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Ohio · 136th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 229: Create the Law Enforcement Purple Heart license plate

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 229 is a bill introduced in the Ohio Senate on July 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Create the Law Enforcement Purple Heart license plate. Primary sponsor: Mark Romanchuk (Republican). It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 12, 2025): Referred to committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

To enact section 4503.472 of the Revised Code to create the "Law Enforcement Purple Heart" license plate.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Republican 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark RomanchukPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Nickie AntonioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Bill BlessingCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Andrew BrennerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Jerry CirinoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Hearcel CraigCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Bill DeMoraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Theresa GavaroneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Paula Hicks-HudsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Catherine IngramCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Terry JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate14
George LangCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Beth ListonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Sandy O'BrienCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Tom PattonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Bill ReinekeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate26
Kristina RoegnerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Tim SchafferCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Kent SmithCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Jane TimkenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Casey WeinsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to committee
  2. Introduced
  3. Passed
  4. Reported
  5. Referred to committee
  6. Introduced

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source