---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide assistance to schools and other entities"
description: "Provide assistance to schools and other entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "Ohio HB 170 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Bird", "Tracy Richardson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/978e6a94-94d3-4b34-8897-dac76339b7ca"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/"
source_hash: "3b571d0cb56dbab023ab79e3a469f05b379270cc92a3839fe98b0d2d0d0ee031"
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 170 (134) — Provide assistance to schools and other entities

## 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_134/bills/hb170/IN/00/hb170_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/PH/04/hb170_04_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/PS/06/hb170_06_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/RCH/02/hb170_02_RCH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/RH/03/hb170_03_RH?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/RH/01/hb170_01_RH?format=pdf)
7. **As Reported by the Senate Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/RS/05/hb170_05_RS?format=pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb170/EN/07/hb170_07_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adam Bird — primary (person)
- Tracy Richardson — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Brigid Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Smith, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Reported
- **2021-03-23** Reported
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Reported
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Reported
- **2021-05-26** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/2/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/978e6a94-94d3-4b34-8897-dac76339b7ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).