Ohio Lame Duck Outcomes 2022

UPDATED January 11, 2023, at 6:40 pm

Ohio has just finished its Lame Duck session for the 134th General Assembly (GA).

Lame Duck is the period between Election Day and December 31st every two years when any bill that hasn't passed must be signed into law. Otherwise, the bill dies and must be reintroduced next term.

Ohio's supermajority party (the Republican Party) often passes their most controversial bills during Lame Duck.

Click through this list of bills we’ve been fighting for and against to see how each one turned out.

  • Celebrate your wins! You helped achieve several significant victories this cycle. Your calls, emails, and tweets make a difference
  • Of course, we didn’t win them all. Governor DeWine signed some troubling bills into law. Let people know who passed and signed the bills that will harm Ohioans.

Follow the following organizations for more calls to action:

Bills We Supported (Click on each linked bill for more info)  

  • HB 142 — doula services
  • SB 261 — medical marijuana expansion
  • HB 60 — allow Ohioans with autism to obtain medical marijuana
  • SB 288 — Changes to Ohio criminal law — Signed into law!
  • HB 500 — ends mandatory bindover for youth offenders
  • HB 150 — public defenders in underserved areas — Signed into law!
  • SB 158 — Expunge some eviction records
  • HB 135 — Bans certain troubling health insurance cost-sharing practices
  • HB 699 — criminal justice reforms
  • HB 383 — penalties for repeat violent offenders with illegal guns
  • HB 315 — Bail Reform
  • HB 456 — decriminalize fentanyl drug testing strips  — Signed into law!
  • HB 497 — 3rd grade reading  
  • HB 198 — Hearing aids for minors
  • HB 208 — Ohio Fairness Act
  • SB 357 — gun reform 
  • Funding Request — Use some American Rescue Plan funding for affordable housing
  • HB 105 — “Erin’s Law,” child abuse prevention — Signed into law, but includes anti-abortion amendment
  • HB 622 — legal counsel for destitute defendants facing eviction

Bills We Opposed (Click on each linked bill for more info)

  • Attacks on Voting Rights
  • HJR 6 — makes it harder to pass citizen-led ballot initiatives — Did NOT become law!
  • HB 458 — Strict voter ID regs, dropbox restrictions, other voting restrictions — Signed into law
  • HB 294 — Removes day of early vote, dropbox restrictions, strict voter ID, other restrictions
  • SB 320 — attack on voting rights #2
  • HB 387 — attack on voting rights #3
  • Attacks on LGBTQ Ohioans
  • HB 454 — bans gender affirming care for youth — Did NOT become law!
  • HB 151 — trans sports ban — Did NOT become law!
  • Attacks on Education — NONE of the attacks on education became law!
  • SB 178 — Education power grab
  • HB 748 — Policies targeting teachers
  • SB 361 — Employ veterans as teachers without a teaching license
  • SB 368 —  “Parent Educational Freedom Act”
  • HB 616 — Book/Curriculum ban + “Don’t say gay”
  • HB 327 — Book/Curriculum ban #1 (includes universities)
  • HB 322 — Book/Curriculum ban #2
  • HB 529 — force teachers to post curriculum online
  • HB 290 — “backpack bill” aka universal vouchers
  • SB 365 — Include free market capitalism in education standards
  • HB 722 — Requires parental notification for curriculum with “sexually explicit content”
  • State Power Grabs
  • HB 513 — Amendment added to ban communities from passing tobacco laws — VETOED!
  • HB 295 — Allows Ohio to declare federal actions unconstitutional
  • HB 506 — State power overreach. Creates “10th Amendment Center” — Signed into law
  • Anti-Protest bills
  • SB 16 — penalties for protesting #1 — Signed into law
  • HB 109 — penalties for protesting #2
  • SB 185 — penalties for protesting #3 — Did NOT become law!
  • Attacks on Working Ohioans
  • HB 509 — Weakens licensing requirements for several Ohio occupations Signed into law, but we earned a NOTABLE VICTORY
  • HB 344 — dental costs
  • HB 45 — amendments that harm low-income Ohioans — Signed into law
  • HB 288 — more requirements for SNAP cards
  • Abortion Bans — NONE of these attacks on abortion rights became law!
  • Rumored — bill or amendment with “new definitions” for existing abortion bans
  • SB 304 — abortion-inducing drugs
  • HB 378 — abortion “reversal” notice
  • SB 123 — criminal penalties for abortion #1
  • HB 598 — criminal penalties for abortion #2
  • HB 704 — ban abortion at conception
  • HB 480 — allows private action against a person for performing an abortion
  • Anti-Science Bills
  • HB 747 — Bans colleges/universities from setting COVID vaccine requirements
  • HB 631 — promotes “alternative drugs and therapies” for COVID treatment
  • HB 356 — bad drug sentencing bill
  • SB 33 — harms local school districts — Signed into law
  • SB 327 — full income tax repeal
  • HB 507 — expand drilling in state parks, define natural gas as “green energy” — Signed into law

