---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate indemnity clause - certain professional design contracts"
description: "Regulate indemnity clause - certain professional design contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Ohio SB 56 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Courts", "Courts and Civil Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis Blessing"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4885c087-48a7-4fe7-8117-5f7b94a463b0"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb56/"
source_hash: "25f9a7c036c39fc164f890f0177230043bd5fc6d11ca975aff9b05eab8e4b64e"
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 56 (134) — Regulate indemnity clause - certain professional design contracts

## 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/sb56/IN/00/sb56_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/sb56/PH/04/sb56_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/sb56/PS/02/sb56_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the Committee of Conference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb56/CR/05/sb56_05_CR?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb56/RH/03/sb56_03_RH?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb56/RS/01/sb56_01_RS?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb56/EN/06/sb56_06_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Refused to concur in Senate amendments — **0–32** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to — **78–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Louis Blessing — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Reported
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-11-17** Reported
- **2022-01-26** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Refused to concur in House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-30** Insist on amendments; asks for committee of conference
- **2022-04-05** Conference managers: Sens. - Blessing, McColley, Thomas
- **2022-11-14** Conference managers: Reps. - Seitz, Cutrona, Galonski
- **2022-11-14** Conference managers: Reps. - Seitz, Cutrona, Galonski
- **2022-11-30** Conference report agreed to
- **2022-12-01** Conference report agreed to
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/14/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4885c087-48a7-4fe7-8117-5f7b94a463b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).