---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the law regarding bail"
description: "Revise the law regarding bail"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Ohio HB 191 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Seitz", "D. J. Swearingen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-05-30"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc5609d9-e98e-4544-83b6-e23b773cb4c5"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb191/"
source_hash: "9f112a05fceb6438d4b8bac3a10c32ebb660d71150359151dd94dadf403392a0"
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 191 (135) — Revise the law regarding bail

## 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/hb191/IN/00/hb191_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/hb191/PH/02/hb191_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/hb191/PS/04/hb191_04_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_135/bills/hb191/RH/01/hb191_01_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_135/bills/hb191/RS/03/hb191_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb191/EN/05/hb191_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Seitz — primary (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — primary (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Al Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Miller, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Grim — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Robb Blasdel — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Claggett — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-06-07** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Reported
- **2023-06-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-06-21** Reported
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/30/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc5609d9-e98e-4544-83b6-e23b773cb4c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).