---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards immunizations by pharmacists, pharmacy interns and techs"
description: "Regards immunizations by pharmacists, pharmacy interns and techs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Ohio SB 144 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Long-Term Care", "Medicaid", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation", "Substance Abuse and Addiction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Romanchuk"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-08-28"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d9d8027-a137-490c-908b-d89bc36690bc"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb144/"
source_hash: "c5e88224e7a7585b0d08f5ca005b6f29f3771b32e4b768187dd8d72a6d30e07c"
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 SB 144 (135) — Regards immunizations by pharmacists, pharmacy interns and techs

## 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/sb144/IN/00/sb144_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/sb144/PH/04/sb144_04_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/sb144/PS/02/sb144_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Provider Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb144/RH/03/sb144_03_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_135/bills/sb144/RS/01/sb144_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb144/EN/05/sb144_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Romanchuk — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-09-13** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-12-06** Reported
- **2023-12-12** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-12-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Reported
- **2024-06-26** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Passed `passage`
- **2024-07-26** Line item veto receipt
- **2024-09-09** Sent to Governor
- **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/6d9d8027-a137-490c-908b-d89bc36690bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).