---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit sale restrictions on motor vehicle based on power source"
description: "Prohibit sale restrictions on motor vehicle based on power source"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "Ohio HB 201 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air and Water Pollution Control", "Commerce", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Environment and Natural Resources", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Hillyer", "Steve Demetriou"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2023-06-06"
last_action: "2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d4e86c4-7540-4b53-a22b-5666ead60f45"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb201/"
source_hash: "82509146d84f39d7b5acba47ea950493f2c0ee6e0d80b4adae3eaf558a8b34b8"
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 201 (135) — Prohibit sale restrictions on motor vehicle based on power source

## 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/hb201/IN/00/hb201_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/hb201/PH/02/hb201_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/hb201/PS/04/hb201_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Transportation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb201/RH/01/hb201_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb201/RS/03/hb201_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb201/EN/05/hb201_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **70–23** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **70–23** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **60–31** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **60–31** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **60–31** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **70–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Hillyer — primary (person)
- Steve Demetriou — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Al Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Angela King — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Lear — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lorenz — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Thomas, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Miller, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Robb Blasdel — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rob McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Roy Klopfenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-06-07** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-04** Reported
- **2023-11-15** Passed `passage`
- **2023-11-21** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-12-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-12-13** Informally passed
- **2023-12-13** Reported
- **2023-12-13** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/28/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d4e86c4-7540-4b53-a22b-5666ead60f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).