---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Day"
description: "Designate Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "Ohio HB 537 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Observances", "Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Abrams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-09-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c29fa181-86fc-4191-9a38-f7ff35575831"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb537/"
source_hash: "d0f8a56b07412a475349e7eb2b88e9f2f4db5c58d432f332e4fafe248d3f4815"
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 537 (134) — Designate Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Day

## 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/hb537/IN/00/hb537_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/hb537/PH/02/hb537_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/hb537/PS/04/hb537_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb537/RH/01/hb537_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb537/RS/03/hb537_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb537/EN/05/hb537_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cindy Abrams — primary (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Reported
- **2022-03-23** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Passed `passage`
- **2022-06-01** Reported
- **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/c29fa181-86fc-4191-9a38-f7ff35575831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).