republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/hb-176.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the Athletic Training Law"
description: "Revise the Athletic Training Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Ohio HB 176 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Carfagna", "Thomas Hall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce46378-503a-4f53-8ce0-a65d4baf03c6"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb176/"
source_hash: "db2dbc2fc8cd837bcb778af1b8eaa3f66a3df14e620aea13c219ee67e2314a85"
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 176 (134) — Revise the Athletic Training Law

## 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_134/bills/hb176/IN/00/hb176_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb176/PH/02/hb176_02_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb176/PS/04/hb176_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb176/RH/01/hb176_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb176/RS/03/hb176_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb176/EN/05/hb176_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Carfagna — primary (person)
- Thomas Hall — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — 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)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Reported
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-09-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-09-29** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-22** Reported
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 1/27/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce46378-503a-4f53-8ce0-a65d4baf03c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).