---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results"
description: "To amend sections 4723.091, 4723.092, and 4723.28 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "Ohio HB 440 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Stewart", "Kellie Deeter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-09-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3004c32-1366-4d15-b4a4-c42e94a36585"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb440/"
source_hash: "db54e3d0e517613e13ebbc33a70e8d7170f6844d477d2fb59e0edef354aa5eb6"
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 440 (136) — Regards the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results

To amend sections 4723.091, 4723.092, and 4723.28 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results and to declare an emergency.

## 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/hb440/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb440/02_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb440/04_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb440/01_RH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb440/03_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb440/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Reported — **6–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported — **12–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Stewart — primary (person)
- Kellie Deeter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+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`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 12/18/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3004c32-1366-4d15-b4a4-c42e94a36585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).