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

SB 78: Establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan

In committee 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 78 is a bill introduced in the Ohio Senate on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan. Primary sponsor: Paula Hicks-Hudson (Democratic), Bill DeMora (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 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 amend section 109.02 and to enact sections 3920.01, 3920.02, 3920.03, 3920.04, 3920.05, 3920.06, 3920.07, 3920.08, 3920.09, 3920.10, 3920.11, 3920.12, 3920.13, 3920.14, 3920.15, 3920.21, 3920.22, 3920.23, 3920.24, 3920.25, 3920.26, 3920.27, 3920.28, 3920.31, 3920.32, and 3920.33 of the Revised Code to establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paula Hicks-HudsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Bill DeMoraPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Nickie AntonioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Hearcel CraigCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Beth ListonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Kent SmithCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
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

Sources

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