republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/hb-285.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Driver's License Reinstatement Fee Debt Reduction Prog."
description: "Establish Driver's License Reinstatement Fee Debt Reduction Prog."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 285"
citation: "Ohio HB 285 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Health and Human Services", "Public Assistance", "Public Safety", "Transportation", "Transportation", "Drivers' Licenses", "Transportation", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation", "Traffic Offenses", "Transportation", "Vehicle Registration and Titling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Greenspan", "Juanita Brent"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-06-12"
last_action: "2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b67eb9ff-0488-4fba-85c0-6b318f0b2d46"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb285/"
source_hash: "fadd231827010cab3fef751f7fd5e58115dfb2f2d7e61b80cc114ab9e0028c61"
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 285 (133) — Establish Driver's License Reinstatement Fee Debt Reduction Prog.

## 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/hb285/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/hb285/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/hb285/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/hb285/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/hb285/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb285/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave Greenspan — primary (person)
- Juanita Brent — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Brigid Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Gil Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Howse — 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)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-06-18** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-30** Reported
- **2019-11-06** Passed `passage`
- **2019-11-07** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-11-13** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Reported
- **2020-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2020-05-20** Manually Generate Message Element
- **2020-05-28** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/15/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b67eb9ff-0488-4fba-85c0-6b318f0b2d46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).