---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand court jurisdiction to any constitutional basis"
description: "Expand court jurisdiction to any constitutional basis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Ohio HB 272 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Civil Law", "Courts and Civil Law", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Hillyer", "Scott Oelslager"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2020-12-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f5289c9-aa0b-4184-a41c-4db2b00ced42"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb272/"
source_hash: "e19236b67adb83ae6939efd830f9be4d1bf2e5ccc0ad31ccaf622008b69c84fa"
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 272 (133) — Expand court jurisdiction to any constitutional basis

## 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_133/bills/hb272/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Concurred by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb272/CH/05?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb272/PH/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb272/PS/04?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_133/bills/hb272/RH/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb272/RS/03?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb272/EN/06?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **59–35** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brett Hillyer — primary (person)
- Scott Oelslager — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-06-05** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-16** Reported
- **2019-11-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-11-14** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-12-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Reported
- **2020-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2020-08-31** Amendments laid over under the rule
- **2020-09-01** Concurred in Senate amendments `passage`
- **2020-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 12/16/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f5289c9-aa0b-4184-a41c-4db2b00ced42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).