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Rachel Chilton
HB 3
School Bus Safety
Willis, B. Thomas, C.
To address school bus safety, to designate this act as the School Bus Safety Act, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs & Public Safety Committee (4/15/2026; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
HB 6
Higher Education
Young, T.
To enact the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (1/28/2025; Workforce & Higher Education Committee)
HB 25
Foster Care Scholarships
Jarrells, D. Ray, S.
To establish the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program, to require the Department of Education and Workforce to hire a full-time school foster care liaison, and to make an appropriation for the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (3/25/2026; Education Committee)
HB 43
Enacted
Instructional Hours
Fowler Arthur, S. Thomas, D.
To waive the required minimum instructional hours for Ashtabula Lakeside High School due to the school building being unusable and to declare an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/21/2025; Signed: April 21, 2025, Effective: April 21, 2025)
HB 47
Human Trafficking
Williams, J. Santucci, N.
To enact the Human Trafficking Prevention Act to increase the penalty for human trafficking of a minor or person with a developmental disability, kidnapping, and abduction.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (11/5/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 48
Income Tax Deductions
Mathews, A. Santucci, N.
To modify the income tax deductions for contributions to 529 plans and ABLE accounts.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Ways & Means (10/21/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 57
Enacted
School Policies
Jarrells, D. Williams, J.
Regards school policies on the administration of overdose reversal drugs and limits on student attendance in released time courses in religious instruction.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/20/2025; Signed: October 20, 2025, Effective: January 19, 2026)
HB 62
Higher Education
Pizzulli, J. Bird, A.
Regards the College Credit Plus Program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (4/29/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 77
Diabetes Information
Miller, J. Hall, T.
To require the Department of Health to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for parents and guardians of elementary school students.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/11/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 79
Sports Official Assault
Roemer, B. Miller, J.
To increase the penalties for assault if the victim is acting as a sports official or the assault is committed in retaliation for the victim's actions as a sports official.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/26/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 88
Drugs
Abrams, C. Plummer, P.
To increase penalties for drug trafficking above certain amounts, to prohibit organized trafficking of persons, to require schools and institutions of higher education to incorporate instruction and policies on fentanyl awareness and abuse prevention, and to designate the month of August as "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month."
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/11/2026; Judiciary Committee)
HB 91
Brain Injuries
Odioso, M. Deeter, K.
To establish the Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Accelerator Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Workforce & Higher Education Committee (6/10/2025; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 96
Enacted
State Operating Budget
Stewart, B.
To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/1/2025; Signed: June 30, 2025, Effective: 90 days)
HB 97
Student Meals
Brewer, D. Mohamed, I.
To require public schools to provide meals and related services to students.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/11/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 98
Workforce Programs
Santucci, N. Williams, J.
To establish the Community Connectors Workforce Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance Committee (6/3/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 106
School Safety
King, A. Miller, M.
To enact Alyssa's Law to establish a pilot grant program for public and chartered nonpublic schools to purchase panic alert systems or contract for artificial intelligence firearm detection software and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
HB 107
Individual Microcredential Assistance Program
Williams, J.
To modify the Individual Microcredential Assistance Program (IMAP), to create platinum provider programs for certain IMAP participants, and to name this act the Platinum Providers Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Workforce & Higher Education Committee (5/20/2025)
HB 112
Medical Interventions
Gross, J. Lear, B.
To prohibit discrimination against an individual for the refusal of certain medical interventions for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, and to name this act the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (11/5/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story))
HB 114
Enacted
Kindergarten Admissions
Bird, A. Ritter, K.
Regards age requirements for kindergarten admission.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/19/2025; Signed: December 19, 2025, Effective: March 18, 2026)
HB 117
Pledge of Allegiance
Richardson, T. Brennan, S.
To enact The Pledge of Allegiance Act to require the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (6/3/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 119
Graduation and Month Designation
Williams, J. Santucci, N.
To enact the Graduation Readiness and Development (GRAD) Act regarding exit orientation programs at public high schools and to designate September as "Workforce Development Month."
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (4/1/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 125
School Attendance
Hall, T. Creech, R.
Regards excused absences from school to participate in 4-H and FFA programs.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (3/25/2026; Education Committee)
HB 127
School Directories
Mathews, A. Odioso, M.
