Bill Commons

OH HB 181

in committee

Provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction

Ohio · 2025-2026 Regular Session (136th General Assembly) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did OH HB 181 pass?

Not yet. OH HB 181 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-03-26): Referred to committee

What is OH HB 181 about?

To amend sections 120.521, 120.53, 1923.06, 1923.08, 3735.41, and 5321.17 and to enact sections 120.531 and 120.532 of the Revised Code to provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction and to make an appropriation.

Who sponsors OH HB 181?

Jamie Callender, Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe are the primary sponsors of OH HB 181, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Description

To amend sections 120.521, 120.53, 1923.06, 1923.08, 3735.41, and 5321.17 and to enact sections 120.531 and 120.532 of the Revised Code to provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction and to make an appropriation.

Introduced
2025-03-18
Latest action
2025-03-26 — Referred to committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jamie Callenderprimary
  • Meredith R. Lawson-Roweprimary
  • Eric Synenbergcosponsor
  • Mark Sigristcosponsor
  • Beryl Piccolantoniocosponsor
  • Lauren McNallycosponsor
  • Dontavius L. Jarrellscosponsor
  • Dani Isaacsohncosponsor
  • Erika Whitecosponsor
  • Michele Grimcosponsor
  • Christine Cockleycosponsor
  • Darnell T. Brewercosponsor
  • Juanita O. Brentcosponsor
  • Sean P. Brennancosponsor
  • Munira Abdullahicosponsor
  • Latyna M. Humphreycosponsor
  • Terrence Upchurchcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-03-26

    Referred to committee

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-18

    Introduced

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:30:02.217700Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=OH&identifier=HB 181. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.