republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/132/hb-52.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate solicitation of certain deeds"
description: "Regulate solicitation of certain deeds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 52"
citation: "Ohio HB 52 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Commerce", "Uniform Commercial Code", "Housing and Real Property", "Housing and Real Property", "Real Estate Transactions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Rezabek"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c420bfc3-cbab-4187-bffd-3eacd1402883"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb52/"
source_hash: "0ad45cf9192c43223018d5571ac0ef0da6afaa4a3a15a3b0b02b3c4cc3226ef3"
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 52 (132) — Regulate solicitation of certain deeds

## 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/hb52/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/hb52/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb52/PS/04?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_132/bills/hb52/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb52/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb52/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- crpt_301 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Rezabek — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Charleta B. Tavares — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Clifford Rosenberger — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Pelanda — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Strahorn — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Conditt — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ashford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Duffey — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Balderson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Reported
- **2017-03-22** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-17** Reported
- **2018-01-31** Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2018-05-11T04:00:00+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/c420bfc3-cbab-4187-bffd-3eacd1402883`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).