To permit schools to withhold directory information and to remove directory information from the public record definition.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (9/30/2025; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 129
Enacted
School District Millage
Thomas, D.
To generally include fixed-sum levies in the calculation of a school district's millage floor and to authorize, with limitations, school district fixed-sum levies.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/19/2025; Signed: December 19, 2025, Effective: 90 days)
HB 145
Instructional School Hours
Bird, A.
Regards the minimum number of hours in a school year.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 153
School Board Elections
Lear, B. Hall, T.
To require state and school district board members to be nominated by primary election and to appear on the ballot with a party designation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House General Government Committee (4/29/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 154
Community Reinvestment Areas
Thomas, D. Glassburn, C.
To require school district approval of residential community reinvestment area property tax exemptions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Local Government Committee (5/7/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 155
DEI
Lear, B. Williams, J.
To prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 157
School Meals
Brennan, S. Hoops, J.
To enact the Hunger-Free Campus Act to establish the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program and designation and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Workforce & Higher Education Committee (9/30/2025; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 162
Medical Records
Click, G.
Relates to medical records of minors and to name the act the My Child-My Chart Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (4/15/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 164
Education Oversight
Robinson, P. Miller, J.
To reinstate the Joint Education Oversight Committee and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (4/1/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 165
Implicit Bias Training
Miller, J. Brewer, D.
Regards implicit bias training for licensed educators and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (4/1/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 172
Mental Health
Newman, J.
To prohibit the provision of mental health services to minors without parental consent.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (2/4/2026)
HB 186
Enacted
School District Revenue
Hoops, J. Thomas, D.
To authorize a reduction in school district property taxes affected by a millage floor that would limit increases in such taxes according to inflation, to modify property tax reductions for residential property, to modify the process for certifying property tax abstracts, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/19/2025; Signed: December 19, 2025, Effective: 90 days)
HB 187
Moment Of Silence
Click, G. Synenberg, E.
To require rather than permit school districts to provide a moment of silence each school day.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (6/3/2025; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 189
Behavioral Threat Management
Hall, T. Ghanbari, H.
Regards a statewide behavioral threat management operational process for public and chartered nonpublic schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (2/4/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 190
Gender Pronouns
Newman, J. Williams, J.
To enact the Given Name Act regarding the use of gender pronouns in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (4/29/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 191
Teacher Salaries
Miller, J. Grim, M.
To require that all school district and educational service center teachers be paid a salary of at least $50,000.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (4/8/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 205
Teachers
Brennan, S. Jones, D.
To enact the Future Educators Support Act regarding financial support for student teachers, teaching as an in-demand job, and school district staffing surveys.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (5/6/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 249
Public Exposure
King, A. Williams, J.
To enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/15/2026; Judiciary Committee)
HB 269
School Curriculum
Ritter, K. Newman, J.
Regards success sequence and character education curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (6/3/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 294
Open Enrollment
Mathews, T. Ritter, K.
Regards school district intradistrict open enrollment policies.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (6/3/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 300
Conversion Therapy
Brownlee, K. Lett, C.
To prohibit certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy for minor patients.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/28/2025; Health Committee)
HB 304
School Curriculum
Young, T. Miller, M.
To permit students to use club sports or other athletic activity to fulfill the high school physical education requirement and to require recess time for K-8 students.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (10/21/2025; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 322
Fitness Test
Lorenz, B. Rogers, E.
To require schools to administer the Presidential Fitness Test and to name this act the Ohio Fitness Test Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (6/10/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 326
Entrance Exams
Ritter, K. Newman, J.
Regarding the Classic Learning Test entrance exam.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/14/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 335
Enacted
Property Tax Overhaul
Thomas, D.
To limit revenue increases from inside millage levies occurring due to a reappraisal or update.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(12/19/2025; Signed: December 19, 2025, Effective: 90 days)
HB 358
Firearm Storage
Brewer, D. Fischer, T.
To require distribution of information on firearm storage.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 369
Diagnostic Assessments
Fowler Arthur, S. Lear, B.
To change diagnostic assessments for grades kindergarten through two to end-of-year nationally norm-referenced diagnostic assessments and for the third grade to beginning-of-year nationally norm-referenced diagnostic assessments.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/10/2025; Education Committee)
HB 375
Community Schools
Fowler Arthur, S.
