republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/133/sb-23.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit abortion if detectable heartbeat"
description: "Prohibit abortion if detectable heartbeat"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "133"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Ohio SB 23 (133)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Civil Law", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristina Roegner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4108838d-a1d7-413e-aaeb-1f3b1195fd37"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb23/"
source_hash: "260a7998bbe7fdf91c212c5799246a1c6fa70ea39d9436845c8dbf0af812c923"
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 23 (133) — Prohibit abortion if detectable heartbeat

## 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/sb23/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/sb23/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/sb23/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb23/RH/03?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb23/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb23/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **19–13** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–7** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **18–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristina Roegner — primary (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeVitis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Smith, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jena Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Terhar — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Nino Vitale — cosponsor (person)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Zeltwanger — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Stoltzfus — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Smith, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah LaTourette — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Manchester — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Brinkman — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Reported
- **2019-03-14** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reported
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/11/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4108838d-a1d7-413e-aaeb-1f3b1195fd37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).