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Beth Lear R

State Representative
Ohio House of Representatives District 60
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026

Biography

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On Record (11)

Bill Special DesignationsSpecial Designations : Memorial Highways and BridgesTRANSPORTATIONSENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
To enact section 5534.915 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 13 in Knox County as the "William 'Bill' Burgett Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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To amend section 5739.02 of the Revised Code to exempt certain vending machine food purchases from sales and use tax.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Special DesignationsSpecial Designations : Memorial Highways and BridgesTRANSPORTATIONHOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
To enact section 5534.915 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 13 in Knox County as the "William 'Bill' Burgett Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Juvenile and Family Law : Domestic RelationsSpecial DesignationsHouse Community Revitalization Committee
To enact section 5.2541 of the Revised Code to designate the weeks between Mother's Day and Father's Day as "Natural Family Month."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Utilities : Electric UtilitiesHouse Energy CommitteeEnvironment and Natural Resources
To urge Congress to enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral CommerceEMPLOYMENTState And Local GovernmentState and Local Government : Local GovernmentState and Local Government : Public Officials and EmployeesState and Local Government : State GovernmentEducation : Higher EducationHouse Commerce and Labor Committee
To amend sections 164.07, 307.022, 307.671, 307.673, 307.674, 307.696, 308.21, 351.06, 353.03, 1506.44, 1710.02, 4115.03, 4115.034, 4115.04, 4115.06, 5540.03, 6117.012, and 6121.061 of the Revised Code 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 …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral House Public Safety CommitteeCrimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and PunishmentCrimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : FirearmsCrimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Law EnforcementCourts and Civil Law : Courts
To amend sections 2307.601, 2901.05, and 2901.09 and to enact sections 2901.091 and 2901.092 of the Revised Code to enact the Ohio Self-Defense Act to modify the law regarding self-defense.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral TaxationState and Local Government : Local GovernmentHouse Local Government Committee
To amend sections 511.27, 511.28, 1545.041, 1545.21, 3709.29, 5705.23, and 5705.34 and to enact sections 511.271, 1545.212, and 5705.171 of the Revised Code to require certain subdivisions to obtain the approval of the body that created the subdivision before levying a property tax.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral ELECTIONSHouse Government Oversight Committee
To amend sections 3501.01, 3503.09, 3503.10, 3503.11, 3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.151, 3503.152, 3503.153, 3503.16, 3503.19, 3503.20, 3503.23, 3503.28, 3505.181, 3509.02, 3509.04, 3509.07, 3509.08, 3513.041, 3513.05, 3513.07, 3513.18, 3513.19, 3513.191, 3513.257, 3517.012, 3517.013, and 3599.12; to enact section 3503.071; and to repeal sections 3513.192 and 3513.20 of the Revised Code to require an elector to register as a member of a political …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral EducationHOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEEEducation : Primary and Secondary Education
To amend sections 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.475 of the Revised Code to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral EducationELECTIONSEducation : Primary and Secondary EducationHouse General Government Committee
To amend sections 3311.053, 3501.01, 3505.03, 3505.04, 3513.04, 3513.05, 3513.052, and 3513.19 and to repeal sections 3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.256, and 3513.259 of the Revised Code to require state and school district board members to be nominated by primary election and to appear on the ballot with a party designation.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (81)

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To enact sections 5507.01, 5507.02, and 5507.99 of the Revised Code to regulate the use of automated license plate recognition systems and mass surveillance technology and to name this act the Stop Flock Abuse Act.
Sep 26, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 9.71 of the Revised Code to disallow companies associated with certain foreign countries from receiving state or local economic incentives and to name this act the Ohio Business Investment Act.
Jul 29, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 718.031, 718.08, 3123.89, 3123.90, 3770.03, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.071, 3770.073, 3770.10, 3772.01, 3772.02, 3775.01, 3775.02, 3775.03, 3775.04, 3775.041, 3775.051, 3775.06, 3775.09, 3775.10, 3775.12, 3775.14, 3775.15, 3775.16, 3775.99, 5747.01, 5747.062, 5747.063, 5753.01, 5753.07, and 5753.08; to amend, for the …
Jul 05, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.538 of the Revised Code to create the "Blue Star Mothers of America" license plate.
