republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/sb-22.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish legislative oversight over Governor's and health orders"
description: "Establish legislative oversight over Governor's and health orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Ohio SB 22 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Public Health", "State Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert McColley", "Terry Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa9c7239-c1e2-4b61-9789-e3febe6079dc"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb22/"
source_hash: "b2a80c2d71b01a607695e1b830d3b402b35c6e5674b8eb758d493487fd0828cf"
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 22 (134) — Establish legislative oversight over Governor's and health orders

## 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/sb22/IN/00/sb22_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/sb22/PH/04/sb22_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/sb22/PS/02/sb22_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House State and Local Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb22/RH/03/sb22_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb22/RS/01/sb22_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb22/EN/05/sb22_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **57–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert McColley — primary (person)
- Terry Johnson — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Manchester — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Reported
- **2021-03-10** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor
- **2021-03-24** Veto receipt
- **2021-02-17** Reported
- **2021-02-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/23/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa9c7239-c1e2-4b61-9789-e3febe6079dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).