---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the use of owls in the sport of falconry"
description: "Authorizes the use of owls in the sport of falconry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Ohio SB 28 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment and Natural Resources", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Hunting and Fishing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Hoagland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-08-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d29f65-2729-427c-85ff-a6c8493723b3"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb28/"
source_hash: "f0701e9ceddf3bb6a374ab0881a7baabfcd15450995e95406fea89a28323b0f2"
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 28 (134) — Authorizes the use of owls in the sport of falconry

## 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/sb28/IN/00/sb28_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/sb28/PH/04/sb28_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/sb28/PS/02/sb28_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb28/RH/03/sb28_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb28/RS/01/sb28_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb28/EN/05/sb28_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **69–23** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank Hoagland — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Reported
- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Reported
- **2021-02-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-03** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-08-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 8/10/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4d29f65-2729-427c-85ff-a6c8493723b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).