Bills We Supported

  • HB 142 — doula services
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • Passed the House. Did not pass the Senate.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Establishes programs for the coverage or provision of doula services. Sets up doula certificates/registration. Requires the Board of Nursing to establish a registry of certified doulas. This will help decrease Ohio’s maternal and infant mortality rates!
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 261 — medical marijuana expansion
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • Passed the Senate. Did not pass the House.

  • SB 288 — Changes to Ohio criminal law
  • STATUS: Signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES: Omnibus Criminal Justice bill — Makes significant changes to offenses and penalties in Ohio's criminal code.
  • Note: There were some concerning amendments added to this bill before it passed the Statehouse
  • Some pieces of the bill include:
  • https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/download?key=20157&format=pdf 
  • Expands Ohio’s Good Samaritan law 
  • Allows Ohioans to file for for expungement of a misdemeanor conviction record after 1 year rather than 3
  • Allows Ohioans to file for for expungement of a minor misdemeanor conviction record after 6 months rather than 3 years
  • Specifies that arrest or conviction for marijuana drug paraphernalia does not constitute a criminal record and need not be reported.
  • ​​Authorizes a prosecutor to request the expungement of the conviction record of a fourth degree misdemeanor or minor misdemeanor
  • Helps ensure speedy trials
  • ​​EARNED CREDITS — For the earned credit mechanism that awards days of credit to a prisoner for participation or completion of programming, the bill increases the maximum amount of credit a prisoner may earn from 8% to 15% of the prisoner’s prison term.
  • Expands program options for earned credits for prisoners
  • BAD: Eliminates a journalist's ability to obtain confidential law enforcement investigatory records from a county coroner.
  • Permits the Department of Youth Services to develop a program to assist youth leaving its supervision/custody at 21 years of age and requires the Director to appoint a central office quality assurance committee.
  • Includes “Erin’s Law” — Inservice staff training in child sexual abuse prevention, as well as age-appropriate student instruction in child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention
  • BAD: an anti-abortion amendment was added to ”Erin’s Law” before it became part of SB 288: twitter.com/ProChoiceOH/status/1603083897499254792 
  • Provides that there is no period of limitations for prosecution of a conspiracy, attempt to commit, or complicity in committing, aggravated murder or murder.
  • Prohibits a victim of certain criminal offenses (and the owner of property where the victim resides) from being required to pay reimbursement for the cost of law enforcement assistance.
  • Adds members to the Elder Abuse Commission
  • Authorizes grand jurors of involved counties to periodically visit, and examine conditions and discipline at correctional centers and report on the specified matters
  • Includes HB 456 — Decriminalizes fentanyl drug testing strips)
  • BAD: HB 506 — State power overreach. Creates “10th Amendment Center”)
  • Bans texting and driving
  • Reduces the penalty for underage drinking from a first-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree misdemeanor.
  • RESOURCES: 

  • HB 500 — ends mandatory bindover for youth offenders
  • STATUS: Did not become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD DO: Mandatory bindover requires a juvenile court judge to send youth cases to adult court if certain criteria are met. HB 500 would end mandatory bindover. Judges would decide whether or not each youth should be tried as an adult.  
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 150 — student loan repayment to encourage public defenders in underserved areas
  • STATUS: Signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES:
  • Creates the Rural Practice Incentive Program to repay an attorney’s student loans if they agree to be a service attorney (public defender) for at least 3 years in an underserved community.
  • Also creates a task force to study Ohio’s indigent defense system and provide recommendations to the legislature
  • RESOURCES:

