---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards public school staff member professional duties"
description: "Regards public school staff member professional duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "Ohio HB 214 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Primary and Secondary Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Holmes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2023-06-13"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c24d1dea-da0a-44f2-8fab-f3327cc9c410"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb214/"
source_hash: "067321f5d59c497447bfb7ea2261c6cc72633830c30212f3b16b53a0986ad458"
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 214 (135) — Regards public school staff member professional duties

## 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_135/bills/hb214/IN/00/hb214_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb214/PH/02/hb214_02_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb214/PS/04/hb214_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb214/RH/01/hb214_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb214/RS/03/hb214_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb214/EN/05/hb214_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **62–30** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **64–30** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **62–30** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **64–30** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **62–30** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **64–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adam Holmes — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Angela King — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Lear — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-06-20** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-15** Passed `passage`
- **2023-11-15** Reported
- **2023-11-21** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-12-06** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Passed `passage`
- **2024-06-26** Reported
- **2024-06-27** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/24/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c24d1dea-da0a-44f2-8fab-f3327cc9c410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).