---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create payment assurance program for design professionals"
description: "Create payment assurance program for design professionals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Ohio SB 49 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Hottinger", "Vernon Sykes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d4e71f1-485a-4bfc-9734-c66c59b0862b"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb49/"
source_hash: "e332bb137665c5a504420263c98100ca7387c08de400f3bf879c2f8b40cac755"
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 49 (134) — Create payment assurance program for design professionals

## 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/sb49/IN/00/sb49_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/sb49/PH/04/sb49_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/sb49/PS/02/sb49_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Commerce and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb49/RH/03/sb49_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/sb49/RS/01/sb49_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb49/EN/05/sb49_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Hottinger — primary (person)
- Vernon Sykes — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Reported
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** Reported
- **2021-06-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Amendments laid over under the rule
- **2021-06-23** Concurred in House amendments `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/30/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d4e71f1-485a-4bfc-9734-c66c59b0862b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).