  • Funding Request — Help ensure some federal funding for affordable housing
  • STATUS: Was NOT included in ARPA spending bill
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 497 — 3rd grade reading
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • Passed the House. Did not pass the Senate.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Lessens reliance on high stakes standardized testing, eliminates requirement that students be held back if they don't pass the 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 198 — Hearing aids for minors
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law.
  • Passed House committee. Did not reach House floor.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: “Madeline's Law” — requires health plan issuers to cover hearing aids and related services for persons 21 years of age and younger
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 158 — Expunge some eviction records
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Permits a court to order expungement of an eviction case record upon a motion filed by a tenant, manufactured home park resident, or landlord, or upon the court’s own motion.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 135 — Bans certain troubling health insurance cost-sharing practices
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law.
  • Passed House. Did not pass Senate.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Requires insurers to apply amounts paid by or on behalf of covered individuals toward cost-sharing requirements
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 699 — criminal justice reforms
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: criminal justice reforms
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 383 — penalties for repeat violent offenders with illegal guns
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Increases penalties for repeat violent offenders found to have guns illegally
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 60 — Allow Ohioans with autism to obtain medical marijuana
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law.
  • Passed the House. Did not pass Senate.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Allow Ohioans diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to legally obtain medical marijuana.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 208 — Ohio Fairness Act
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 357 — gun reform
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: 
  • Allows for safety protection orders
  • Addresses LEADS and NCIC inclusion of protection orders
  • provides for seller's protection certificates under a new background check mechanism
  • modifies procedures and criminal offenses related to firearm transfers
  • modifies the laws regarding certain provisions related to mental health treatment
  • expresses the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate $$ under the American Rescue Plan to be used regarding a behavioral health workforce and crisis infrastructure
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 315 — Bail Reform
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Bail reform (supported by ACLU Ohio)
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 456 — Decriminalize fentanyl drug testing strips
  • STATUS: Signed into law
  • Added to SB 288, which was signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES: Decriminalizes fentanyl drug testing strips
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 105 — “Erin’s Law,” child abuse prevention
  • Added to SB 288, which was signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES: Inservice staff training in child sexual abuse prevention, as well as age-appropriate student instruction in child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 622 — legal counsel for destitute defendants facing eviction
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Provides legal counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction
  • RESOURCES:

