Education – H. B. No. 531

Bills

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

Testimony
Witness	Organization	Stance	Document
Representative Ritter		Proponent	Download
Representative Newman		Proponent	Download

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

Testimony
Witness	Organization	Stance	Document
Rocky Malloy	National School Chaplain Association	Proponent	Download
Douglas Carver		Proponent	Download
Mindy Penn		Proponent	Download
Eric Kitchen		Proponent	Download
Eric Tober		Proponent	Download
Lydia Pleiman		Proponent	Download
James Kerr		Proponent	Download
Ben Rutherford		Proponent	Download

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

Testimony
Witness	Organization	Stance	Document
Ivory Kennedy Jr.		Opponent	Download
Benjamin Iten		Opponent	Download
Shawn Grime	Ohio School Counselor Association	Opponent	Download
Liam Strausbaugh	NASW Ohio	Opponent	Download
Nick Bates	Ohio Council of Churches	Interested Party	Download
Erin O'Rear		Opponent	Download
Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp	LOVEboldly	Opponent	Download
Douglas L Berger	Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie	Opponent	Download
Lisa Sims		Opponent	Download
Nicholas Denton		Opponent	Download
Robert Leonhard	Humanist Community of Central Ohio	Opponent	Download
Jeanne Melvin	Public Education Partners	Opponent	Download
Victoria Anderson	American Atheists	Opponent	Download
Amanda Fontana	39-4410729	Opponent	Download
Sharon Hawkes		Opponent	Download
Danielle Firsich	Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio	Opponent	Download
Jeff Wensing	Ohio Education Association	Opponent	Download