---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Drive Ohio Byways Month"
description: "Designate Drive Ohio Byways Month"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Ohio HB 159 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Riedel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-23"
last_action: "2018-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c0b24a-d218-49b7-b682-37a739879a84"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb159/"
source_hash: "9a9462e255ea0df4f04eb62b972f6e003a8cc5e4e1ce915ac7f8d5e2131720ec"
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 159 (132) — Designate Drive Ohio Byways Month

## 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/hb159/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/hb159/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/hb159/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Transportation and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb159/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb159/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb159/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- msg_507 — **84–3** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- pass_300 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig Riedel — primary (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Reece — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Wesley Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Reported
- **2017-09-19** Passed `passage`
- **2017-09-21** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-09-27** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** Reported
- **2018-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-28T04:00:00+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/25c0b24a-d218-49b7-b682-37a739879a84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).