republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/135/hb-179.md

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Bill	Regards vicarious liability in tort actions; statutes of repose	Regards vicarious liability in tort actions; statutes of repose	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	135	HB 179	Ohio HB 179 (135)	bill	Civil Law Courts and Civil Law Courts and Civil Law	enacted	Adam Mathews Brian Stewart	6	9	13	2023-05-22	2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f4f371f6-ad06-4f8a-9223-95ad7339319e	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb179/	3e88d7e93eb39802e24c7d1da8f9c68a800cbd421400502d7566aa5aa2ae3a8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 179 (135) — Regards vicarious liability in tort actions; statutes of repose

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

Votes

• Pass — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported - Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported - Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported - Substitute — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported - Substitute — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported - Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported - Substitute — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam Mathews — primary (person)
• Brian Stewart — primary (person)
• Al Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
• Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Piccolantonio — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
• Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
• D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
• Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
• Darnell Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
• Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
• Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
• Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
• Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
• Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
• Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
• Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
• Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
• Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
• William DeMora — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-22 Introduced introduction
• 2023-05-23 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Reported
• 2024-01-10 Passed passage
• 2024-01-16 Introduced reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Refer to Committee referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Passed passage
• 2024-06-26 Reported
• 2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 10/24/24 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4f371f6-ad06-4f8a-9223-95ad7339319e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).