---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enable insurers auto enroll purchasers-digital communications"
description: "Enable insurers auto enroll purchasers-digital communications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "Ohio SB 236 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Lang", "Steve Wilson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-09-28"
last_action: "2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e0b53a0-fb07-4d76-91aa-b1d11b322873"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb236/"
source_hash: "b580915c1ea305d516c02ebb35abbdfb1ac8aa63c4518bf1a47872483af646f4"
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 236 (134) — Enable insurers auto enroll purchasers-digital communications

## 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/sb236/IN/00/sb236_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/sb236/PH/04/sb236_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/sb236/PS/02/sb236_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Technology and Innovation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb236/RH/03/sb236_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Insurance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb236/RS/01/sb236_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb236/EN/05/sb236_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Lang — primary (person)
- Steve Wilson — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-10-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-15** Reported
- **2022-01-26** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-01** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** Reported
- **2022-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-25** Concurred in House amendments `passage`
- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/13/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e0b53a0-fb07-4d76-91aa-b1d11b322873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).