---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize Deferred Comp auto enrollment/state employees"
description: "Authorize Deferred Comp auto enrollment/state employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Ohio SB 27 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Collective Bargaining", "Employment", "Employment", "Public Officials and Employees", "Retirement", "State Government", "State and Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Hottinger"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0c48a67-765c-49d0-a073-6749c29b6267"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb27/"
source_hash: "ab6bd96339a51c0eb262ded0419807ef358fb878c44706550e20a76e67d312ed"
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 27 (134) — Authorize Deferred Comp auto enrollment/state employees

## 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/sb27/IN/00/sb27_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/sb27/PH/04/sb27_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/sb27/PS/02/sb27_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/sb27/RH/03/sb27_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/sb27/RS/01/sb27_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb27/EN/05/sb27_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **76–18** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Hottinger — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Reported
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** Reported
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/7/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0c48a67-765c-49d0-a073-6749c29b6267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).