republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/hb-158.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waive fee for indigent petitioning for limited driving privileges"
description: "Waive fee for indigent petitioning for limited driving privileges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Ohio HB 158 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Courts and Civil Law", "Civil Law", "Courts and Civil Law", "Courts", "Public Safety", "Transportation", "Transportation", "Drivers' Licenses", "Transportation", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation", "Traffic Offenses", "Transportation", "Vehicle Registration and Titling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis Blessing"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f5c904a-03cb-45f0-988b-6b993dba62ef"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb158/"
source_hash: "5cb0f2bb5ba6f0f87b206fb6d4ae54198cd930944dc5a03ab298f818b52596df"
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 158 (133) — Waive fee for indigent petitioning for limited driving privileges

## 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_133/bills/hb158/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb158/PH/02?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb158/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Transportation and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb158/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb158/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb158/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **14–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louis Blessing — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Emilia Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-26** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reported
- **2019-10-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-10-07** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-10-09** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Reported
- **2020-02-12** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/10/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f5c904a-03cb-45f0-988b-6b993dba62ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).