---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt personal info of certain persons from public records law"
description: "Exempt personal info of certain persons from public records law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Ohio SB 4 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officials and Employees", "Public Records", "State and Local Government", "State and Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristina Roegner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d13a7691-da1e-4993-ac7c-5eddbaeab578"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb4/"
source_hash: "2b5cb75e52907a7f86484a7e798da09680fb4c37a2cce2c77ae4efac7c562f59"
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 4 (134) — Exempt personal info of certain persons from public records 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/sb4/IN/00/sb4_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/sb4/PH/04/sb4_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/sb4/PS/02/sb4_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb4/RH/03/sb4_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb4/RS/01/sb4_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb4/EN/05/sb4_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **83–10** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristina Roegner — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reported
- **2021-02-10** Reported
- **2021-02-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Concurred in House amendments `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `reading-1`
- **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/d13a7691-da1e-4993-ac7c-5eddbaeab578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).