---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise travel insurance law"
description: "Revise travel insurance law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 256"
citation: "Ohio SB 256 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Wilson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-19"
last_action: "2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bac4445c-18fc-45e3-9c83-938d87cc01aa"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb256/"
source_hash: "001a7ec69927a587bbebe4223aa8ddbd2c58d37f1264b87ed6db574c84b6b361"
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 256 (134) — Revise travel insurance law

## 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/sb256/IN/00/sb256_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/sb256/PH/04/sb256_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/sb256/PS/02/sb256_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Insurance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb256/RH/03/sb256_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/sb256/RS/01/sb256_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb256/EN/05/sb256_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Wilson — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-10-20** 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`
- **2022-03-23** Reported
- **2022-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/21/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bac4445c-18fc-45e3-9c83-938d87cc01aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).