---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act"
description: "Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Ohio SB 139 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State and Local Government", "Public Records", "State and Local Government", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Eklund", "Michael Skindell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2018-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0788b921-4499-4240-bd65-f4b9dc018de3"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb139/"
source_hash: "639227908e3a33737ed20638eedc1228db617b21a230a40a3e86a017866f5625"
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 SB 139 (132) — Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

## 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/sb139/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/sb139/PH/04?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb139/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb139/RH/03?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/sb139/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb139/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Eklund — primary (person)
- Michael Skindell — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
- John Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-05-03** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-25** Passed `passage`
- **2017-10-25** Reported
- **2017-10-26** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-10-31** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Reported
- **2018-06-07** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** Senate Bill - No amendment
- **2018-06-07** Manually Generate Message Element
- **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/0788b921-4499-4240-bd65-f4b9dc018de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).