---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Veterans Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day"
description: "Designate Veterans Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Ohio SB 225 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristina Roegner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 8
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b679142e-09c1-4630-9e42-efe35c962d9e"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb225/"
source_hash: "b1535453b230c26113176f3b39287ffb9d22c8ea324e738cc6bba2867765743b"
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 225 (135) — Designate Veterans Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day

## 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/sb225/IN/00/sb225_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/sb225/PH/04/sb225_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/sb225/PS/02/sb225_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb225/RH/03/sb225_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb225/RS/01/sb225_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb225/EN/05/sb225_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristina Roegner — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Angela King — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Piccolantonio — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Lear — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Chavez — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lorenz — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jena Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Whitted — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Pizzulli — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren McNally — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Miller, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Grim — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Robb Blasdel — cosponsor (person)
- Munira Abdullahi — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Santucci — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Roy Klopfenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Demetriou — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica Sims — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** Reported
- **2024-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2024-06-11** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** Reported
- **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/b679142e-09c1-4630-9e42-efe35c962d9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).