We are tracking 8 anti-trans bills in Ohio in 2025. The legislation impacts 3 categories:
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To amend sections 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.475 of the Revised Code to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
The board of education of each city [...] shall adopt and enforce a policy that prohibits [...]: (1) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion; [...] (3) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (4) Using diversity, equity, and inclusion in job descriptions; (5) Contracting with consultants or third-parties whose role is or would be to promote admissions, hiring, or promotion on [...] sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. (6) Replacing any orientation, training, office, or position designated for the purpose of diversity, equity, and inclusion that is prohibited under the policy with an orientation, training, office, or position under a different designation that serves the same or similar purposes, or that uses the same or similar means.
To amend sections 2151.461, 3129.03, 3313.473, 3798.07, and 3798.12 and to repeal section 5122.04 of the Revised Code to prohibit the provision of mental health services to minors without parental consent.
To repeal section 5122.04 of the Revised Code to prohibit the provision of mental health services to minors without parental consent.
To amend sections 3313.473, 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.475 of the Revised Code to enact the Given Name Act regarding the use of gender pronouns in public schools.
(B)(1) A public school employee or contractor [...] shall not knowingly and intentionally address an unemancipated student under the age of eighteen by any of the following: (a) A name other than the name listed on the student's birth certificate [...] without the written permission of the student's parent, legal guardian, or custodian; (b) A pronoun or title that is inconsistent with the student's biological sex unless the employee or contractor has the written permission of the student's parent, legal guardian, or custodian.
To amend sections 3513.041, 3513.05, 3513.06, 3513.07, 3513.261, and 3513.271 and to enact section 3513.053 of the Revised Code to allow an elector who is not a member of a political party to protest a person's candidacy for that party's nomination on certain grounds and to provide space on candidacy forms for former names.
To allow an elector who is not a member of a political party to protest a person's candidacy for that party's nomination on certain grounds and to provide space on candidacy forms for former names.
To amend sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 4117.14, and 4117.15; to enact new section 3333.045 and sections 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.88; and to repeal section 3333.045 of the Revised Code to enact the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a policy that [...] prohibit[s] all of the following: (i) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion; (ii) The continuation of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (iii) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (iv) Using diversity, equity, and inclusion in job descriptions; (v) Contracting with consultants or third-parties whose role is or would be to promote admissions, hiring, or promotion on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; (vi) The establishment of any new institutional scholarships that use diversity, equity, and inclusion in any manner.
To amend sections 3.15, 9.03, 9.07, 9.239, 9.24, 9.27, 9.28, 9.312, 9.331, 9.334, 9.821, 101.352, 101.82, 101.83, 101.84, 102.02, 103.41, 103.414, 103.71, 103.76, 103.77, 103.78, 107.032, 107.033, 107.12, 109.02, 109.73, 109.77, 113.05, 113.13, 113.40, 113.51, 113.53, 113.78, 120.06, 120.08, 121.02, 121.03, 121.085, 121.22, 121.35, 121.36, 121.37, 121.93, 121.931, 122.09, 122.14, 122.175, 122.1710, 122.4041, 122.41, 122.42, 122.47, 122.49, 122.53, 122.571, 122.59, 122.631, 122.632, 122.633, 122.66, 122.67, 122.68, 122.681, 122.69, 122.70, 122.701, 122.702, 122.85, 123.10, 123.28, 123.281, 124.02, 124.07, 124.1310, 124.1312, 124.152, 124.385, 125.01, 125.02, 125.035, 125.036, 125.04, 125.041, 125.05, 125.051, 125.061, 125.07, 125.071, 