---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards transfers of structured settlement payment rights"
description: "Regards transfers of structured settlement payment rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Ohio HB 223 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Civil Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Dever"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-05-15"
last_action: "2018-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ff6b90b-42b2-40d8-9d06-fef54ed81637"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb223/"
source_hash: "43fae662e38e28a0535b03d0206c6c4748ad3893b5967ffb9d5520faefa26213"
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 223 (132) — Regards transfers of structured settlement payment rights

## 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/hb223/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/hb223/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/hb223/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb223/RS/03?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb223/RH/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb223/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- msg_507 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Dever — primary (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-05-23** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Reported
- **2017-06-20** Passed `passage`
- **2017-06-22** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-06-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29** Reported
- **2017-12-13** Passed `passage`
- **2017-12-13** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-23T04:00:00+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/5ff6b90b-42b2-40d8-9d06-fef54ed81637`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).