republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/hb-128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise electric utility service law; repeal portions of HB 6"
description: "Revise electric utility service law; repeal portions of HB 6"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Ohio HB 128 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electric Utilities", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dick Stein", "James Hoops"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f6f2a9-13d1-4f6f-a7bb-0e9bdc4e0d72"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb128/"
source_hash: "54aad5785924ddad101721c01f39e62cbb12d17b8779996a92c9b9a267881b93"
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 128 (134) — Revise electric utility service law; repeal portions of HB 6

## 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_134/bills/hb128/IN/00/hb128_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb128/PH/02/hb128_02_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb128/PS/04/hb128_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Public Utilities Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb128/RH/01/hb128_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb128/RS/03/hb128_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb128/EN/05/hb128_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dick Stein — primary (person)
- James Hoops — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — 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)
- Niraj Antani — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Reported
- **2021-03-25** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Reported
- **2021-03-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/30/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f6f2a9-13d1-4f6f-a7bb-0e9bdc4e0d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).