republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/132/hb-18.md

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Bill	Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies	Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	132	HB 18	Ohio HB 18 (132)	bill	Elections	enacted	Dorothy Pelanda Wes Retherford	6	10	5	2017-02-01	2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4c3a7ceb-b275-49ed-a459-60c3f8a73bdd	http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb18/	d8775bd0b4e5973fd7ba5add6f7e93322b5fb40668d39af2f9561544d60aaab5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 18 (132) — Eliminate certain elections to fill Congressional vacancies

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Reported by the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• crpt_301 — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• msg_507 — 68–24 (pass) · lower
• pass_300 — 92–1 (pass) · lower
• crpt_301 — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• pass_300 — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dorothy Pelanda — primary (person)
• Wes Retherford — primary (person)
• Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Patmon — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
• Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
• Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
• Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
• Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
• Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
• J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• John Becker — cosponsor (person)
• John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
• John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
• Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
• Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
• Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Conditt — cosponsor (person)
• Marilyn Slaby — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
• Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
• Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
• Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Duffey — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
• P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
• Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
• Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
• Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
• Wesley Goodman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01 Introduced introduction
• 2017-02-08 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 Introduced reading-1
• 2017-05-03 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-24 Passed passage
• 2017-03-29 Reported
• 2018-06-28 Concurred in Senate amendments amendment-passage
• 2018-06-27 Reported
• 2018-06-27 Passed passage
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Effective became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c3a7ceb-b275-49ed-a459-60c3f8a73bdd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).