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type: "Bill"
title: "Regards state institutions of higher education and free speech"
description: "Regards state institutions of higher education and free speech"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Ohio SB 135 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Education", "Finance and Appropriations", "Higher Education", "Primary and Secondary Education", "State and Local Government", "Taxation", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Cirino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75659e8e-d2d3-45f5-8a3b-30d70728082d"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/"
source_hash: "46e3639b1f23531c438bed736a0889c948ac068319d4d37535375320fa692f33"
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 SB 135 (134) — Regards state institutions of higher education and free speech
## 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/sb135/IN/00/sb135_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/sb135/PH/04/sb135_04_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/sb135/PS/02/sb135_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Higher Education and Career Readiness Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/RH/03/sb135_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/RS/01/sb135_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb135/EN/05/sb135_05_EN?format=pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **960** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **311** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **120** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **52** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **312** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jerry Cirino — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-06-16** Reported
- **2021-06-22** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-04-06** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Reported
- **2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/21/22 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75659e8e-d2d3-45f5-8a3b-30d70728082d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).