republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/hb-614.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study and reform unemployment compensation system"
description: "Study and reform unemployment compensation system"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 614"
citation: "Ohio HB 614 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment", "Unemployment", "State and Local Government", "Administrative Procedure", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Firearms", "Finance and Appropriations", "State and Local Government", "State and Local Government", "Local Government", "State and Local Government", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Fraizer", "Tracy Richardson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-05-05"
last_action: "2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e98999-2735-43af-8bd8-b610a8c30977"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb614/"
source_hash: "4b7e8572a28a178defc1af608c691ea102866edece02f7f339c306916329b469"
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 614 (133) — Study and reform unemployment compensation system

## 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/hb614/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/hb614/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/hb614/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb614/RH/01?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb614/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb614/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **88–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Fraizer — primary (person)
- Tracy Richardson — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-05-12** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-12** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Reported
- **2020-06-17** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2020-06-30** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-23** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-23** Reported
- **2020-09-23** Passed `passage`
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/1/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93e98999-2735-43af-8bd8-b610a8c30977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).