Jun 18, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3.07, 3.17, 305.03, 503.241, and 3313.11 and to enact section 3.171 of the Revised Code to allow an elected official who is deployed on active military duty to retain the official's position and to attend meetings virtually.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.451 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 13 in Knox County as the "Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Vance M. Andrews Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.609 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 241 in Summit County as the "Captain Joshua Michael McClimans Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 109.70 of the Revised Code to prohibit law enforcement agencies from using quotas for arrests and citations.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.212 of the Revised Code to designate March 9th as "6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5701.11 and 5747.01 of the Revised Code to expressly incorporate changes in the Internal Revenue Code since March 7, 2025, into Ohio law and to declare an emergency.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 2317.57 and 2317.571 of the Revised Code regarding notice about the possibility of reversing a chemical abortion.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2917.12 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for disturbing a lawful meeting under certain circumstances.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To create the Data Center Study Commission.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3509.03, 3511.02, and 3599.21 and to repeal section 111.31 of the Revised Code to prohibit any person from mailing out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms to any other person.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.971 of the Revised Code to designate an intersection in Uhrichsville, Ohio as the "Dale McCauley Memorial Intersection."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.474 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 42 in Morrow County as the "Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 3313.907 and 3317.166 of the Revised Code to designate a JROTC or NDCC program offered by a school district as a career-technical education program.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.971 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of Interstate 275 in Hamilton County as the "Deputy Larry Henderson Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5104.02 of the Revised Code to exempt from licensure family child care providers certified by a branch of the United States armed forces.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3301.135, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.7110, 3313.7111, 3314.141, 3314.143, 3326.28, 3328.24, 3328.29, 3728.01, 4723.483, 4729.01, 4729.51, 4729.513, 4729.541, 4729.88, 4730.433, 4731.96, 4731.961, and 5180.26 and to enact section 4729.262 of the Revised Code to authorize the procurement and emergency …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.482 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of East Kemper Road in Hamilton County as the "Patrolman Earl W. Casterline Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.448 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of United States Route 6 in Lorain County as the "Police Officer Phillip Wagner Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2923.11, 2923.111, 2923.122, and 2923.17 and to enact section 2923.50 of the Revised Code to enact the Second Amendment Protection Act to safeguard the right to keep and bear arms.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 4141.30, 4141.33, and 4141.53 of the Revised Code to reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5705.31 and to enact section 5705.316 of the Revised Code to limit revenue increases from inside millage levies occurring due to a reappraisal or update.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 135.61, 135.62, 135.621, 135.623, 1733.04, and 1733.24 and to enact section 135.67 of the Revised Code to create the small defense business linked deposit program.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.429 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 13 in Athens County as the "Marshal Teddy Ray Holcomb Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.2322 of the Revised Code to designate the third full week of May as "EMS week in Ohio."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.282 of the Revised Code to designate the fourth Thursday of January as "NASA Day of Remembrance."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.444 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 53 in Wyandot County as the "Deputy Sheriff Daniel Kin Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2907.09, 2907.39, and 4301.25 of the Revised Code to enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.926 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of Interstate 70 in Licking County as the "Tuscarawas Valley Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 122.1712 of the Revised Code to create the Ohio Israel Trade and Innovation Partnership.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2905.05 and 2950.01 of the Revised Code to require that a person act with a sexual motivation or an unlawful purpose to commit the offense of criminal child enticement.