Education – H. B. No. 531

Bills

October 28, 2025
Bill	Status	Amendments	Fiscal Notes	Analysis
H. B. No. 531	1st Hearing		Download fiscal note for H. B. No. 531	Download analysis for H. B. No. 531

Witness Testimonies for H. B. No. 531
Witness	Organization	Stance	Document
Representative Ritter		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Representative Ritter
Representative Newman		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Representative Newman

March 3, 2026
Bill	Status	Amendments	Fiscal Notes	Analysis
H. B. No. 531	2nd Hearing		Download fiscal note for H. B. No. 531	Download analysis for H. B. No. 531

Witness Testimonies for H. B. No. 531
Witness	Organization	Stance	Document
Eric Tober		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Eric Tober
Eric Kitchen		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Eric Kitchen
Mindy Penn		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Mindy Penn
James Kerr		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for James Kerr
Douglas Carver		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Douglas Carver
Rocky Malloy	National School Chaplain Association	Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Rocky Malloy
Ben Rutherford		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Ben Rutherford
Lydia Pleiman		Proponent	Download witness testimony document for Lydia Pleiman

March 10, 2026
Bill	Status	Amendments	Fiscal Notes	Analysis
H. B. No. 531	3rd Hearing		Download fiscal note for H. B. No. 531	Download analysis for H. B. No. 531

Witness Testimonies for H. B. No. 531
Witness	Organization	Stance	Document
Ivory Kennedy Jr.		Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Ivory Kennedy Jr.
Benjamin Iten		Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Benjamin Iten
Shawn Grime	Ohio School Counselor Association	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Shawn Grime
Liam Strausbaugh	NASW Ohio	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Liam Strausbaugh
Nick Bates	Ohio Council of Churches	Interested Party	Download witness testimony document for Nick Bates
Erin O'Rear		Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Erin O'Rear
Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp	LOVEboldly	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp
Douglas L Berger	Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Douglas L Berger
Lisa Sims		Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Lisa Sims
Nicholas Denton		Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Nicholas Denton
Robert Leonhard	Humanist Community of Central Ohio	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Robert Leonhard
Jeanne Melvin	Public Education Partners	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Jeanne Melvin
Victoria Anderson	American Atheists	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Victoria Anderson
Amanda Fontana	39-4410729	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Amanda Fontana
Sharon Hawkes		Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Sharon Hawkes
Danielle Firsich	Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Danielle Firsich
Jeff Wensing	Ohio Education Association	Opponent	Download witness testimony document for Jeff Wensing