republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/135/sb-98.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Address fraudulent business filings, related documents"
description: "Address fraudulent business filings, related documents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Ohio SB 98 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Rulli"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1e02908-1621-4d0b-b562-544b0ee2e028"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb98/"
source_hash: "5ce1b0d33557b24dfd66d11b22d55ffffe29467eb299b030233432a31a035a78"
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 98 (135) — Address fraudulent business filings, related documents

## 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_135/bills/sb98/IN/00/sb98_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb98/PH/04/sb98_04_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb98/PS/02/sb98_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_135/bills/sb98/RH/03/sb98_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb98/RS/01/sb98_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb98/EN/05/sb98_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Rulli — primary (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Chavez — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lampton — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Miller, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Robb Blasdel — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Santucci — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-29** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-12-13** Reported
- **2023-12-19** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported
- **2024-06-26** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Passed `passage`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/24/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1e02908-1621-4d0b-b562-544b0ee2e028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).