---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate July as \"Sarcoma Awareness Month\"; name act Hank's Law"
description: "Designate July as \"Sarcoma Awareness Month\"; name act Hank's Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Ohio SB 34 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Schaffer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2024-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5456fc8f-7afb-40c4-8806-555391bf84da"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb34/"
source_hash: "45df152fccdbd03aa32f2e06206658443ed08a644ddbe851d6a4722b1630e529"
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 34 (135) — Designate July as "Sarcoma Awareness Month"; name act Hank's Law

## 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/sb34/IN/00/sb34_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/sb34/PH/04/sb34_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/sb34/PS/02/sb34_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Public Health Policy Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb34/RH/03/sb34_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb34/RS/01/sb34_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb34/EN/05/sb34_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tim Schaffer — primary (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lorenz — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren McNally — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Grim — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Munira Abdullahi — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Reported
- **2023-05-22** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-12** Reported
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-11-15** Passed `passage`
- **2024-09-09** Sent to Governor
- **2024-09-09** Sent to Governor
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/14/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5456fc8f-7afb-40c4-8806-555391bf84da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).