republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/sb-163.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create ALS Awareness license plate"
description: "Create ALS Awareness license plate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Ohio SB 163 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Human Services", "Military and Veterans", "Public Safety", "Special Designations", "Transportation", "Transportation", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation", "Vehicle Registration and Titling", "Environment and Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie Kunze"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-06-12"
last_action: "2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed12eed9-78f8-4da3-a3f2-a5a0308584a7"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb163/"
source_hash: "7ac668c21812674c96dffa3a1b6383a837b7f4a47a7f43bb8ce281130b763113"
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 SB 163 (133) — Create ALS Awareness license plate

## 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/sb163/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/sb163/PH/04?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb163/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the Committee of Conference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb163/CR/05?format=pdf)
5. **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/sb163/RH/03?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb163/RS/01?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb163/EN/06?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Refused to concur in House amendments — **0–31** (fail) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stephanie Kunze — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — 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)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-06-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported
- **2020-02-05** Reported
- **2020-02-05** Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Reported
- **2020-09-02** Refused to concur in House amendments
- **2020-09-16** Conference managers: Sens. - McColley, Brenner, Antonio
- **2020-09-16** Insist on amendments; asks for committee of conference
- **2020-09-21** Conference managers: Reps. - Green, Ginter, Sheehy
- **2020-09-21** Conference managers: Reps. - Green, Ginter, Sheehy
- **2020-09-23** Conference report agreed to
- **2020-09-23** Conference report agreed to
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/22/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed12eed9-78f8-4da3-a3f2-a5a0308584a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).