republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/sb-204.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enter the Counseling Compact"
description: "Enter the Counseling Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Ohio SB 204 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Mental Health and Disabilities", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristina Roegner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-06-28"
last_action: "2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff89a1c0-6e08-49d3-9fb5-c409d41ec9ff"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb204/"
source_hash: "631c0e804b5f576357388bea82c1233b5b73a1c7060a296964917dff70156a5c"
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 204 (134) — Enter the Counseling Compact

## 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/sb204/IN/00/sb204_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/sb204/PH/04/sb204_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/sb204/PS/02/sb204_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Behavioral Health and Recovery Supports Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb204/RH/03/sb204_03_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/sb204/RS/01/sb204_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb204/EN/05/sb204_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristina Roegner — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bishara Addison — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Smith, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-09-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-16** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-11-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-06** Reported
- **2021-11-10** Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-23** Reported
- **2022-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/13/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff89a1c0-6e08-49d3-9fb5-c409d41ec9ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).