---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study regional economic development alliances"
description: "Study regional economic development alliances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 122"
citation: "Ohio HB 122 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "State and Local Government", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Rogers", "Stephen Hambley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2018-08-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6bf6ccc-b70d-44fc-ac03-e5354daebd90"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb122/"
source_hash: "88b3348c9ca6c42dabc3fd5fc15f0cffa6f2dc6008f07509ee50c89e447fce4d"
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 122 (132) — Study regional economic development alliances

## 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/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb122/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb122/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb122/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb122/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb122/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb122/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- pass_300 — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- msg_507 — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Rogers — primary (person)
- Stephen Hambley — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bernadine Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Celebrezze — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Reported
- **2017-09-12** Passed `passage`
- **2017-09-14** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-09-27** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Reported
- **2018-04-11** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6bf6ccc-b70d-44fc-ac03-e5354daebd90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).