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type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day"
description: "To enact section 5.2471 of the Revised Code to designate September 19 as \"Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Ohio HB 4 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Special Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Holmes", "Cecil Thomas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ae6d67c-f4dd-4812-9bcf-6857fba4dfad"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb4/"
source_hash: "932fc7cc78e49881d09daffa9542134f444554e7ac738c60ed9b83e25a5c6197"
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 HB 4 (136) — Designate Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day
To enact section 5.2471 of the Revised Code to designate September 19 as "Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day."
## 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/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb4/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb4/02_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb4/04_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb4/01_RH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb4/03_RS/pdf/)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb4/05_EN/pdf/)
## Votes
- Passed — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **330** (pass) · upper
- Reported — **120** (fail) · lower
- Reported — **70** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Adam Holmes — primary (person)
- Cecil Thomas — primary (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Roy Klopfenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Fowler Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Sean P. Brennan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2025-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2025-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 8/27/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ae6d67c-f4dd-4812-9bcf-6857fba4dfad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).