---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waive minimum instructional hours for specified high school"
description: "To waive required minimum instructional hours for Ashtabula Lakeside High School due to the school building being unusable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "Ohio HB 43 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Thomas", "Sarah Fowler Arthur"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f05921d4-4943-4524-a14f-87a20a1f2db7"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb43/"
source_hash: "96f2f1427e103beca7a1b292a94aabcbbb148fb88e02ea0f6e698157e5dba96e"
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 43 (136) — Waive minimum instructional hours for specified high school

To waive required minimum instructional hours for Ashtabula Lakeside High School due to the school building being unusable.

## 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/hb43/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb43/02_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb43/04_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Reported by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb43/01_RH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb43/03_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb43/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Reported — **6–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- Reported — **11–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Thomas — primary (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2025-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2025-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective Emergency Act `became-law`
- **2025-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 4/21/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f05921d4-4943-4524-a14f-87a20a1f2db7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).