---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify cemetery law"
description: "Modify cemetery law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Ohio HB 168 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dick Stein"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab2e8d41-d6dc-429e-8095-3d749b16772f"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/"
source_hash: "5e1633c6603701ff957e2495d29bd4dd934c30699437f0f10c5a9b4fe8192c66"
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 168 (132) — Modify cemetery law

## 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_132/bills/hb168/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/PH/04?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/PS/06?format=pdf)
4. **As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/RCH/02?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/RH/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/RH/01?format=pdf)
7. **As Reported by the Senate Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/RS/05?format=pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb168/EN/07?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- pass_300 — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dick Stein — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- John Boccieri — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Wes Retherford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** Re-referred
- **2017-05-31** Re-referred
- **2017-09-21** Reported
- **2017-10-23** Passed `passage`
- **2017-10-25** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-11-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported
- **2018-06-27** Passed `passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab2e8d41-d6dc-429e-8095-3d749b16772f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).