republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/hb-246.md

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Bill	Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify	To enact sections 4151.01, 4151.02, 4151.03, 4151.04, 4151.05, 4151.06, and 4151.07 of the Revised Code to require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	HB 246	Ohio HB 246 (136)	bill	Civil Law Courts Courts and Civil Law Employment State and Local Government	enacted	D. J. Swearingen Tex Fischer	6	12	4	2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00	2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d16707fb-1401-4375-9509-413fcd8d619d	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb246/	dfe8f68bdb83ca965deb63dc5591db611f431a787df7dfa35be40984d04f0ab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 246 (136) — Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify

To enact sections 4151.01, 4151.02, 4151.03, 4151.04, 4151.05, 4151.06, and 4151.07 of the Revised Code to require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry.

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 Commerce and Labor Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Workforce Development Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passed — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported — 5–0 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported — 9–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• D. J. Swearingen — primary (person)
• Tex Fischer — primary (person)
• David Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported - Substitute
• 2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported
• 2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 Sent To The Governor passage
• 2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Signed By The Governor became-law
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Effective became-law
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 3/20/26 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d16707fb-1401-4375-9509-413fcd8d619d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).