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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome"
description: "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "Ohio HB 214 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Health and Human Services", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Merrin", "Sarah LaTourette"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-05-08"
last_action: "2018-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b42d601-f6df-4373-975e-906d81665e9e"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb214/"
source_hash: "9b7757bed6efd4013a90c737dd77aaaff7a542378c6c203ef06a27cb75a7a3a9"
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 214 (132) — Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome
## 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_132/bills/hb214/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb214/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb214/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb214/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb214/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/hb214/EN/05?format=pdf)
## Votes
- crpt_301 — **126** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **6431** (pass) · lower
- pass_300 — **2012** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Derek Merrin — primary (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — primary (person)
- Andy Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Henne — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Duffey — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Brinkman — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Balderson — cosponsor (person)
- Wes Retherford — cosponsor (person)
- Wesley Goodman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-05-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-05-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-25** Reported
- **2017-11-01** Passed `passage`
- **2017-11-02** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2017-11-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-13** Passed `passage`
- **2017-12-13** Reported
- **2017-12-13** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2018-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b42d601-f6df-4373-975e-906d81665e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).