136th General Assembly

HB117

SCHOOL REQUIREMENT-PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (RICHARDSON T, BRENNAN S) To enact The Pledge of Allegiance Act to require the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. Current Status: 6/3/2025 - House Education, (Third Hearing) State Bill Page: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation summary?id=GA136-HB-117 HIGH SCHOOL EXIT ORIENTATION CHANGES (WILLIAMS J, SANTUCCI N) To enact the Graduation Readiness and Development (GRAD) Act regarding exit orientation programs at public high schools and to designate September as "Workforce Development Month." Current Status: 4/1/2025 - House Education, (First Hearing) State Bill Page: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation summary?id=GA136-HB-119 PUBLIC UTILITY STATUS-RNG PRODUCERS (STEWART B) To declare certain renewable natural gas producers are not public utilities. Current Status: 2/26/2025 - Referred to Committee House Energy State Bill Page: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation summary?id=GA136-HB-121 PROPERTY TAX RATIO PROCESS MODIFICATIONS (THOMAS D, HALL T) To modify the process for making property tax sales-assessment ratio studies. Current Status: 6/11/2025 - Referred to Committee Senate Local Government State Bill Page: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation summary?id=GA136-HB-124 SCHOOL ABSENCES-4-H, FFA (HALL T, CREECH R) Regarding excused absences from school to participate in 4-H and FFA programs. Current Status: 5/13/2025 - House Education, (Third Hearing) State Bill Page: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation summary?id=GA136-HB-125

HB119

HB121

HB124

HB125

HB127

WITHHOLDING SCHOOL DIRECTORIES-PUBLIC RECORDS (MATHEWS A, ODIOSO M) To permit schools to withhold directory information and to remove directory information from the public record definition.

Current Status: 6/17/2025 - Senate Education, (Second Hearing) State Bill Page: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation summary?id=GA136-HB-127

HB129

PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE REALLOCATION LIMITS (THOMAS D) To limit the ability of school districts to reallocate unvoted property tax millage and to include certain property and school district income taxes in the calculation of a school district's effective millage floor. Current Status: 6/4/2025 - BILL AMENDED , House Ways and Means, (Third Hearing) State Bill Page: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation summary?id=GA136-HB-129