---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs"
description: "To enact sections 3727.81, 3727.811, and 5119.192 of the Revised Code to require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Ohio SB 137 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5577d237-eabc-4417-a026-d82ebb9abb0f"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb137/"
source_hash: "1e7b59ed6d04f4f74bbbf21d23cc5acaa5da49dd570c136e74a872db165da5fd"
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 137 (136) — Require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs

To enact sections 3727.81, 3727.811, and 5119.192 of the Revised Code to require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs under certain circumstances.

## 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/sb137/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb137/04_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb137/02_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/sb137/03_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/sb137/01_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb137/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Reported — **13–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **80–11** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported — **5–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Amended
- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/9/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5577d237-eabc-4417-a026-d82ebb9abb0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).