OH SB 137

enacted

Require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs

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

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Did OH SB 137 pass?

Yes. OH SB 137 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-09): Effective 6/9/26

What is OH SB 137 about?

To enact sections 3727.81, 3727.811, and 5119.192 of the Revised Code to require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs under certain circumstances.

Who sponsors OH SB 137?

Terry Johnson is the primary sponsor of OH SB 137.

Description

To enact sections 3727.81, 3727.811, and 5119.192 of the Revised Code to require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs under certain circumstances.

Introduced: 2025-03-11
Latest action: 2026-06-09 — Effective 6/9/26
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-09
Effective 6/9/26
became-law
2026-06-09
Effective
became-law
2026-03-10
Signed By The Governor
became-law
2026-03-05
Sent To The Governor
passage
2026-02-25
Passed
passage
2026-02-18
Reported
2025-10-15
Referred to committee
referral-committee
2025-10-14
Introduced
introduction
2025-10-08
Passed
passage
2025-10-08
Reported - Amended
2025-03-19
Referred to committee
referral-committee
2025-03-11
Introduced
introduction

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Votes

Reported
2025-10-08 · fail · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Stephen A. Huffman: yes
- Terry Johnson: yes
- Catherine D. Ingram: yes
- Susan Manchester: yes
- Theresa Gavarone: yes
Passed
2025-10-08 · pass · 28-0
Member-level votes (28)
- Steve Wilson: yes
- Rob McColley: yes
- Stephen A. Huffman: yes
- Nathan H. Manning: yes
- Hearcel F. Craig: yes
- Andrew O. Brenner: yes
- Nickie J. Antonio: yes
- Theresa Gavarone: yes
- Tim Schaffer: yes
- Terry Johnson: yes
- Louis W. Blessing, III: yes
- George F. Lang: yes
- Jerry C. Cirino: yes
- Bill Reineke: yes
- Sandra O'Brien: yes
- Paula Hicks-Hudson: yes
- Al Landis: yes
- William P. DeMora: yes
- Kent Smith: yes
- Catherine D. Ingram: yes
- Michele Reynolds: yes
- Brian M. Chavez: yes
- Al Cutrona: yes
- Willis E. Blackshear, Jr.: yes
- Kyle Koehler: yes
- Susan Manchester: yes
- Casey Weinstein: yes
- Jane M. Timken: yes
Reported
2026-02-19 · fail · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Jean Schmidt: yes
- Kellie Deeter: yes
- Anita Somani: yes
- Rachel B. Baker: yes
- Tim Barhorst: yes
- Karen Brownlee: yes
- Meredith Craig: yes
- Michele Grim: yes
- Jennifer Gross: yes
- Angela N. King: yes
- Melanie Miller: yes
- Brian Stewart: yes
- Andrea White: yes
Passed
2026-02-26 · pass · 80-11
Member-level votes (91)
- Cindy Abrams: yes
- Rachel B. Baker: yes
- Tim Barhorst: yes
- Adam C. Bird: yes
- Sean P. Brennan: yes
- Darnell T. Brewer: yes
- Karen Brownlee: yes
- Jamie Callender: yes
- Thaddeus J. Claggett: yes
- Gary Click: yes
- Christine Cockley: yes
- Meredith Craig: yes
- Rodney Creech: yes
- Jack K. Daniels: yes
- Kellie Deeter: yes
- Steve Demetriou: yes
- Michael D. Dovilla: yes
- Haraz N. Ghanbari: yes
- Chris Glassburn: yes
- Michele Grim: yes
- Derrick Hall: yes
- Thomas Hall: yes
- Mark Hiner: yes
- Adam Holmes: yes
- James M. Hoops: yes
- Matt Huffman: yes
- Latyna M. Humphrey: yes
- Dani Isaacsohn: yes
- Dontavius L. Jarrells: yes
- Marilyn John: yes
- Mark Johnson: yes
- Angela N. King: yes
- Matthew Kishman: yes
- Roy Klopfenstein: yes
- Brian Lampton: yes
- Jeff LaRe: yes
- Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe: yes
- Crystal Lett: yes
- Gayle Manning: yes
- Adam Mathews: yes
- Ty D. Mathews: yes
- Lauren McNally: yes
- Joseph A. Miller, III: yes
- Kevin D. Miller: yes
- Melanie Miller: yes
- Ismail Mohamed: yes
- Johnathan Newman: yes
- Mike Odioso: yes
- Scott Oelslager: yes
- Bob Peterson: yes
- Beryl Brown Piccolantonio: yes
- Justin Pizzulli: yes
- Phil Plummer: yes
- Tristan Rader: yes
- Sharon A. Ray: yes
- Tracy M. Richardson: yes
- Kevin Ritter: yes
- Monica Robb Blasdel: yes
- Bill Roemer: yes
- Elgin Rogers, Jr.: yes
- C. Allison Russo: yes
- Jodi Salvo: yes
- Nick Santucci: yes
- Jean Schmidt: yes
- Mark Sigrist: yes
- Anita Somani: yes
- Brian Stewart: yes
- Bride Rose Sweeney: yes
- Eric Synenberg: yes
- Cecil Thomas: yes
- David Thomas: yes
- Jim Thomas: yes
- Daniel P. Troy: yes
- Terrence Upchurch: yes
- Andrea White: yes
- Josh Williams: yes
- Heidi Workman: yes
- Tom Young: yes
- Ty Moore: yes
- Ashley Bryant Bailey: yes
- Levi Dean: no
- Ron Ferguson: no
- Tex Fischer: no
- Sarah Fowler Arthur: no
- Jennifer Gross: no
- Beth Lear: no
- Brian Lorenz: no
- Riordan T. McClain: no
- Jason Stephens: no
- D. J. Swearingen: no
- Michelle Teska: no

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