---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate"
description: "To amend sections 2127.38 and 5721.10 of the Revised Code to amend the law related to fees for the administration of a probate estate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Ohio HB 55 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging", "Courts and Civil Law", "Health and Human Services", "Wills", "Trusts", "and Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Stewart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-05-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2666cdc3-63b3-492c-9bdc-e1d241c5049e"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb55/"
source_hash: "db06bac6e39d99d4c3d504466fb0aff2410eeac7757e33053a52015cab597072"
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 55 (136) — Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate

To amend sections 2127.38 and 5721.10 of the Revised Code to amend the law related to fees for the administration of a probate estate.

## 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/hb55/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb55/02_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb55/04_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Reported by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb55/01_RH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb55/03_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb55/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported — **7–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported — **11–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Amended
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2026-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2026-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 5/27/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2666cdc3-63b3-492c-9bdc-e1d241c5049e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).