republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/sb-217.md

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Bill	Regards criminal background checks for certain professions	Regards criminal background checks for certain professions	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	134	SB 217	Ohio SB 217 (134)	bill	Aging Crimes Corrections and Law Enforcement Criminal Records Checks Health and Human Services Local Government Public Records State and Local Government State and Local Government Taxation	enacted	Tim Schaffer	6	9	4	2021-08-10	2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bf55270f-62d6-4b80-ab5a-78637f3f9afb	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb217/	ec19df82db00f8e43d436e08d47d8e1d9081b82224f479952c526ec2ea38e984	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio SB 217 (134) — Regards criminal background checks for certain professions

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 Criminal Justice Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Health Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported - Substitute — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 89–5 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported - Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tim Schaffer — primary (person)
• Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
• Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
• D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
• David Leland — cosponsor (person)
• Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
• Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
• Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-08-10 Introduced introduction
• 2021-09-08 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2021-10-13 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2021-10-12 Introduced reading-1
• 2021-11-23 Reported
• 2021-12-08 Passed passage
• 2021-10-06 Passed passage
• 2021-09-29 Reported
• 2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Effective 12/22/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf55270f-62d6-4b80-ab5a-78637f3f9afb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).