---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards venue for appeal from an agency order, court changes"
description: "Regards venue for appeal from an agency order, court changes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Ohio SB 21 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Public Officials and Employees", "State Government", "State and Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michele Reynolds", "Rob McColley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-09-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/628049c0-d44a-4914-b4b8-112d71d18adf"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb21/"
source_hash: "fbc5d7084f5d8ef58bbaa21e68bb96e03479dea6e5a8f98653692c49d2722278"
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 21 (135) — Regards venue for appeal from an agency order, court changes

## 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/sb21/IN/00/sb21_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/sb21/PH/04/sb21_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/sb21/PS/02/sb21_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_135/bills/sb21/RH/03/sb21_03_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/sb21/RS/01/sb21_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb21/EN/05/sb21_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **68–27** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **68–27** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **68–27** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michele Reynolds — primary (person)
- Rob McColley — primary (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — 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.

- **2023-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported
- **2023-02-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** Reported
- **2023-06-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/29/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/628049c0-d44a-4914-b4b8-112d71d18adf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).