---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make counterfeiting a corrupt activity crime"
description: "Make counterfeiting a corrupt activity crime"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 405"
citation: "Ohio HB 405 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Perales"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-02"
last_action: "2019-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a99ecd8d-cb4b-4130-adc7-b4cd948f8301"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb405/"
source_hash: "9a18a5e139ad958ceb36ee1a3bd7df95077e14b5cb0e2f16a229f9617a5eae9c"
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 405 (132) — Make counterfeiting a corrupt activity crime

## 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/hb405/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/hb405/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/hb405/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Criminal Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb405/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb405/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb405/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- pass_300 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Perales — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Patmon — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- John Boccieri — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Henne — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Celebrezze — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Zeltwanger — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-11-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Reported
- **2018-03-21** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2018-04-11** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported
- **2018-09-25** Passed `passage`
- **2018-09-25** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2019-01-22T05:00:00+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/a99ecd8d-cb4b-4130-adc7-b4cd948f8301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).