Ohio · Current officeholder
Beth Lear
Republican Ohio House, District 61
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Sponsored legislation
157 bills in the current data (26 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 541 | Designate Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Enacted | October 6, 2026 |
| HB 292 | Establish the Ohio Defense Commission | Co-sponsor | Enacted | October 6, 2026 |
| HB 20 | Prohibit harassing or impeding an emergency service responder | Co-sponsor | Enacted | October 6, 2026 |
| HCR 35 | Urge Congress accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | September 30, 2026 |
| HB 268 | Regards filing for certificate of qualification for employment | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 23, 2026 |
| HB 359 | Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2026 |
| HB 1009 | Enact the Stop Flock Abuse Act | Co-sponsor | Introduced | September 14, 2026 |
| HB 311 | Designate EMS week in Ohio | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 7, 2026 |
| HB 31 | Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 7, 2026 |
| HB 462 | Regards student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 26, 2026 |
| HB 982 | Enact the Ohio Business Investment Act | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 28, 2026 |
| HB 971 | Enact the Save Ohio Sports Act | Primary sponsor | Introduced | July 1, 2026 |
| SB 244 | Designate Abbey Gate Remembrance Day | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 30, 2026 |
| SB 63 | Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 16, 2026 |
| HB 646 | Create the Data Center Study Commission | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 10, 2026 |
| HB 962 | Create the Blue Star Mothers of America license plate | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 9, 2026 |
| HB 762 | Exempt certain vending machine food purchases from sales, use tax | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 9, 2026 |
| HB 52 | Revise the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 9, 2026 |
| HCR 7 | Support American Legion Buckeye Boys State, Buckeye Girls State | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | June 3, 2026 |
| HB 386 | Require photo identification when applying for a marriage license | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 3, 2026 |
| HB 823 | Regards deployed elected official’s office, meeting attendance | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HR 400 | Honoring Ashlynn Brokaw on securing a 2026 State Championship in girls wrestling. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 21, 2026 |
| HB 372 | Enact the Larry Henderson Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 347 | Enact SHE WINS Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 249 | Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| HR 369 | In memory of L. Helen Rankin. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 92 | Regards unpaid water, sewer, and trash charges at rented property | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 84 | Enact the Innocence Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 783 | Regards notice of possibility of reversing a chemical abortion | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 464 | Exempt military-certified child care providers from licensure | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 125 | Regards excused school absences for 4-H and FFA programs | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 432 | Designate Patrolman Earl W. Casterline Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 24, 2026 |
| HB 37 | Designate Detective Rex Emrick Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 24, 2026 |
| HB 335 | Regards county budget commissions, property and sales tax, funds | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 247 | Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 186 | Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 124 | Modify process for property tax sales-assessment ratio studies | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 10 | Regulate imitation meat and egg products | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 735 | Designate William 'Bill' Burgett Memorial Highway | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HCR 37 | Congratulate USA’s Olympic hockey teams on their victories | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 503 | Regards voter approval of municipal income tax reciprocity credit | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 500 | Designate a school JROTC program as a career-technical ed program | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 428 | Remove residency requirements for certain city director positions | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 332 | Create the small defense business linked deposit program | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 326 | Regards the Classic Learning Test entrance exam | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 296 | Delay offender financial sanctions until 180 days after release | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| SB 155 | Revise the real estate wholesaler law | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 2, 2026 |
| HB 23 | Create the escaped convict alert program | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 2, 2026 |
| HB 708 | Govern practice of providing veterans claim consulting assistance | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HR 304 | Support Ohio’s FAA proposal re: vertical takeoff, air mobility | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 18, 2026 |
| HCR 34 | Urge Congress to dismantle United States Department of Education | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| HB 693 | Enact the Affirming Families First Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| HCR 22 | Encourage students to read the U.S. Declaration of Independence | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 11, 2026 |
| HB 662 | Increase penalty for disturbing a lawful meeting in certain cases | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 649 | Enact the Child Care Fraud Prevention Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| SB 50 | Regards age and schooling certificates, minor work hours | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | December 3, 2025 |
| HB 213 | Designate Tuscarawas Valley Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 19, 2025 |
| HB 21 | Enact the Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 19, 2025 |
| HB 471 | Designate Deputy Larry Henderson Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 18, 2025 |
| HB 430 | Designate Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Vance M. Andrews Mem Hwy | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 18, 2025 |
| HB 188 | Create the Ohio Israel Trade and Innovation Partnership | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 18, 2025 |
| HCR 23 | Recognize 250th anniversary of United States Army, Chaplain Corps | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | November 12, 2025 |
| HCR 21 | Recognize the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | November 12, 2025 |
| HCR 20 | Honor the United States Navy; commemorate its 250th anniversary | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | November 12, 2025 |
| HB 586 | Prohibit mailing out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms | Primary sponsor | In committee | November 12, 2025 |
| HB 561 | Enact the C.H.O.I.C.E. Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 12, 2025 |
| HB 13 | Designate Roy Rogers Day | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 5, 2025 |
| HB 551 | Designate the Dale McCauley Memorial Intersection | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| HB 544 | Expand the offense of obstructing justice | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| HB 325 | Designate Marshal Teddy Ray Holcomb Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 22, 2025 |
| HB 275 | Designate Deputy Sheriff Daniel Kin Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 22, 2025 |
| HB 162 | Enact the My Child-My Chart Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 22, 2025 |
| HR 263 | Honoring Wendy Zhan on her retirement as the director of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 21, 2025 |
| SCR 2 | Urge investment into security, reliability of electric grid | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | October 15, 2025 |
| HB 514 | Regards public records of minors, sex offender library boxes | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 15, 2025 |
| HB 513 | Let certain entities apply Prevailing Wage to public projects | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 15, 2025 |
| HR 234 | In memory of Jack Cera. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 8, 2025 |
| HB 498 | Enact the Ohio Self-Defense Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 8, 2025 |