125.072, 125.073, 125.09, 125.091, 125.11, 125.111, 125.13, 125.18, 125.183, 125.31, 125.42, 125.58, 125.601, 126.021, 126.42, 126.60, 127.12, 127.16, 128.021, 128.41, 128.46, 128.99, 131.01, 131.50, 131.51, 135.01, 135.03, 135.143, 135.18, 135.35, 135.71, 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5743.56, 5745.03, 5745.04, 5745.041, 5745.08, 5745.09, 5745.12, 5747.01, 5747.02, 5747.021, 5747.05, 5747.062, 5747.063, 5747.064, 5747.07, 5747.071, 5747.072, 5747.08, 5747.082, 5747.09, 5747.10, 5747.13, 5747.15, 5747.29, 5747.38, 5747.39, 5747.40, 5747.42, 5747.43, 5747.44, 5747.502, 5747.72, 5747.98, 5748.01, 5748.02, 5748.021, 5748.03, 5748.04, 5748.08, 5748.081, 5748.09, 5749.02, 5749.06, 5749.07, 5749.15, 5751.02, 5751.06, 5751.07, 5751.09, 5751.98, 5753.05, 5753.07, 5907.11, 5907.17, 6111.01, and 6111.04; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 122.66 (5101.311), 122.67 (5101.312), 122.68 (5101.313), 122.681 (5101.314), 122.69 (5101.315), 122.70 (5101.316), 122.701 (5101.317), 122.702 (5101.318), 943.20 (944.03), 943.21 (944.04), 943.22 (944.05), 943.23 (944.06), 943.24 (944.07), 943.25 (944.08), 3517.153 (3517.14), 3517.155 (3517.17), 3517.992 (3517.99), 3517.993 (3517.18), 3701.65 (5180.72), 3738.01 (5180.27), 3738.02 (5180.271), 3738.03 (5180.272), 3738.04 (5180.273), 3738.05 (5180.274), 3738.06 (5180.275), 3738.07 (5180.276), 3738.08 (5180.277), 3738.09 (5180.278), 5101.13 (5180.40), 5101.131 (5180.401), 5101.132 (5180.402), 5101.133 (5180.403), 5101.134 (5180.404), 5101.135 (5180.405), 5101.136 (5180.406), 5101.137 (5180.407), 5101.14 (5180.41), 5101.141 (5180.42), 5101.142 (5180.421), 5101.144 (5180.411), 5101.145 (5180.422), 5101.146 (5180.423), 5101.147 (5180.424), 5101.148 (5180.425), 5101.149 (5180.426), 5101.1410 (5180.427), 5101.1411 (5180.428), 5101.1412 (5180.429), 5101.1413 (5180.4210), 5101.1414 (5180.4211), 5101.1415 (5180.4212), 5101.1416 (5180.4213), 5101.1417 (5180.4214), 5101.1418 (5180.43), 5101.15 (5180.44), 5101.19 (5180.45), 5101.191 (5180.451), 5101.192 (5180.452), 5101.193 (5180.453), 5101.194 (5180.454), 5101.34 (5180.70), 5101.341 (5180.701), 5101.342 (5180.702), 5101.343 (5180.703), 5101.76 (5180.26), 5101.77 (5180.261), 5101.78 (5180.262), 5101.802 (5180.52), 5101.804 (5180.71), 5101.805 (5180.704), 5101.85 (5180.50), 5101.851 (5180.51), 5101.853 (5180.511), 5101.854 (5180.512), 5101.855 (5180.513), 5101.856 (5180.514), 5101.88 (5180.53), 5101.881 (5180.531), 5101.884 (5180.532), 5101.885 (5180.533), 5101.886 (5180.534), 5101.887 (5180.535), 5101.889 (5180.57), 5101.8811 (5180.536), 5101.8812 (5180.56), 5104.50 (5180.04), and 5180.40 (5180.73); to enact new sections 107.034, 3313.902, 3314.38, 3321.191, 3333.0415, 3345.86, 3517.991, and 3780.22 and sections 9.05, 9.561, 101.56, 101.561, 103.416, 103.417, 109.39, 109.872, 118.29, 122.1712, 122.1713, 122.634, 122.97, 123.14, 123.30, 124.184, 125.052, 126.024, 126.10, 126.67, 135.1411, 148.021, 153.695, 166.36, 166.37, 166.38, 173.503, 340.038, 715.016, 924.212, 943.27, 944.01, 944.02, 1320.01, 1320.02, 1320.03, 1320.04, 1320.05, 1320.06, 1320.07, 1320.08, 1320.09, 1320.10, 1349.10, 1349.101, 1501.46, 1501.47, 1509.075, 1513.371, 1546.25, 1546.26, 1713.032, 1713.033, 1713.041, 3301.165, 3301.24, 3310.037, 3310.21, 3310.22, 3310.23, 3310.24, 3310.25, 3310.26, 3310.412, 3310.413, 3310.523, 3313.6031, 3313.6032, 3313.7118, 3314.362, 3315.063, 3317.165, 3317.27, 3317.28, 3317.29, 3317.31, 3319.173, 3319.2310, 3319.271, 3321.043, 3325.012, 3325.18, 3327.18, 3332.17, 3332.21, 3332.22, 3333.0420, 3333.074, 3333.952, 3333.96, 3333.97, 3345.451, 3345.601, 3345.721, 3345.79, 3345.83, 3345.88, 3375.47, 3517.15, 3517.16, 3707.61, 3721.074, 3722.15, 3743.48, 3770.074, 3770.075, 3780.37, 3781.062, 3901.3815, 3902.631, 3959.121, 4113.31, 4141.011, 4503.511, 4507.41, 4561.03, 4729.261, 4743.12, 4758.49, 4758.491, 4758.65, 4758.651, 4925.11, 4925.12, 4925.13, 4927.22, 4928.545, 4933.51, 4933.53, 4933.54, 4933.55, 4933.57, 4933.59, 4981.36, 4981.361, 5101.546, 5101.548, 5101.549, 5101.612, 5103.039, 5103.0520, 5103.09, 5104.292, 5104.302, 5104.53, 5104.54, 5104.60, 5119.211, 5119.344, 5120.039, 5120.85, 5123.1613, 5123.423, 5145.32, 5160.53, 5162.138, 5162.14, 5162.17, 5162.25, 5163.04, 5163.102, 5163.50, 5164.093, 5164.451, 5166.50, 5167.104, 5167.25, 5180.99, 