---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excuse breast-feeding mothers from jury service"
description: "Excuse breast-feeding mothers from jury service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 34"
citation: "Ohio HB 34 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Care", "Courts", "Courts and Civil Law", "Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela King", "Roy Klopfenstein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2024-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/341960e0-588d-4723-ab17-4a0287d22c84"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb34/"
source_hash: "9eb90a1ea617f1d5c61dc38edc3c9a3245b26c08c0aa88aa93ef257074b16d18"
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 34 (135) — Excuse breast-feeding mothers from jury service

## 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/hb34/IN/00/hb34_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/hb34/PH/02/hb34_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/hb34/PS/04/hb34_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/hb34/RH/01/hb34_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/hb34/RS/03/hb34_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb34/EN/05/hb34_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela King — primary (person)
- Roy Klopfenstein — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Lear — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lorenz — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jena Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Pizzulli — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren McNally — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Miller, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Grim — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Munira Abdullahi — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rob McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Demetriou — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Claggett — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Reported
- **2023-02-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-09-12** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-09-13** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Reported
- **2024-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/23/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/341960e0-588d-4723-ab17-4a0287d22c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).