republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/hb-4.md

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Bill	Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate programs	Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate programs	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	133	HB 4	Ohio HB 4 (133)	bill	Education Higher Education Education Primary and Secondary Education Employment Workforce Development	enacted	Phillip Robinson Tracy Richardson	6	9	4	2019-05-16	2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1958afb0-ff92-4123-9482-4f50cc6fba3c	http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb4/	3b22186dba0a6a6857694043d1756761281b3794c0760c11463a1552d3e4399f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 4 (133) — Develop industry-recognized credential and certificate programs

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 Economic and Workforce Development Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported - Substitute — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported - Substitute — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 89–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Phillip Robinson — primary (person)
• Tracy Richardson — primary (person)
• Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
• Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
• Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
• Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
• C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
• Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
• Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Craig Riedel — 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)
• Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
• Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
• Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
• Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
• Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
• J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
• Janine Boyd — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
• John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
• John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
• Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
• Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
• Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
• Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
• Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Zeltwanger — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
• Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Randi Clites — 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 Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
• Sean O'Brien — 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)
• Steven Arndt — cosponsor (person)
• Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
• Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Johnson — 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)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-16 Introduced introduction
• 2019-05-21 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-06-05 Reported
• 2019-06-06 Passed passage
• 2019-06-10 Introduced reading-1
• 2019-07-17 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-12-11 Passed passage
• 2019-12-11 Reported
• 2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 4/14/20 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1958afb0-ff92-4123-9482-4f50cc6fba3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).