Ohio State Representative

Beth Lear 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB528

To amend sections 2907.01 and 2907.02 of the Revised Code to require a seven year mandatory minimum prison term for forcible rape and to expand the definition of sexual conduct to include anilingus.
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Ohio House Bill HB296

Introduced
5/20/25  
Report Pass
11/19/25  
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.
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Ohio House Bill HB65

Introduced
2/10/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Report Pass
6/11/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Passed
7/1/25  
To enact sections 5.2322, 5.2411, 5.2412, 5.2413, 5.2414, 5.2415, and 5.268 of the Revised Code to make specified day and week designations relating to agriculture and to name this act the Agriculture Appreciation Act.
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Ohio House Bill HB649

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 investigations of waste, fraud, and abuse allegations relating to providers of publicly funded child care, and to name this act the Child Care Fraud Prevention Act.
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Ohio House Bill HB645

To amend sections 107.03, 126.02, 126.13, and 126.27 and to enact sections 126.025 and 126.026 of the Revised Code to require the use of zero-based budgeting in the development of the state budget.
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Ohio House Bill HB386

Introduced
7/1/25  
Report Pass
10/29/25  
To amend section 3101.05 of the Revised Code to require identity verification with photo identification when applying for a marriage license.
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Ohio House Bill HB249

Introduced
4/29/25  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
To amend sections 2907.09, 2907.39, and 4301.25 of the Revised Code to enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act.
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Ohio House Bill HB251

Introduced
4/30/25  
Report Pass
10/29/25  
To amend sections 4561.01 and 4561.11 and to enact sections 4561.60, 4561.61, 4561.62, 4561.63, 4561.64, and 5501.84 of the Revised Code to establish requirements related to the use and purchase of an unmanned aerial vehicle by law enforcement and other public entities and to expressly incorporate additional aviation facilities into the Aeronautics Law.
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Ohio House Bill HB26

To amend sections 9.63, 4501.06, 5747.50, 5747.502, 5747.51, and 5747.53 and to enact sections 9.631, 9.632, 9.633, and 5747.504 of the Revised Code to require state and local authorities to cooperate with the federal government in the enforcement of immigration laws, to prescribe funding reductions for noncompliance, to name this act the Protecting Ohio Communities Act, and to declare an emergency.
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Ohio House Bill HB42

To amend section 3301.0714 and to enact sections 107.26, 2965.01, 2965.02, 3301.0717, 5101.546, 5107.101, and 5162.138 of the Revised Code to require certain agencies to collect and report data concerning the citizenship or immigration status of persons with whom they come into contact.
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Ohio House Bill HB416

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."
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Ohio House Bill HB424

To amend section 145.295 of the Revised Code regarding transfers or purchases of certain retirement service credit.
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Ohio House Bill HB4

Introduced
1/23/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/12/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Enrolled
5/7/25  
Passed
5/28/25  
To enact section 5.2471 of the Revised Code to designate September 19 as "Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day."
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Ohio House Bill HB47

Introduced
2/4/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
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.

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Ohio House Bill HB466

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.