---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deliver notices by ordinary mail or electronically"
description: "Deliver notices by ordinary mail or electronically"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 34"
citation: "Ohio HB 34 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing and Real Property", "Foreclosures", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Ryan", "Stephen Hambley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2018-11-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec4bb75-a1b2-428a-ac92-1a8848b3b125"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb34/"
source_hash: "4c810658da4010bc0b5bb26772564353ccd45fd9a6eb63d5046bb02a99584ee2"
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 34 (132) — Deliver notices by ordinary mail or electronically

## 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/hb34/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/hb34/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/hb34/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/hb34/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/hb34/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb34/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- msg_507 — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott Ryan — primary (person)
- Stephen Hambley — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Pelanda — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Bishoff — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Conditt — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Henne — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Wesley Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Reported
- **2017-02-27** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-02** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reported
- **2018-07-10** Passed `passage`
- **2018-07-24** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-11-02T04:00:00+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/8ec4bb75-a1b2-428a-ac92-1a8848b3b125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).