---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify"
description: "To enact sections 4151.01, 4151.02, 4151.03, 4151.04, 4151.05, 4151.06, and 4151.07 of the Revised Code to require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Ohio HB 246 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Law", "Courts", "Courts and Civil Law", "Employment", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. J. Swearingen", "Tex Fischer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d16707fb-1401-4375-9509-413fcd8d619d"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/"
source_hash: "dfe8f68bdb83ca965deb63dc5591db611f431a787df7dfa35be40984d04f0ab1"
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 HB 246 (136) — Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify

To enact sections 4151.01, 4151.02, 4151.03, 4151.04, 4151.05, 4151.06, and 4151.07 of the Revised Code to require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry.

## 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/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/02_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/04_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Reported by the House Commerce and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/01_RH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Workforce Development Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/03_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Passed — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported — **5–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported — **9–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. J. Swearingen — primary (person)
- Tex Fischer — primary (person)
- David Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/20/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d16707fb-1401-4375-9509-413fcd8d619d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).