---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards Nonprofit Corporation Law and dissolving corporations"
description: "Regards Nonprofit Corporation Law and dissolving corporations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 301"
citation: "Ohio HB 301 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Courts", "Courts and Civil Law", "Courts and Civil Law", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Juvenile and Family Law", "Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. J. Swearingen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-10-18"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aec1777-a566-46f9-994f-56c016837ac5"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb301/"
source_hash: "2fc381de235bc88fde335bbd90e995630a41766e4b0755b59ae022256a8a845c"
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 301 (135) — Regards Nonprofit Corporation Law and dissolving corporations

## 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/hb301/IN/00/hb301_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/hb301/PH/02/hb301_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/hb301/PS/04/hb301_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Civil Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb301/RH/01/hb301_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb301/RS/03/hb301_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb301/EN/05/hb301_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **63–29** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **63–29** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **63–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. J. Swearingen — primary (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lorenz — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Robb Blasdel — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-10-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Reported
- **2024-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** 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/0aec1777-a566-46f9-994f-56c016837ac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).