---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds"
description: "Regards fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Ohio SB 91 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime and Punishment", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Schaffer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 10
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72c29d3a-2032-4737-a624-98ab59db654f"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb91/"
source_hash: "71df167b9dc959828445ade84876524f56149ddc681c1faf4ecfaf5582ab1909"
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 91 (135) — Regards fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds

## 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/sb91/IN/00/sb91_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Concurred by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb91/CS/05/sb91_05_CS?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb91/PH/04/sb91_04_PH?format=pdf)
4. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb91/PS/02/sb91_02_PS?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Government Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb91/RH/03/sb91_03_RH?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb91/RS/01/sb91_01_RS?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb91/EN/06/sb91_06_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Schaffer — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Miller, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Robb Blasdel — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Santucci — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — 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)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Demetriou — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Claggett — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reported
- **2023-06-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-06-29** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-09-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2023-12-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-12-13** Reported
- **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/72c29d3a-2032-4737-a624-98ab59db654f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).