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Bills We Opposed 

  • HJR 6 — makes it harder to pass citizen-led ballot initiatives
  • STATUS: Failed to pass 12/14. Likely to return (as a different resolution) in 2023
  • WHAT IT WOULD DO:
  • Under HJR 6, Ohioans who gather signatures and place an amendment on the ballot would need to win a supermajority (60%) of statewide votes for their amendment to become law.
  • HJR 6 would enshrine minority rule in our constitution. Just 41% of voters could block what the majority of voters want.
  • Polls show Ohioans disagree with the Statehouse supermajority on dozens of key issues. Collecting signatures and taking an amendment to the ballot is really the only option Ohioans have left to get these policy reforms. Politicians want to take our last option away.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 294 — attack on voting rights #1
  • STATUS: This bill did not pass, but the other voter suppression bill, HB 458, did.
  • Governor DeWine signed HB 458 law.
  • WHAT HB 294 WOULD HAVE DONE: Attacks Ohioans’ voting rights.
  • Restricts paying postage — Prohibits government officials from paying return postage for absentee apps and ballots. Even for military voters.
  • Removes final day of early voting. The final Monday is currently one of the busiest days of early voting.
  • Scare tactics around citizenship. Requires Drivers License and state IDs to denote when one is a noncitizen.
  • Online absentee request system that's more restrictive than the paper system. Adds online absentee ballot request but requires two forms of ID — Drivers License or state ID and SSN4
  • Cuts time for requesting and returning mail-in ballots.
  • Drop box restrictions and extra requirements on boards — Drop boxes can only be used after registration closes thru Election Day
  • Changes ID requirements on absentee form making it 3-tiered and more confusing.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 458 — Strict voter ID requirements, other voting restrictions
  • STATUS:  — Signed into law by Governor DeWine
  • WHAT IT DOES: 
  • Voters will lose access to drop boxes by limiting Boards of Election to a single drop box location, open during business hours only, and limited to the early voting period (so drop boxes couldn’t be used to drop off voter registrations, etc)
  • Voters will lose the freedom to vote provisionally with the last four digits of their social security number, unless they have religious exemption that excuses them from the strict photo ID requirement
  • Voters will lose the freedom to register to vote and vote with an alternate form of ID such as a utility bill, government document, or paycheck.
  • Voters will be punished by slow mail delivery. Voters will have their absentee ballots thrown out if their ballots are not received by just four days after Election Day (this shorter deadline applies to overseas and military voters as well). Previously, absentee ballots that contained a timely postmark were counted as long as the post office delivered ballots to the boards of elections within 10 days after Election Day
  • Voters will be forced to provide a strict photo ID to vote, whether voting by absentee ballot, or in person on Election Day, or provisionally;
  • Eliminates most August special elections (harming school districts)
  • ACTIONS TO TAKE:
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 320 — attack on voting rights #2
  • STATUS: This bill did not pass, but the other voter suppression bill, HB 458, did.
  • Governor DeWine signed HB 458 law.
  • WHAT SB 320 WOULD HAVE DONE: Requires photo ID for in-person voting, restricts drop boxes, ends early voting the Monday before the election, & more.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 387 — attack on voting rights #3
  • STATUS: This bill did not pass, but the other voter suppression bill, HB 458, did.
  • Governor DeWine signed HB 458 law.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Voting Restrictions — Requires ID; eliminates drop boxes; eliminates no-excuse absentee voting; limits absentee voting to 13 days, prohibits SoS from mailing absentee applications.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 454 — attack on trans youth
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Bans gender affirming care for trans minors
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 178 — Education power grab
  • STATUS:  Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Removes nearly all power from the State Board of Education (to which several Democratic candidates were just elected) and gives it to the governor (a Republican with no education background)
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 748 — Attack on teachers
  • STATUS:  Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Requires each local board of education, community school, and STEM school to adopt a policy prohibiting each staff member from doing either of the following:
  • Engaging in political, partisan, ideological, or religious advocacy by compelling a student to adopt, affirm, or adhere to a specific belief.
  • “Unfairly” evaluating a student’s work because it does not reflect a specific political, partisan, ideological, or religious belief.
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 361 — Employ veterans as teachers without a teaching license
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Employ veterans as teachers without a teaching license
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 368 —  “Parent Educational Freedom Act”
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Enacts the “Parent Educational Freedom Act” to expand eligibility for Educational Choice scholarships, cease the operation of the Pilot Project Scholarship Program on July 1, 2023, and increase the existing income tax credit for homeschooling expenses from $250 to $2000.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 616 — Book/Curriculum ban + “Don’t say gay”
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Bans Teaching Sexual Orientation/Race — Bans discussion and curriculum on sexual orientation and gender identity until 4th grade and bans teaching CRT, diversity, equity, inclusion and "any other concept that the state board of education defines as divisive or inherently racist."
  • RESOURCES: https://www.honestyforohioeducation.org/hb-6161.html 

  • HB 327 — Book/Curriculum ban #1
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Book/curriculum ban — includes higher education. Restricts how educators can talk about so-called "divisive concepts" such as slavery. Could also impact whether public agencies can offer diversity and inclusion programming, prompting concerns from public libraries.
  • RESOURCES: https://www.honestyforohioeducation.org/hb-3271.html 

  • HB 322 — Book/Curriculum ban #2
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Book/Curriculum ban — Prohibits teaching systemic racism - must instead be taught as a deviation from, betrayal of, or failure to live up to founding principles of the United States.
  • RESOURCES: https://www.honestyforohioeducation.org/hb-322.html 

  • HB 529 — force teachers to post curriculum online
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Controlling Teacher Curriculum — Requires all schools to "conspicuously" post class syllabi and mandatory class materials on their websites.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 290 — “backpack bill” aka universal vouchers
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: “Backpack Bill” — Creates a universal voucher program ($5,500 for K-8 and $7,500 for 9-12) that would also apply to students who are homeschooled and students who attend non-chartered, non-public schools.
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 365 — Include free market capitalism in educational standards
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Include free market capitalism content in educational standards
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 16 — Anti-Protest Bill
  • STATUS: Signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES: Increases penalties for several actions related to protesting, including peacefully obstructing a highway, street, or sidewalk.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 109 — Penalties for protesting #2
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • Passed the House. Did not pass the Senate.

