republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/134/hb-138.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards the scope of emergency medical services"
description: "Regards the scope of emergency medical services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "Ohio HB 138 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Baldridge"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d77b864e-9c76-4f32-a570-f2e0a1a80837"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb138/"
source_hash: "47d06966b0032c9bfc8b742d8839f8153871a5f143f232f3a8ea1ac97943afa8"
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 138 (134) — Regards the scope of emergency medical services

## 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/hb138/IN/00/hb138_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/hb138/PH/02/hb138_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/hb138/PS/04/hb138_04_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Transportation and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb138/RH/01/hb138_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb138/RS/03/hb138_03_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb138/EN/05/hb138_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Baldridge — primary (person)
- Adam Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- David Leland — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Crawley — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Crossman — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Yuko — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Sobecki — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sheehy — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Lepore-Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas West — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported
- **2021-06-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-06-23** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Reported
- **2022-03-16** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Concurred in Senate amendments `passage`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 7/6/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d77b864e-9c76-4f32-a570-f2e0a1a80837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).