---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards criminal case competency and enters Ohio into PSYPACT"
description: "Regards criminal case competency and enters Ohio into PSYPACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Ohio SB 2 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Health and Human Services", "Mental Health and Disabilities", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theresa Gavarone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-08-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13eb533-6b7b-4073-a41d-cba330a18ea2"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb2/"
source_hash: "dcfc8d4fb126f51d8a266123795aec6d6f29e7f4eb4a1f3d78255ec7afd5b145"
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 2 (134) — Regards criminal case competency and enters Ohio into PSYPACT

## 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/sb2/IN/00/sb2_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/sb2/PH/04/sb2_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/sb2/PS/02/sb2_02_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/sb2/RH/03/sb2_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb2/RS/01/sb2_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb2/EN/05/sb2_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Theresa Gavarone — primary (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Smith, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Reported
- **2021-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Concurred in House amendments `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Reported
- **2021-02-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-08-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 8/3/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13eb533-6b7b-4073-a41d-cba330a18ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).