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.2324 of the Revised Code to designate March 10 as "Harriet Tubman Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 3798.05 of the Revised Code related to medical records of minors and to name the act the My Child-My Chart Act.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 149.381, 149.43, and 3319.321 of the Revised Code to permit schools to withhold directory information and to remove directory information from the public record definition.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.427 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 33 in Auglaize County as the "Lt. James A. Kirkendall Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.443 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 56 in Pickaway County as the "Detective Rex Emrick Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 1716.01 and 5747.01 and to enact sections 1716.22 and 3333.96 of the Revised Code to enact the Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.267 of the Revised Code to designate November 5th as "Roy Rogers Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 3792.08 of the Revised Code regarding prescribing, dispensing, and administering drugs and to name this act the Jeff, Dave, and Angie Patient Right to Try Act.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.2471 of the Revised Code to designate September 19 as "Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5104.015 and 5104.04 and to enact sections 5104.044, 5104.303, 5104.304, and 5104.361 of the Revised Code to require video surveillance of child care centers, to establish an online portal for tracking child care center attendance, to require …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3301.16, 3301.53, 3313.671, 5104.014, 5104.015, 5104.017, 5104.018, and 5104.019 and to enact section 3301.532 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing childhood immunizations and exemptions and to name this act the Parental Clarity on Health …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2921.32 of the Revised Code to expand the offense of obstructing justice.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 149.437 and 2950.036 of the Revised Code to specify that a video, taken by a public office depicting a minor at a public recreational facility with water activities, is not a public record, and is subject to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 718.04 and to enact section 718.041 of the Revised Code to require voter approval to reduce or repeal a municipal income tax reciprocity credit, to allow a voter initiative to enact or increase such a credit, and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 9.481, 735.01, and 737.01 of the Revised Code regarding residency requirements for the city director of public service and the city director of public safety.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 3101.05 of the Revised Code to require identity verification with photo identification when applying for a marriage license.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2903.01, 2929.03, and 2929.04 of the Revised Code to enact the Larry Henderson Act to specify that the penalty for aggravated murder for an adult offender is death or life without the possibility of parole if the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3301.079 and 3301.0715 of the Revised Code 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.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2305.11 and 2307.46 and to enact section 2317.58 of the Revised Code to enact the Share the Health and Empower With Informed Notices (SHE WINS) Act regarding abortion informed consent.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 3301.0712 and to enact section 3345.065 of the Revised Code regarding the use of nationally standardized assessments in public and chartered nonpublic schools and state institutions of higher education.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2929.18 of the Revised Code to delay financial sanctions for one hundred eighty days after an offender's release from prison or completion of transitional control.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 121.22 and to enact sections 113.052, 122.952, 122.953, and 122.954 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio Defense and Space Commission.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2953.25 of the Revised Code to modify when a person may file a petition for a certificate of qualification for employment.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 304.02, 304.03, 715.23, 901.80, 935.03, 955.01, 955.011, 955.012, 955.02, 955.03, 955.04, 955.05, 955.06, 955.07, 955.10, 955.11, 955.12, 955.121, 955.14, 955.16, 955.20, 955.22, 955.221, 955.222, 955.26, 955.261, 955.40, 955.43, 955.44, 955.50, 955.54, 959.132, 1533.12, 1901.18, 1907.031, 2913.01, and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 319.301, 319.302, 323.08, 323.152, 323.155, 323.158, 4503.06, 4503.065, 4503.0610, 5715.16, and 5715.19 and to enact section 319.303 of the Revised Code to authorize a reduction in school district property taxes affected by a millage floor that would …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5747.98 and to enact sections 1315.131, 5502.80, and 5747.87 of the Revised Code to levy a transfer fee on money transmissions, to authorize an income tax credit based on the amount of the transfer fees paid, and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 3724.01, 3724.02, 3724.03, 3724.04, 3724.05, 3724.06, 3724.07, 3724.08, 3724.09, 3724.10, 3724.99, 5164.27, and 5166.111 of the Revised Code regarding prescribed pediatric extended care centers.