---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards child born alive after attempted abortion"
description: "Regards child born alive after attempted abortion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Ohio SB 157 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Huffman, S.", "Terry Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-13"
last_action: "2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ff7b29e-19bb-4324-a981-d8e76405b337"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb157/"
source_hash: "425db82b73fa3aaa9133243fff227ad440cac40dbb297949572d62888a97a8e0"
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 SB 157 (134) — Regards child born alive after attempted abortion

## 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/sb157/IN/00/sb157_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/sb157/PH/04/sb157_04_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/sb157/PS/02/sb157_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Families, Aging, and Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb157/RH/03/sb157_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb157/RS/01/sb157_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb157/EN/05/sb157_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **10–4** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **61–35** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephen Huffman, S. — primary (person)
- Terry Johnson — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — 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)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Manchester — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-02** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-01** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-12-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-12-08** Reported
- **2021-12-15** Concurred in House amendments `passage`
- **2021-10-27** Reported
- **2021-10-27** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/23/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ff7b29e-19bb-4324-a981-d8e76405b337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).