Ohio State Representative

Beth Lear 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB708

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
To amend section 1345.032 and to enact section 5901.10 of the Revised Code to govern the practice of providing veterans claim consulting assistance for compensation and to establish requirements for soliciting a fee for providing a copy of a military discharge record.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB5

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/23/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
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 to enact sections 2941.1427, 2941.1428, 2941.1429, 2953.311, 2953.321, 2953.322, and 2953.323 of the Revised Code to enact the Repeat Offender Act to create a repeat offender classification, to create and modify certain firearm specifications, to increase the penalties for certain firearm offenses and specifications, to broaden the scope of relief from firearms disability, and to modify the Sealing and Expungement Law.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB823

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
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.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB84

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/11/25  
Report Pass
3/4/26  
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.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB783

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
To enact sections 2317.57 and 2317.571 of the Revised Code regarding notice about the possibility of reversing a chemical abortion.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB11

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
To amend sections 106.02, 106.023, 106.024, 111.15, 119.03, and 119.04 and to enact sections 106.025, 106.026, 106.033, 106.10, 121.96, and 126.04 of the Revised Code to require legislative approval of administrative rules and other regulatory actions under specified conditions, to allow a JCARR chairperson to request a third-party fiscal analysis of a rule, and to require state agencies to publicly post policy documents.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB116

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/24/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
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.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB12

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
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.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB122

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/24/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
To amend section 5747.98 and to enact section 5747.74 of the Revised Code to create an income tax credit for employers that provide paid leave to organ donors.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB124

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
Introduced
2/24/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Report Pass
11/10/25  
Enrolled
11/12/25  
Passed
12/19/25  
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.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB125

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/24/25  
Report Pass
3/11/26  
To enact section 3321.044 of the Revised Code regarding attendance at school during participation in district-approved activities.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB495

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
To amend sections 9.68, 109.69, 109.731, 311.41, 311.42, 311.43, 1547.69, 2921.13, 2923.11, 2923.111, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.127, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1211, 2923.1212, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2923.17, 2953.35, and 4749.10 and to repeal section 1533.04 of the Revised Code to enact the Freedom to Carry Act to rename a concealed handgun license a concealed weapons license and to allow a concealed weapons licensee to carry a concealed deadly weapon other than an exclusive deadly weapon.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB428

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
8/28/25  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
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.

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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB762

Filed/Introduced
 
To amend section 5739.02 of the Revised Code to exempt certain vending machine food purchases from sales and use tax.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio House Bill HB112

Filed/Introduced
8/6/26  
To enact section 3792.09 of the Revised Code to prohibit discrimination against an individual for the refusal of certain medical interventions for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, and to name this act the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act.