To establish a small district magnet community school pilot program.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/10/2025; Education Committee)
HB 394
Higher Education
Troy, D. Brennan, S.
To enact the Student Choice Grant Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/10/2025; Workforce & Higher Education Committee)
HB 415
Natural Hair
Brent, J. Callender, J.
To enact the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act to prohibit discrimination by a public school against an individual based on hair texture and protective hair styles.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (10/21/2025; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 455
Education
Manning, G. Bird, A.
Regarding the operation of public schools and the Department of Education & Workforce and to eliminate obsolete provisions of education law.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/14/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 462
Nasal Epinephrine
Richardson, T.
Regarding student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (4/15/2026; 32-0)
HB 463
Driver Education
Klopfenstein, R. Lorenz, B.
To make changes to driver education requirements.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Transportation Committee (3/17/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 485
Education
Miller, M.
To enact the Baby Olivia Act to include human growth and development instruction in health education.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (3/24/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 486
Education
Click, G. Dovilla, M.
To enact the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act to permit teachers in public schools and state institutions of higher education to provide instruction on the influence of Christianity on history and culture.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (3/10/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 499
County Budget Commissions
Barhorst, T. King, A.
To modify the law governing county budget commissions and property taxation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means Committee (2/25/2026)
HB 500
JROTC
Mathews, T. Ritter, K.
To designate a JROTC program offered by a school district as a career-technical education program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (3/10/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 504
Property Tax
King, A.
To authorize counties to temporarily exempt a portion of property's increased value from taxation following a reappraisal and to name this act the Calculated Adjustments for Property Surges (CAPS) Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means Committee (3/3/2026; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 511
Campus Student Safety Grant Program
Jarrells, D. Pizzulli, J.
To increase appropriations for the Campus Student Safety Grant Program for the biennium ending June 30, 2027.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Workforce & Higher Education Committee (11/4/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 513
Public Improvement Projects
Lear, B. Craig, M.
To allow political subdivisions, special districts, and state institutions of higher education to elect to apply the Prevailing Wage Law to public improvement projects and to increase the threshold amount that triggers application of the Law for certain state public improvements.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (10/15/2025; Commerce & Labor Committee)
HB 518
Truancy
Bird, A.
Relative to truancy and contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (10/15/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 523
Education
Brennan, S. Manning, G.
To enact the Future Educators Support Act regarding financial support for student teachers and teaching as an in-demand job.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/3/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 531
Chaplain
Newman, J. Ritter, K.
To enact the School Chaplain Act to permit public schools to engage volunteer chaplains to provide support services.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/10/2026; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 545
Student Transportation
Robinson, P. Tims, D.
To enact the School Busing Improvement Act regarding transportation of students and to make an appropriation
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/3/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 562
Food
Mohamed, I. Brown Piccolantonio, B.
To make an appropriation to promote food options for students with religious dietary restrictions
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Community Revitalization Committee (11/18/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 583
Libraries
Ritter, K. Newman, J.
Regards the provision of online library database resources by public schools, public libraries, and state agencies.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance Committee (3/3/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 594
School Curriculum
Odioso, M. Hall, T.
To require school districts to offer, and students to complete, at least one high school computer science course.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (2/4/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 597
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mathews, T. Sigrist, M.
To prohibit the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles over schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Transportation Committee (2/17/2026; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
HB 610
Academic Distress Commissions
Brent, J. McNally, L.
To dissolve existing academic distress commissions, to repeal the law that creates new commissions, and to declare an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/4/2026; Education Committee)
HB 623
Religious Food Restrictions
Abdullahi, M. Cockley, C.
To require the provision of religious dietary food options in school districts, hospitals, and correctional facilities and to prohibit the misrepresentation of halal foods.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/4/2026; Judiciary Committee)
HB 625
School Athletics
Click, G. King, A.
To enact the Student Athlete Mobility (SAM) Act regarding student petitions to participate in team sports at neighboring public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/10/2026)
HB 634
Athletics
Young, T. Kishman, M.
Regards eligibility to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/24/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 643
Scholarships
Pizzulli, J. Somani, A.
To limit the EdChoice expansion scholarship to families with a federal adjusted gross income of $500,000 or less.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/4/2026; Education Committee)
HB 660
National Guard
Russo, A.
