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HB 28
Property Tax Levies
Mathews, A. Hall, T.
To eliminate the authority to levy replacement property tax levies.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Ways & Means (4/8/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 42
Citizenship and Immigration Status
Fischer, T. Williams, J.
To require certain agencies to collect and report data concerning the citizenship or immigration status of persons with whom they come into contact.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
HB 54
Enacted
Transportation Budget
Stewart, B.
To make appropriations for programs related to transportation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of those programs.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/31/2025; Signed: March 31, 2025, Effective: March 31, 2025)
HB 67
Convention of the States
McClain, R. Willis, B.
To establish procedures for appointing delegates to a convention of the states under Article V of the United States
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 72
Abortion/Death Penalty
Schmidt, J. Mathews, A.
To prohibit public funding for and insurance coverage of the use of lethal injection drugs in nontherapeutic abortions and assisting suicide, to abolish the death penalty, and to modify the number of jurors that may be challenged in cases where a defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/5/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 84
Obscene Material
Demetriou, S. Williams, J.
To enact the Innocence Act to prohibit an organization from failing to verify the age of a person attempting to access material that is obscene or harmful to juveniles, to prohibit a person from using another person's likeness to create sexual images of the other person, and to create a private right of action for each prohibited activity.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Technology & Innovation Committee (3/18/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 96
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
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (5/30/2025)
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 (5/20/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 128
Abortion
Tims, D. Somani, A.
Regards abortion, abortion-related laws, and reproductive health protections.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/26/2025; Health Committee)
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 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 House Health Committee (5/21/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
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 (5/21/2025; 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 196
Candidates
Creech, R. King, A.
To allow an elector who is not a member of a political party to protest a person's candidacy for that party's nomination on certain grounds and to provide space on candidacy forms for former names.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House General Government Committee (4/29/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 198
Hemp
Fischer, T. Mathews, T.
To regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of inhalable and ingestible hemp products.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (5/7/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 246
Employment
Swearingen, D. Fischer, T.
To require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify and to sanction specified hiring practices in the industry.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Commerce & Labor Committee (5/21/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
HB 249
Public Exposure
King, A. Williams, J.
To enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/7/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 264
Elections
Fischer, T. Mathews, A.
To prohibit certain government publications concerning candidates or ballot issues during the 30 days before an election.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House General Government Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 269
School Curriculum
Ritter, K. Newman, J.
Regards success sequence and character education curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Education Committee (5/20/2025)
HB 299
Petition Circulators
Lorenz, B. Deeter, K.
To require statewide initiative petition circulators to be licensed by the Secretary of State.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (5/20/2025)
SJR 3
Convention of States
Reynolds, M. Lang, G.
Application to the Congress of the United States for a Convention of the States under Article V of the Constitution of the United States that is limited to proposing amendments that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and Members of Congress.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate General Government Committee (3/11/2025; CONTINUED)
HJR 2
Convention of the States
McClain, R. Willis, B.
Application to the Congress of the United States for a Convention of the States under Article V of the Constitution of the United States that is limited to proposing amendments that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and members of Congress.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED)
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 8
Unions
Huffman, S.
To prohibit a public employer from providing paid leave or compensation for a public employee to engage in certain union activities.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee (3/19/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 11
Employment Relationships
Blessing, L. DeMora, B.
To prohibit agreements that restrain engaging in a lawful profession or business after the conclusion of an employment relationship.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (3/5/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 56
Marijuana
Huffman, S.
To consolidate the administration of the marijuana control program, revise the medical and adult-use marijuana laws, and to levy taxes on marijuana.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (5/21/2025)
SB 63
Ranked Choice Voting
DeMora, B. Gavarone, T.
To generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/21/2025; General Government Committee)
SB 77
Wage Discrimination
Hicks-Hudson, P. Smith, K.
To require the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to establish a system for individuals to anonymously report wage discrimination.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (2/26/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 86
Intoxicating Hemp
Wilkin, S. Huffman, S.
To generally prohibit the sale of intoxicating hemp products, except for sales at licensed dispensaries; to regulate drinkable cannabinoid products, and to levy taxes on drinkable cannabinoid products and other intoxicating hemp products that may be sold.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/7/2025; General Government Committee)
SB 87
Antisemitism
Johnson, T.
To define antisemitism for the purpose of investigations and proceedings by state agencies and to expand the offense of ethnic intimidation to include the offenses of riot and aggravated riot committed by reason of the race, color, religion, or national origin of another person or group of persons.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (3/5/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 104
Short-Term Rentals
Brenner, A.
To limit the authority of local governments to regulate short-term rental properties, to extend local lodging taxes to short-term rentals, to require collection of those taxes by short-term rental platforms, and to require real estate licenses to be issued electronically.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Local Government Committee (3/12/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
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 (2/26/2025; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE (See separate story))
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 153
Elections
Gavarone, T. Brenner, A.
To require verification of an elector's citizenship before the elector may vote and to modify procedures regarding voter registration, voter roll maintenance, absent voting, and election petitions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate General Government Committee (4/29/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 156
School Curriculum
Cutrona, A.
Regards the success sequence curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education Committee (5/6/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 158
Cellphone Use
Timken, J.
To generally prohibit student cellular telephone use in public schools.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/21/2025; Education Committee)

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