---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards teacher licensure revocation, hiring practices, conduct"
description: "Regards teacher licensure revocation, hiring practices, conduct"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 147"
citation: "Ohio HB 147 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Miller, A.", "Sarah Fowler Arthur"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5e3abb6-2af9-4775-a352-b1ff20f433aa"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb147/"
source_hash: "fc03fda7d3dac56d0f423230b8c55d01b920a5046573c41c5773cb49c260f5c3"
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 HB 147 (135) — Regards teacher licensure revocation, hiring practices, conduct

## 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_135/bills/hb147/IN/00/hb147_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb147/PH/02/hb147_02_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb147/PS/04/hb147_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb147/RH/01/hb147_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb147/RS/03/hb147_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb147/EN/05/hb147_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **86–4** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **86–4** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **86–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adam Miller, A. — primary (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Lear — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Claggett — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-27** Reported
- **2023-12-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-12-19** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Passed `passage`
- **2024-06-26** Reported
- **2024-06-27** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/24/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5e3abb6-2af9-4775-a352-b1ff20f433aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).