---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact Ohio Veterans' Heritage Protection Act re: war relics"
description: "Enact Ohio Veterans' Heritage Protection Act re: war relics"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Ohio SB 59 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "Military and Veterans", "State Government", "State and Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Schaffer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0dc4732-abc1-4746-a79e-8b91b374142e"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb59/"
source_hash: "395e03113a04d5832d15c3e9e4f322be2888cf5d0a341b5ff5cee8478482cb91"
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 59 (134) — Enact Ohio Veterans' Heritage Protection Act re: war relics

## 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/sb59/IN/00/sb59_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/sb59/PH/07/sb59_07_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/sb59/PS/02/sb59_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb59/RCH/04/sb59_04_RCH?format=pdf)
5. **As Re-reported by the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb59/RRH/06/sb59_06_RRH?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb59/RH/03/sb59_03_RH?format=pdf)
7. **As Reported by the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb59/RS/01/sb59_01_RS?format=pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb59/EN/08/sb59_08_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Schaffer — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — 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.

- **2021-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Reported
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Reported
- **2021-05-03** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-10-06** Re-referred
- **2021-10-12** Reported
- **2021-11-01** Reported
- **2021-11-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-12-08** Concurred in House amendments `passage`
- **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/a0dc4732-abc1-4746-a79e-8b91b374142e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).