HB 132 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Enact Philip Wigal's Law

Summary

To amend sections 2903.06, 2903.08, 4508.02, and 4511.213 and to enact section 5501.28 of the Revised Code to increase penalties for failing to slow down or change lanes when approaching specified stationary vehicles, to increase penalties for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault resulting from that offense, and to name this act Philip Wigal's Law.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Nov 2025

House Passage

Oct 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action Nov 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Passed by the House · 2 edits · Oct 29, 2025

MINOR

The bill was amended to add more cosponsors and reformat the text for the House version. The substantive policy content regarding penalties for vehicular homicide and assault remains unchanged from the original version, though the formatting and organization of the text was adjusted for the House passage version.

TECHNICAL

Added additional cosponsors to the bill, expanding the list of representatives supporting the legislation.

Reformatted the bill text to match House passage standards, including changes to section headers and layout, but no substantive policy changes were made to the actual legal provisions.

Floor votes · House Oct 29, 2025

How they voted

92–0

Passed

Total votes 92

Oct 29, 2025

D Democratic29

29 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican63

63 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Nov 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

upper

Nov 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Oct 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

lower

2 primary · 5 co-sponsors