---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day"
description: "To enact section 5.2540 of the Revised Code to designate February 14 as \"Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Ohio SB 18 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Human Services", "Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hearcel F. Craig", "Michele Reynolds"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd5340c1-3495-4a9a-a1e3-1dc09f614e22"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb18/"
source_hash: "0f96190f4d97c958f3952773f82df66d7c828124622bc366a711cd89479f2a47"
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 18 (136) — Designate Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day

To enact section 5.2540 of the Revised Code to designate February 14 as "Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day."

## 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/sb18/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb18/04_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb18/02_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/sb18/03_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/sb18/01_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb18/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Passed — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported — **12–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported — **7–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hearcel F. Craig — primary (person)
- Michele Reynolds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-06-04T04:00:00+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/fd5340c1-3495-4a9a-a1e3-1dc09f614e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).