Regards the Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/4/2026; Workforce & Higher Education Committee)
HB 666
Tech Institute
Mathews, T.
To establish the Ohio Tech Institute.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Workforce & Higher Education Committee (3/3/2026; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 669
School Curriculum
Miller, J. Brennan, S.
To permit the AP Business with Personal Finance course to fulfill the high school financial literacy requirement.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/4/2026; Education Committee)
HB 671
Foundation Funding
Callender, J.
Regards school districts that bring a legal action against the state challenging the calculation and distribution of foundation funding and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/4/2026; Finance Committee)
HB 674
School Transportation
Miller, K.
To authorize a public or private school to transport students using a transportation network company.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/24/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 684
Educational Service Centers
Hiner, M. John, M.
Regards the territory, operation, and governance of educational service centers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/18/2026; Education Committee)
HB 690
School Crossing Guards
Young, T. White, A.
To establish penalties for failing to obey a school crossing guard and other associated offenses.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/11/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 694
Higher Education
Young, T.
Regards liens on state institutions of higher education facilities and conservatorships for state universities and colleges.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/18/2026; Workforce & Higher Education Committee)
HB 697
Interscholastic Athletics
Hiner, M.
Regards broadcasts of middle and high school post-season interscholastic athletic contests.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Arts, Athletics & Tourism Committee (3/17/2026; CONTINUED)
HB 707
Child Protection
Williams, J. Brewer, D.
To make changes to the law regarding the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system, to require public schools to appoint a child protection liaison, and to name this act Kei'Mani's Law.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/25/2026; Children & Human Services Committee)
HB 719
State Teachers Retirement Board
Hoops, J.
Regards the State Teachers Retirement Board.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Insurance & Pensions Committee (3/25/2026; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 734
State Report Cards
Fowler Arthur, S.
To establish the Outstanding Citizenship Award designation on the state report card and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/18/2026; Education Committee)
HB 745
Student Athletes
Fischer, T. Plummer, P.
To enact the Student-Athlete Publicity Rights and Fair Compensation Act to address name, image, and likeness compensation for high school athletes.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/18/2026; Education Committee)
HB 748
Scholarship Programs
Willis, B. Dovilla, M.
To establish the Armed Forces Reserve Component Scholarship Program and related funds and to make an appropriation
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Workforce & Higher Education Committee (3/24/2026; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
HB 798
Biological Sex
Williams, J.
To enact the Privacy Protection Act regarding biological sex, access to certain facilities, names and pronouns, and certain government-issued documents.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (3/31/2026)
HB 799
School Curriculum
Sims, V. Williams, J.
Regards model curriculum for world history that includes ancient African civilizations and global influence.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (3/31/2026)
HB 800
Preschool
Lett, C. Robinson, P.
To increase the rate of the sports gaming tax on certain operators, to require all-day kindergarten, to establish universal preschool programs, and to name this act the Preschool for All Act.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (3/31/2026)
HB 805
Special Interest License Plate
Tims, D. Young, T.
To create the "Paul Laurence Dunbar High School" license plate.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (3/31/2026)
HB 820
Radon Testing
Deeter, K.
To require radon testing in school facilities, create home radon mitigation income and commercial activity tax credits, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (4/13/2026)
SJR 4
Schools
Brenner, A.
Proposing to enact Section 12 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to conditionally authorize the issuance of state obligations to refund pending school district obligations, to conditionally waive, beginning in 2027, the requirement that schools levy property taxes to pay debt charges on their obligations, and to conditionally authorize a treasury fund that is restricted exclusively to educational purposes.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Finance Committee)
SB 1
Enacted
Higher Education
Cirino, J.
To enact the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/28/2025; Signed: March 28, 2025, Effective: June 25, 2025)
SB 7
Substance Abuse Instruction
Johnson, T.
Regards instruction for public and chartered nonpublic school students in the harmful effects of substance use.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (9/30/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 12
Charitable Funds
Wilson, S. Cirino, J.
To permit community foundations to create component funds of any charitable funds received by public schools and to classify some funds held by a community foundation as institutional funds.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (5/27/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 13
Foster Care
Reynolds, M.
To establish the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program, to require the Department of Education and Workforce to hire a full-time school foster care liaison, and to make an appropriation for the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (2/10/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 19
Academic Intervention
Brenner, A.
