republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/hb-397.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the agricultural lease law"
description: "Revise the agricultural lease law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "Ohio HB 397 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Housing and Real Property", "Housing and Real Property", "Landlords and Tenants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Stewart", "Darrell Kick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-08-24"
last_action: "2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04dcc6a0-d51d-40be-905f-78465a99a74e"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb397/"
source_hash: "cae081741dbb7b86aa2df497cd0e98ac83fd4af8eb89235f6aeee7a18034ceb6"
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 397 (134) — Revise the agricultural lease law

## 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/hb397/IN/00/hb397_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/hb397/PH/02/hb397_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/hb397/PS/04/hb397_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb397/RH/01/hb397_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb397/RS/03/hb397_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb397/EN/05/hb397_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **85–8** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **89–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Stewart — primary (person)
- Darrell Kick — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- J. Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Miller, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-09-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-12-08** Reported
- **2021-12-15** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-09** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Reported
- **2022-04-06** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/21/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04dcc6a0-d51d-40be-905f-78465a99a74e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).