republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/hb-66.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact Theft Victims' Restitution Act"
description: "Enact Theft Victims' Restitution Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "HB 66"
citation: "Ohio HB 66 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Crime and Punishment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Merrin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25758445-f5d6-4725-a839-d796fb4cd59f"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb66/"
source_hash: "ae3aaaf444081679d6a5cb791b1fa117f2e86f3039d5130804996808d99d5870"
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 66 (133) — Enact Theft Victims' Restitution Act

## 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/hb66/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/hb66/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/hb66/PS/04?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Criminal Justice Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb66/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/hb66/RS/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb66/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derek Merrin — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Greenspan — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Don Manning, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jena Powell — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Zeltwanger — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — 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)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Reported
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** 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/25758445-f5d6-4725-a839-d796fb4cd59f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).