| HB 495 | Enact the Freedom to Carry Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 8, 2025 |
| HB 293 | Designate NASA Day of Remembrance | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 8, 2025 |
| HB 259 | Designate Captain Joshua Michael McClimans Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 8, 2025 |
| HR 255 | In memory of Mary Rose Oakar. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 1, 2025 |
| HR 139 | Honor Pope Leo XIV, to highlight his life and accomplishments | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 1, 2025 |
| HB 466 | Require certain approval before subdivision levies a property tax | Primary sponsor | In committee | October 1, 2025 |
| HB 457 | Regards penalties for politically motivated criminal offenses | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 1, 2025 |
| HB 444 | Enact the Tithing Protection Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 1, 2025 |
| SB 6 | Revise building inspection law | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| SB 39 | Provide for informational poster on veteran benefits and services | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| SB 114 | Prohibit law enforcement from using quotas for arrests, citations | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| SB 100 | Exclude certain agricultural entities from insurance regulations | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| HB 65 | Enact the Agriculture Appreciation Act | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| HB 64 | Revise age for discounted hunting, fishing licenses and permits | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| HB 51 | Designate Lt. James A. Kirkendall Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| HR 241 | In memory of Charles James Kirk. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | September 23, 2025 |
| HJR 6 | CA: Limit property taxes to specified percentage of value | Primary sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 424 | Regards transfers, purchases of certain retirement service credit | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 416 | Designate Police Officer Phillip Wagner Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 391 | Require tax rate as a true value percentage on tax bills, ballots | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 382 | Enact the Second Amendment Protection Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 376 | Reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 369 | Change diagnostic assessments for grades kindergarten through 3 | Primary sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| SB 21 | Designate Rutherford B. Hayes Day | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 4, 2025 |
| HB 4 | Designate Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 27, 2025 |
| HB 15 | Amend competitive retail electric service law | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 14, 2025 |
| SB 33 | Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 21, 2025 |
| SB 24 | Adopt the 1905 Wright Flyer III as the state airplane | Co-sponsor | Enacted | July 2, 2025 |
| HB 54 | Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 30, 2025 |
| SB 1 | Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 27, 2025 |
| HB 168 | Regards motivation or purpose to commit criminal child enticement | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 25, 2025 |
| HB 141 | Regards prescribed pediatric extended care centers | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 25, 2025 |
| HB 122 | Create tax credit for employers providing organ donors paid leave | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 25, 2025 |
| HB 116 | Enact the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 25, 2025 |
| HR 147 | Investigate East Palestine train derailment and EPA response | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 18, 2025 |
| HCR 8 | Urge Congress to make the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 18, 2025 |
| HB 355 | Increase vote threshold for local taxes subject to voter approval | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 18, 2025 |
| HB 48 | Modify tax deductions for 529 plan and ABLE account contributions | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 11, 2025 |
| HB 47 | Enact the Human Trafficking Prevention Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 11, 2025 |
| HB 133 | Authorize tax credit - small employers with health reimbursement | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 11, 2025 |
| HCR 16 | Reaffirm commitment to Taiwan; regards Taiwan status | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| HCR 15 | Urge Congress to pass the Defense Against Drones Act of 2025 | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 320 | Require registration as a member of a political party for primary | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 204 | Designate 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 131 | Prohibit law enforcement from using quotas for arrests, citations | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 127 | Permit schools to withhold directory information | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 4, 2025 |
| HR 138 | Honoring Don Jones for his exemplary service to the Ohio House of Representatives. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HCR 6 | Support work of the Ohio Commission for U.S. Semiquincentennial | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 5 | Enact the Repeat Offender Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| SCR 5 | Urge Presidential support for Medicaid work requirements | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 262 | Designate Natural Family Month | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 130 | Regards Medicaid Estate Recovery Program notification requirement | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HR 87 | Designate and commemorate Nurses and Health Professionals Week | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 166 | Designate Harriet Tubman Day | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2025 |
| HR 118 | In memory of Ronald Edward Hood. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 206 | Establish a transactional currency based on gold and silver | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HR 67 | Honoring Ashlynn Brokaw on winning a 2025 State Wrestling Championship. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| HR 66 | Honoring Alex Taylor on winning a 2025 Division I State Wrestling Championship. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| HR 38 | In memory of Ross Allen Boggs, Jr. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 28 | Eliminate the authority to levy replacement property tax levies | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 198 | Regulate manufacture, sale of inhalable, ingestible hemp products | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 182 | Prohibit public water system from adding fluoride to its water | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 172 | Prohibit mental health service to minors without parental consent | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 155 | Prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 153 | Include state, district school board members on partisan ballot | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 14 | Incorporate Internal Revenue Code changes into Ohio law | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 7, 2025 |
| HB 149 | Enact Withholding Illegal Revenue Entering Drug Markets WIRED Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HB 112 | Enact the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 106 | Enact Alyssa's Law | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HJR 2 | Applies to Congress for a Convention of the States | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HB 87 | Enact Strategic Tax Opportunities for Raising Kids (STORK) Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HJR 1 | CA: Establish a constitutional right to hunt and fish | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 42 | Require certain agencies to collect and report citizenship data | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 30 | Phase-down the state income tax to a flat rate of 2.75% | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 26 | Enact Protecting Ohio Communities Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HR 14 | Urge Congress to ensure toxins and chemicals removed from food | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| HB 12 | Enact the Jeff, Dave, and Angie Patient Right to Try Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| HB 11 | Regards legislative rule approval and fiscal analyses of rules | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| HB 1 | Enact Ohio Property Protection Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |