Trans Legislation Tracker

Ohio

We are tracking 9 anti-trans bills in Ohio in 2023. The legislation impacts 6 categories:

EDUCATION

BATHROOM

PERFORMANCE

SPORTS

HEALTHCARE

MILITARY

OH HB151

EDUCATION
INTRODUCED

Enact Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act

To amend sections 3345.45, 4117.14, and 4117.15 and to enact sections 1713.57, 3333.0419, 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.87 of the Revised Code to enact the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.

OH HB183

BATHROOM
INTRODUCED

Regards single-sex bathroom access in schools, universities

To amend sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 and to enact sections 3319.90 and 3345.90 of the Revised Code regarding single-sex bathroom access in primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

OH HB214

EDUCATION
ENGROSSED

Regards public school staff member professional duties

To amend sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 and to enact section 3319.614 of the Revised Code to require each public school to adopt a policy regarding certain expectations related to the performance of staff member professional duties and to amend the version of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after that effective date.

OH HB245

PERFORMANCE
INTRODUCED

Prohibits certain adult cabaret performances

To amend sections 2907.39 and 4301.25 of the Revised Code to prohibit adult cabaret performances in locations other than adult cabarets.

OH HB6

SPORTS
INTRODUCED

Enact the Save Women's Sports Act

To enact sections 3313.5319 and 3345.562 of the Revised Code to enact the Save Women's Sports Act to require schools, state institutions of higher education, and private colleges to designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.

OH HB68

HEALTHCARE
VETOED

Enact Ohio Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act

To enact sections 3109.054, 3129.01, 3129.02, 3129.03, 3129.04, 3129.05, 3129.06, 3313.5319, and 3345.562 of the Revised Code to enact the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act regarding gender transition services for minors, and to enact the Save Women's Sports Act to require schools, state institutions of higher education, and private colleges to designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.

OH HB8

EDUCATION
ENGROSSED

Enact the Parents' Bill of Rights

To amend sections 3314.03 and 3326.11 and to enact section 3313.473 of the Revised Code to enact the "Parents' Bill of Rights" to require public schools to adopt a policy on parental notification on student health and well-being and instructional materials with sexuality content.

OH HCR9

MILITARY
INTRODUCED

Adopt Restoration of America's Readiness (ROAR) Resolution

To urge the United States Congress to restore the Department of Defense's superior warfighting principles of recruiting, assigning, training, promoting, and retaining personnel solely based on merit and ensuring such personnel maintain and display a warrior ethos, and to name this resolution the "Restoration of America's Readiness (ROAR) Resolution."

OH SB83

EDUCATION
ENGROSSED

Enact Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act

To amend sections 3335.02, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, and 3364.01; to enact new section 3333.045 and sections 1715.551, 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.87; and to repeal section 3333.045 of the Revised Code to enact the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education, and to revise the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.