---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards adoption and foster care home assessor qualifications"
description: "Regards adoption and foster care home assessor qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Ohio SB 239 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile and Family Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis Blessing"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-09-30"
last_action: "2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6932def-204d-4ab9-b509-1c5bfa73bde8"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb239/"
source_hash: "3da47c727742ddedd02fae6759a20d39bd8e2c33a8eb07bfe19b499f5d9bd4aa"
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 239 (134) — Regards adoption and foster care home assessor qualifications

## 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/sb239/IN/00/sb239_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/sb239/PH/04/sb239_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/sb239/PS/02/sb239_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb239/RH/03/sb239_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb239/RS/01/sb239_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb239/EN/05/sb239_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **61–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louis Blessing — primary (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-10-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Reported
- **2022-03-08** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-02** Passed `passage`
- **2022-06-02** Reported
- **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/b6932def-204d-4ab9-b509-1c5bfa73bde8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).