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3901.21, 3901.22, 3937.19, and 5747.98 and to enact section 5747.87 of the Revised Code to authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for small employers that cover their employees with an individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement and to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5162.213 of the Revised Code regarding notification requirements for the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 3321.044 of the Revised Code regarding attendance at school during participation in district-approved activities.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5715.012, 5715.16, 5715.251, and 5715.26 of the Revised Code to modify the process for making property tax sales-assessment ratio studies.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 301.30, 504.04, 715.013, 718.01, 1315.01, and 5747.01 and to enact sections 1352.01, 1352.02, 1352.03, and 1352.04 of the Revised Code to enact the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act to address mining, taxation, and regulation of digital assets.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 729.49, 735.29, and 743.04 and to enact sections 743.51, 743.52, 743.53, and 743.54 of the Revised Code regarding unpaid municipal utility services.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 1349.10 and 1349.101 and to enact section 109.1111 of the Revised Code to establish the Innocence Act Enforcement Fund, designate specified provisions of law as the Innocence Act, and clarify the Attorney General's enforcement authority.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 1533.10, 1533.11, 1533.111, 1533.32, and 1533.321 of the Revised Code to allow Ohio residents who are 65 and up, instead of 66 and up, to qualify for discounted hunting and fishing licenses and permits.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 101.27, 117.12, 154.01, 306.30, 306.35, 306.43, 717.02, 1548.061, 2935.03, 3503.11, 3704.14, 4501.01, 4503.10, 4503.102, 4503.103, 4503.21, 4505.08, 4506.01, 4506.09, 4506.11, 4507.01, 4507.061, 4507.13, 4507.21, 4507.52, 4508.02, 4511.01, 4511.031, 4511.09, 4511.091, 4511.092, 4511.093, 4511.094, 4511.11, 4511.13, 4511.131, 4511.132, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 4723.01, 4723.43, 4723.432, 4729.01, 4731.27, 4731.35, and 4761.17; to enact new sections 4723.433 and 4723.434 and section 4731.513; and to repeal sections 4723.433, 4723.434, and 4723.435 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the practice …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 5747.70 and 5747.78 of the Revised Code to modify the income tax deductions for contributions to 529 plans and ABLE accounts.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2903.41, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.32, and 2971.03 of the Revised Code 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.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 149.43, 2929.20, 5120.115, 5120.21, 5149.10, and 5149.101 and to enact section 5149.102 of the Revised Code to require electronic recordings to be made of certain parole board hearings, to make electronic recordings of full parole board hearings …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 319.301, 319.302, 523.06, 1545.21, 3316.041, 3316.06, 3358.11, 3505.06, 5705.03, 5705.218, 5705.2111, 5705.221, 5705.233, 5705.261, and 5705.412 and to repeal section 5705.192 of the Revised Code to eliminate the authority to levy replacement property tax levies.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 4973.17 and to enact section 5502.54 of the Revised Code to create the escaped convict alert program and to allow a prior parent company of a bank to apply to the Secretary of State for the appointment …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2903.22 and 2921.31 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for obstructing official business when the victim is an emergency service responder who is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty and to clarify …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
To amend sections 122.6511, 3313.372, 3313.373, 4905.03, 4906.01, 4906.03, 4906.06, 4906.07, 4906.10, 4909.04, 4909.05, 4909.052, 4909.06, 4909.07, 4909.08, 4909.15, 4909.156, 4909.173, 4909.174, 4909.18, 4909.19, 4909.191, 4909.42, 4928.01, 4928.05, 4928.08, 4928.14, 4928.141, 4928.142, 4928.144, 4928.17, 4928.20, 4928.23, 4928.231, 4928.232, 4928.34, 4928.542, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 909.07, 921.01, 921.06, 921.11, 921.16, 921.24, 943.26, 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24, 3701.132, and 3715.60 and to enact sections 3313.8110, 3345.88, 3715.601, 3715.602, 3715.603, 3715.604, 3715.605, and 5101.5410 of the Revised Code to regulate imitation meat and egg products …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 109.11, 109.57, 109.572, 109.578, 109.579, 2151.357, 2746.02, 2901.08, 2923.125, 2923.13, 2923.14, 2929.01, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.34, 2930.171, 2941.141, 2941.144, 2941.145, 2941.146, 2951.041, 2953.25, 2953.26, 2953.31, 2953.32, 2953.34, 2953.39, 2953.61, 4723.28, 4729.16, 4729.56, 4729.57, 4729.96, 4752.09, and 5120.035 and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share