With regard to academic intervention services at public schools and the establishment of mathematics improvement and intervention plans.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/24/2026; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE (See separate story))
SB 32
Child Care
Reynolds, M. Schaffer, T.
To establish the Child Care Cred Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (2/18/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 34
Historical Documents
Johnson, T.
To enact the Historical Educational Displays Act regarding the display of certain historical documents in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/4/2026; Education Committee)
SB 44
Scholarships
O'Brien, S.
To permit students to concurrently receive an Educational Choice scholarship or Pilot Project scholarship and either an Autism or Jon Peterson Special Needs scholarship and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (2/18/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 47
Education
Ingram, C.
To require disclosure of the for-profit status of community school operators and post-secondary educational institutions on various promotional materials and contracts for employment.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (2/11/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 48
Chartered Nonpublic Schools
Ingram, C.
Regards the auditing of chartered nonpublic schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (2/11/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 49
School District Property
Ingram, C.
To eliminate the right of first refusal for certain schools in the acquisition of school district real property.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (2/11/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 50
Vetoed
Youth Work Hours
Schaffer, T.
Regards age and schooling certificate requirements and work hours for a person under sixteen years of age.
Text & Analysis
Vetoed
(12/3/2025; Vetoed: December 3, 2025)
SB 62
School Bus Safety and Month Designation
Gavarone, T.
To authorize a civil penalty system related to drivers who illegally pass a school bus but cannot be identified, to designate the month of August as "School Bus Safety Awareness Month," and to designate this act as the School Bus Safety Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (5/7/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 66
Tax Levies
O'Brien, S. Lang, G.
To include emergency levies, substitute levies, all inside millage, and school district income taxes in the calculation of a school district's effective millage floor.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Ways & Means (3/4/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 68
Nonchartered Educational Savings Programs
Romanchuk, M.
To establish the Nonchartered Educational Savings Account Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (2/25/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 70
Civil Rights
Antonio, N.
To enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Government Oversight & Reform Committee)
SB 71
Conversion Therapy
Antonio, N. Liston, B.
To prohibit certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy for minor patients.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Health Committee)
SB 73
Natural Hair
Hicks-Hudson, P. Ingram, C.
To enact the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act to prohibit discrimination against an individual based on hair texture and protective hair styles.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Government Oversight & Reform Committee)
SB 93
School Funding
Brenner, A.
To declare the General Assembly's intent to establish a new school financing system that provides a statewide per-pupil funding payment to public and chartered nonpublic schools based on a single statewide property tax and increased state sales tax.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (10/21/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 105
School Panic Alerts
Reynolds, M.
To enact Alyssa's Law to require public and chartered nonpublic schools to implement a wearable panic alert system and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (10/21/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 107
Elections
Brenner, A.
To require state and school district board members to appear on the ballot with a party designation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate General Government Committee (11/18/2025; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE (See separate story))
SB 109
School Meals
Blessing, L. Smith, K.
To provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to public and chartered nonpublic school students, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/19/2025; Finance Committee)
SB 113
School DEI Ban
Brenner, A.
To prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (3/25/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 120
Agriculture
Hicks-Hudson, P.
Relates to temporary greenhouses and building codes, to establish the Urban Farmer Youth Initiative Pilot Program, to codify certain property tax requirements for agricultural land, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (2/10/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 127
Public Schools
Brenner, A.
Regards closure requirements or other actions for poor-performing public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/1/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 144
Educator Licenses
Ingram, C.
Regards educator license grade bands.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/3/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 158
Cellphone Use
Timken, J.
To generally prohibit student cellular telephone use in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (6/3/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 168
Preschool Classrooms
Ingram, C.
Regards school district acquisition of preschool classroom facilities.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (10/28/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 173
School Districts
Schaffer, T. Brenner, A.
Regards school district territory annexations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/30/2025)
SB 190
Taxes and Programs
Blessing, L. Smith, K.
To modify the law governing property, income, sales and use, severance, and lodging taxes; to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to public and chartered nonpublic school students; to increase the Local Government Fund; to modify funding for the Low- and Moderate-income Housing Trust Fund; and to name this act A Good Deal for Ohio.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/7/2025; Finance Committee)
SB 191
School Scholarships
Huffman, S.
