---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards workers' compensation and employees who work from home"
description: "Regards workers' compensation and employees who work from home"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Ohio HB 447 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment", "Employment", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Lampton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-10-06"
last_action: "2022-09-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4831010a-7405-4b73-9a5a-87dd7b20dd78"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb447/"
source_hash: "86e03c6f78ee68d9db4ca68da1fdf692d8dea9bd247310d5a0fc196f47bf37d5"
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 447 (134) — Regards workers' compensation and employees who work from home

## 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/hb447/IN/00/hb447_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/hb447/PH/02/hb447_02_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/hb447/PS/04/hb447_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Insurance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb447/RH/01/hb447_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Insurance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb447/RS/03/hb447_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb447/EN/05/hb447_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Lampton — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-10-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Reported
- **2022-02-16** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** Reported
- **2022-06-01** Passed `passage`
- **2022-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/23/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4831010a-7405-4b73-9a5a-87dd7b20dd78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).