b4-82be50cb3b95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).