5303.34, 5303.35, 5703.901, 5705.316, and 5747.073; and to repeal sections 9.47, 101.38, 103.72, 103.73, 107.034, 113.06, 122.451, 122.55, 122.56, 122.561, 122.57, 122.852, 125.092, 125.093, 125.10, 125.112, 125.181, 125.36, 125.38, 125.43, 125.49, 125.51, 125.56, 125.60, 125.602, 125.603, 125.604, 125.605, 125.606, 125.607, 125.608, 125.609, 125.6010, 125.6011, 125.6012, 125.65, 125.76, 125.95, 128.412, 135.144, 904.06, 905.56, 935.25, 956.181, 1561.18, 1561.21, 1561.22, 3313.902, 3314.38, 3317.0218, 3317.036, 3317.23, 3317.231, 3317.24, 3319.2213, 3321.191, 3333.0415, 3333.373, 3333.801, 3345.86, 3354.24, 3513.259, 3517.14, 3517.151, 3517.152, 3517.154, 3517.156, 3517.157, 3517.99, 3517.991, 3701.0212, 3701.051, 3780.18, 3780.19, 3780.22, 3780.23, 4729.551, 4758.18, 4758.241, 4758.50, 4758.52, 4928.57, 4928.581, 4928.582, 4928.583, 5104.08, 5104.52, 5123.352, 5123.603, 5163.05, 5165.261, 5166.45, 5180.23, 5180.24, 5180.34, 5310.05, 5310.06, 5310.07, 5310.08, 5310.09, 5310.10, 5310.11, 5310.12, 5310.13, 5310.14, 5537.24, 5726.59, 5745.13, 5747.67, 5747.75, 5751.55, 5902.06, and 5902.20 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 363.10 of H.B. 2 of the 135th General Assembly, Section 265.550 of H.B. 33 of the 135th General Assembly as subsequently amended, and Section 5 of H.B. 554 of the 134th General Assembly as subsequently amended; to amend Section 733.61 of H.B. 166 of the 133rd General Assembly as subsequently amended to codify it as section 3313.6033 of the Revised Code; and to repeal Sections 335.20 and 757.60 of H.B. 33 of the 135th General Assembly, Section 6 of H.B. 150 of the 134th General Assembly, Section 5 of S.B. 202 of the 134th General Assembly, and Sections 125.10 as subsequently amended and 125.11 as subsequently amended of H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly to make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
(1) "Boy" means a juvenile human male. (2) "Female" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell. (3) "Gender identity" means an individual's internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from biological reality and sex and existing on an infinite continuum, that does not provide a meaningful basis for identification and cannot be recognized as a replacement for sex. (4) "Girl" means a juvenile human female. (5) "Male" means an individual belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell. (6) "Man" means an adult human male. (7) "Sex" means the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender. (8) "Woman" means an adult human female. (B) It is the policy of the state of Ohio to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.
To amend sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 4117.14, and 4117.15; to enact new section 3333.045 and sections 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.88; and to repeal section 3333.045 of the Revised Code to enact the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a policy that requires the institution to do all of the following: (1)(a) Prohibit all of the following: (i) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion; (ii) The continuation of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (iii) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; [...] (vi) The establishment of any new institutional scholarships that use diversity, equity, and inclusion in any manner. For any institutional scholarships existing on the effective date of this section, a state institution shall, to the extent possible, eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements.
To amend sections 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.475 of the Revised Code to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
The board of education [...] shall adopt and enforce a policy that prohibits all of the following: (1) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion; (2) The continuation of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (3) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments; (4) Using diversity, equity, and inclusion in job descriptions; (5) Contracting with consultants or third-parties whose role is or would be to promote admissions, hiring, or promotion on the basis of [...] sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.