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type: "Bill"
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title: "Enact Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act"
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description: "Enact Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
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legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
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session: "134"
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identifier: "HB 140"
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citation: "Ohio HB 140 (134)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections", "Housing and Real Property", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Derek Merrin"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-02-18"
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last_action: "2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5006e2ed-27b8-463c-97fc-2cab60ffcf84"
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source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/"
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source_hash: "55efa03949e87d967c90fdd1ba0787a637c247c70ecf899c024b277c686b610e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
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---
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# Ohio HB 140 (134) — Enact Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/IN/00/hb140_00_IN?format=pdf)
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2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/PH/02/hb140_02_PH?format=pdf)
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3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/PS/04/hb140_04_PS?format=pdf)
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4. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/RH/01/hb140_01_RH?format=pdf)
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5. **As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/RS/03/hb140_03_RS?format=pdf)
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6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb140/EN/05/hb140_05_EN?format=pdf)
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## Votes
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- Pass — **22–10** (pass) · upper
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- Reported - Substitute — **10–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Pass — **60–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Derek Merrin — primary (person)
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- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
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- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
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- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bob Young, B. — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
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- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
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- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
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- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
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- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
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- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
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- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
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- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
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- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
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- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
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- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
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- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
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- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
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- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
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- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
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- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
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- Tom Brinkman — cosponsor (person)
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- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-14** Reported
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- **2021-04-28** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-27** Introduced `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2022-06-01** Reported
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- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/13/22 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5006e2ed-27b8-463c-97fc-2cab60ffcf84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
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