---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards condos, planned communities, and the New Community Law"
description: "Regards condos, planned communities, and the New Community Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Ohio SB 61 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing and Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis Blessing", "Nickie Antonio"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a485dc-413a-41c4-bf49-25f30f45b377"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb61/"
source_hash: "f82617b2e2c16c4aeb3d810943f4c5ac4ff750bd41868f7c2d56870287f1a5bb"
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 61 (134) — Regards condos, planned communities, and the New Community 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/sb61/IN/00/sb61_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/sb61/PH/04/sb61_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/sb61/PS/02/sb61_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/sb61/RH/03/sb61_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb61/RS/01/sb61_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb61/EN/05/sb61_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **81–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louis Blessing — primary (person)
- Nickie Antonio — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Passed `passage`
- **2022-01-26** Reported
- **2022-02-01** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** Reported
- **2022-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2022-06-01** Concurred in House amendments `passage`
- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/13/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94a485dc-413a-41c4-bf49-25f30f45b377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).