---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Council"
description: "Establish Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Ohio SB 144 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment", "Workforce Development", "Health and Human Services", "Mental Health and Disabilities", "State and Local Government", "State Government", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Burke"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-05-03"
last_action: "2018-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26aa6b86-15ef-4df2-bf84-fd577e16cba9"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb144/"
source_hash: "acefc295fe8456d1110f3bc586f999373f4cb12c52154ccb0010e27da4b6a92e"
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 144 (132) — Establish Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Council

## 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/sb144/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/sb144/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/sb144/PS/02?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/sb144/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/sb144/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb144/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- msg_507 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- pass_300 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Burke — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Bernadine Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Cliff Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Pelanda — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-05-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-27** Reported
- **2017-10-02** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-10-10** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-27** Passed `passage`
- **2017-12-06** Reported
- **2018-02-14** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-01T04:00:00+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/26aa6b86-15ef-4df2-bf84-fd577e16cba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).