Regards disadvantaged pupil impact aid for scholarship students attending chartered nonpublic schools and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/14/2025; Finance Committee)
SB 257
Children
Weinstein, C.
To establish the Support Children's Overall Psychological and Emotional Health (SCOPE) Pilot Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (10/21/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 272
Civics Assessment
Koehler, K.
To permit a civics assessment in lieu of the American government end-of-course exam.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (10/7/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 274
Children
Cirino, J. Brenner, A.
To prohibit the provision of mental health services to minors without parental consent.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (10/1/2025; Health Committee)
SB 276
School Psychologists
Roegner, K.
To ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (3/24/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 289
Education Grants
Hicks-Hudson, P.
To establish a natural hair stylist education grant program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (10/15/2025; Finance Committee)
SB 290
School Safety
Patton, T. Reynolds, M.
To require public and chartered nonpublic schools to purchase and install an exterior secure master key box on each school building.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/14/2026; REPORTED-AMENDED (See separate story))
SB 305
Federal Funding
Hicks-Hudson, P.
To make an appropriation to continue to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs, and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children contingent upon a lapse in federal funding.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (10/29/2025; Finance Committee)
SB 310
Fetal Development
Johnson, T.
To require public schools to include fetal development instruction in any instruction that addresses human growth, development, or sexuality
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (2/17/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 311
Schools
Brenner, A.
Regarding the operation of public and chartered nonpublic schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/14/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 318
School Resource Officer
Cutrona, A.
To authorize a law enforcement agency to provide school resource officer services to a chartered nonpublic school.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate (3/25/2026; 32-0)
SB 322
Academic Distress Commissions
Cutrona, A.
To dissolve academic distress commissions and to instead require student support teams for certain low-performing school buildings.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (11/18/2025; Education Committee)
SB 326
School Curriculum
Cirino, J. Ingram, C.
To require school districts to offer, and students to complete, at least one high school computer science course.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/14/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 328
Education
Koehler, K.
Regards the Education and Workforce Return on Investment Initiative, a middle school career exploration course requirement, and student academic and career plans.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (4/14/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 330
School Attendance
Blackshear, W.
To allow school districts to count mental health days as excused absences and to name this act the Student Wellness Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (2/17/2026; CONTINUED)
SB 332
Academic Distress Commissions
Cutrona, A. Smith, K.
To dissolve academic distress commissions and to instead require student support teams for certain low-performing school buildings and to authorize a law enforcement agency to provide school resource officer services to a chartered nonpublic school.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/11/2026; Education Committee)
SB 333
Youth Council
Blackshear, W.
To establish the Statewide Youth Council in the Office of the Governor.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/11/2026; General Government Committee)
SB 377
Educational Facilities
Gavarone, T.
Regards the sale of school district property and programs to support educational service center facilities projects.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (3/25/2026; Finance Committee)
SB 400
Youth Development Programs
Manchester, S.
To provide for the designation of high-quality youth development programs by the Director of Education and Workforce.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/15/2026; Education Committee)
SB 416
Board of Education Members
Patton, T.
Regards school district board of education members deployed on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or Ohio National Guard.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/15/2026; Armed Services, Veterans Affairs & Public Safety Committee)
HCR 7
Buckeye Boys and Girls
Ghanbari, H. Miller, J.
To support and encourage the work of the American Legion Buckeye Boys State and the American Legion Auxiliary Buckeye Girls State in providing a premier educational and leadership program to the youth of Ohio.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (10/21/2025; REPORTED (No testimony))
HCR 22
Education
Roemer, B. Daniels, J.
To encourage students in grades one through twelve to read the U.S. Declaration of Independence in the classroom during the 2025-2026 school year in celebration of its 250th anniversary.
Text & Analysis
Adopted
in Senate (2/11/2026; 32-0)
HCR 25
America's 250th Anniversary
Brennan, S. Miller, J.
To encourage students in grades one through twelve to read, study, and discuss the U.S. Declaration of Independence in the classroom during the 2025-2026 school year in celebration of its 250thanniversary.
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (10/8/2025; Education Committee)
HCR 34
U.S. Department of Education
Thomas, D. Hiner, M.
To urge Congress to dismantle the United States Department of Education.
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (2/18/2026; Education Committee)

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