republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/hb-597.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards capital reappropriations; certain classroom facilities"
description: "Regards capital reappropriations; certain classroom facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "Ohio HB 597 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Oelslager"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-15"
last_action: "2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7705aa-487c-499c-89a3-a18d499bd0a0"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb597/"
source_hash: "4d10cd00a8fbb0d4288d567403250185242b9bedde842779397717614d44d469"
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 597 (134) — Regards capital reappropriations; certain classroom facilities

## 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/hb597/IN/00/hb597_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/hb597/PH/02/hb597_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/hb597/PS/04/hb597_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb597/RH/01/hb597_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb597/RS/03/hb597_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb597/EN/05/hb597_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Oelslager — primary (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Grendell — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith, K. — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Schuring — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Fraizer — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Smith, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Shayla Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Fedor — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Maharath — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Willis Blackshear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-22** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Reported
- **2022-03-29** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Reported
- **2022-03-28** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/1/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf7705aa-487c-499c-89a3-a18d499bd0a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).