---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards education regulation reform"
description: "Regards education regulation reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Ohio SB 168 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michele Reynolds"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 19
first_action: "2023-10-03"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5fc60a1-ec43-4473-ac45-87eae63e6b06"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb168/"
source_hash: "889af6ff12f82097d15dc4fb66ab2eabecdc84ed33e9ee0ca9ef8861c7c60fad"
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 168 (135) — Regards education regulation reform

## 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/sb168/IN/00/sb168_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/sb168/PH/04/sb168_04_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/sb168/PS/02/sb168_02_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/sb168/RH/03/sb168_03_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/sb168/RS/01/sb168_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb168/EN/05/sb168_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michele Reynolds — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Santucci — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-10-11** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-12-13** Reported
- **2023-12-19** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported
- **2024-06-26** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Passed `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/a5fc60a1-ec43-4473-ac45-87eae63e6b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).