---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards persons authorized to go armed within school safety zone"
description: "Regards persons authorized to go armed within school safety zone"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 99"
citation: "Ohio HB 99 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Education", "Education", "Finance and Appropriations", "Firearms", "Law Enforcement", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Hall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d449f6-59fd-47b0-b94e-56dc469dbe6e"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb99/"
source_hash: "212a38f254e3f748aa8006d3bc1769a8328ba739d274e362fa1db7681294bd1e"
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 99 (134) — Regards persons authorized to go armed within school safety zone

## 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/hb99/IN/00/hb99_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/hb99/PH/02/hb99_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/hb99/PS/04/hb99_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Criminal Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb99/RH/01/hb99_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb99/RS/03/hb99_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb99/EN/05/hb99_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **56–35** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–5** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **59–33** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **23–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Hall — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jena Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — 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`
- **2021-11-10** Reported
- **2021-11-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-11-23** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-11-30** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** Passed `passage`
- **2022-06-01** Reported
- **2022-06-01** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/12/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0d449f6-59fd-47b0-b94e-56dc469dbe6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).