  • SB 185 — Penalties for protesting #3
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • Senate rejected House amendments.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Anti-protest bill, resources for “suppressing mobs,” bans communities from stopping or restricting the sale of guns during emergencies, and more.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 509 — Weakens licensing requirements for several Ohio occupations
  • STATUS: Signed into law
  • NOTABLE VICTORY — An amendment on 12/7/22 removed social work from HB 509. Without your activism, Ohio would have started letting people without social work degrees be licensed as LSWs
  • WHAT IT DOES: Weakens licensing requirements for several Ohio occupations
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 344 — dental costs
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Would give dentists the ability to charge Ohioans, including union members, whatever they want for non-covered dental services.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 45 — Amendments that harm low-income Ohioans
  • STATUS: Signed into law. No line item vetoes.
  • Governor DeWine had the ability to cut harmful lines from this bill. He chose not to.
  • WHAT IT DOES:
  • HB 45 is a massive bill that appropriates Ohio’s remaining American Rescue Plan Funding. We asked for a “line item veto” of two damaging amendments.
  • WAIT WHAT??
  • When a bill contains an appropriation of $$$$, the governor can remove certain pieces of the bill (AKA “line item veto”) without vetoing the entire bill
  • We asked Governor DeWine to LINE ITEM VETO two amendments to HB 45. He refused.
  • 1.) the amendment that bans using low income housing tax credits and historic tax credits at the same time. This amendment would harm several ongoing programs for housing low income Ohioans.
  • 2.) the amendment that changes how affordable housing is taxed

  • SB 304 — abortion-inducing drugs
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law                 
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Heavily restricts abortion-inducing drugs
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 378 — abortion “reversal” notice
  • STATUS:  Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Requires notice about the possibility of reversing a mifepristone abortion
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 123 — criminal penalties for abortion #1
  • STATUS:  Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Enacts the Human Life Protection Act to prohibit abortions based upon a condition precedent
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 598 — criminal penalties for abortion #2
  • STATUS:  Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Criminal penalties for abortion
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 704 — ban abortion at conception
  • STATUS:  Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Bans abortion at conception
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 480 — Allows private action against a person for performing an abortion
  • STATUS:  Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Authorizes a private right of action against a person for performing/inducing an abortion or engaging in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 513 — Amendment being added to ban communities from passing tobacco laws
  • STATUS: VETOED!
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: ban local communities from passing stricter tobacco laws than current state law

  • HB 295 — Allows Ohio to declare federal actions unconstitutional
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Allows Ohio to declare federal actions unconstitutional
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 506 — State power overreach. Creates a “Tenth Amendment Center”
  • STATUS: Signed into law
  • Added to SB 288, which was signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES: State power overreach. Creates a “Tenth Amendment Center” within the Office of the Attorney General, which will “monitor federal statutes, executive orders, and regulations for potential abuse or overreach.”  
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 288 — More requirements for SNAP cards
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Added requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards, including that the SNAP debit card include a color photo of at least 1 adult member of the household.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 747 — Bans colleges/universities from setting COVID vaccine requirements
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Bans colleges and universities from setting COVID vaccine requirements
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 631 — Promotes alternative drugs and therapies for COVID treatment
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Promotes alternative drugs and therapies for the treatment of COVID
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 722 — Requires parental notification for curriculum with “sexually explicit content”
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Requires public schools to adopt a prescribed policy on parental notification on student health and well-being and instructional materials with sexually explicit content.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 151 — trans sports ban
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • SB 178 (State power grab that would overhaul education in Ohio) was added to this bill. An anti-vax amendment was also added to this bill.
  • HB 151 then failed to pass.
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: Bans transgender student athletes from participating in sports
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 356 — bad drug sentencing bill
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • WHAT IT WOULD HAVE DONE: bad drug sentencing bill
  • RESOURCES:

  • SB 33 — harms local school districts
  • STATUS: Signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES:  Allows more property tax abatements without school district sign off and reduces already lax oversight

  • SB 327 — income tax repeal
  • STATUS: Did NOT become law
  • But expected to return in 2023
  • WHAT IT DOES: Income Tax Repeal — Ten year phase-in of a full repeal of the Ohio income tax for non-business income.
  • RESOURCES:

  • HB 507 — expand drilling in state parks, define natural gas as “green energy,” & more
  • STATUS: — Signed into law
  • WHAT IT DOES: Expands drilling in state parks, defines natural gas as “green energy,” & forces communities to allow certain pesticides within their borders
  • ACTION TO TAKE: 
  • RESOURCES:

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