---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conduct performance audits of state higher ed institutions"
description: "Conduct performance audits of state higher ed institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Ohio SB 120 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Higher Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education", "State and Local Government", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Rulli", "Robert McColley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/491dfbfd-db41-46f3-b863-ccf8b0bcfa00"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb120/"
source_hash: "6fc9c5b38709e83c6025c62b0c86f1708d3036e7a987c074fe58594842246bd5"
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 120 (133) — Conduct performance audits of state higher ed institutions

## 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/sb120/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Concurred by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb120/CS/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/sb120/PH/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb120/PS/02?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Higher Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb120/RH/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Higher Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb120/RS/01?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb120/EN/06?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **23–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Rulli — primary (person)
- Robert McColley — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Reported
- **2019-05-06** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-25** Reported
- **2020-01-31** Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 5/1/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/491dfbfd-db41-46f3-b863-ccf8b0bcfa00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).