republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/hb-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhance homestead exemption-spouse of killed safety officer"
description: "Enhance homestead exemption-spouse of killed safety officer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Ohio HB 17 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing and Real Property", "Public Safety", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Ginter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db5c56e6-bbee-4ec3-a924-23b83adf04d9"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb17/"
source_hash: "01ccfa64e692ed9982125a1e12f0daec797e313018cd3146f217057aab50f10c"
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 17 (133) — Enhance homestead exemption-spouse of killed safety officer

## 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_133/bills/hb17/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb17/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb17/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb17/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb17/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb17/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Ginter — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Brigid Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Don Manning, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Cera — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-12** Reported
- **2019-11-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-11-26** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-12-04** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Reported
- **2020-09-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 1/15/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db5c56e6-bbee-4ec3-a924-23b83adf04d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).