---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Ohio Stroke Awareness Week"
description: "To enact section 5.2540 of the Revised Code to designate the first week of May as \"Ohio Stroke Awareness Week.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Ohio SB 20 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Observances", "Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan H. Manning", "Nickie J. Antonio"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5e2b81b-e4d0-43e1-932d-9d754a37d64e"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb20/"
source_hash: "f8c7c6d22d193af6eadd9132885342d63a1fab603ed651bea022a45e6959e4a2"
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 20 (136) — Designate Ohio Stroke Awareness Week

To enact section 5.2540 of the Revised Code to designate the first week of May as "Ohio Stroke Awareness Week."

## 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/sb20/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb20/04_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb20/02_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/sb20/03_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/sb20/01_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb20/05_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Reported — **12–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported — **6–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathan H. Manning — primary (person)
- Nickie J. Antonio — primary (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel F. Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- William P. DeMora — cosponsor (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`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2025-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2025-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 8/27/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5e2b81b-e4d0-43e1-932d-9d754a37d64e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).