---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate April as Ohio Native Plant Month"
description: "Designate April as Ohio Native Plant Month"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Ohio HB 59 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment and Natural Resources", "Special Designations", "Special Designations", "Observances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Wiggam"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-10-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4240094-90c9-40c2-b952-ecd35ed56657"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb59/"
source_hash: "8086b70c5bc20e4c19d5a00728a31d5efbc2126099870557feae04b3be3c217a"
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 59 (133) — Designate April as Ohio Native Plant Month

## 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/hb59/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb59/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb59/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_133/bills/hb59/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb59/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb59/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Wiggam — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bernadine Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brigid Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Randi Clites — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Brinkman — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Reported
- **2019-03-28** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-06-27** Reported
- **2019-06-27** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2019-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/17/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4240094-90c9-40c2-b952-ecd35ed56657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).