---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards telecommunications fraud"
description: "Regards telecommunications fraud"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Ohio SB 54 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Crime and Punishment", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Telecommunications", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theresa Gavarone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/939bceb7-4bd5-43b7-83d9-c2f9a011ef06"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb54/"
source_hash: "43ee9756e8667d3dd3716efe51111edca8a75e1ea309316dd0a730af06d9ec94"
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 54 (134) — Regards telecommunications fraud

## 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/sb54/IN/00/sb54_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/sb54/PH/04/sb54_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/sb54/PS/02/sb54_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Criminal Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb54/RH/03/sb54_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/sb54/RS/01/sb54_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb54/EN/05/sb54_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **85–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Theresa Gavarone — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — 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.

- **2021-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-10-27** Reported
- **2021-04-06** Reported
- **2021-11-17** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/2/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/939bceb7-4bd5-43b7-83d9-c2f9a011ef06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).