OH-HB249-2026
Ohio · HB 249 · 2025–2026
Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act
Anti-LGBTQ+Pending
- Bill key
- OH-HB249-2026
- State
- Ohio
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- engrossed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.B. 249, 136th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ohio 2025), https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb249.
- Short citation
- Ohio H.B. 249.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act
Curator notes
adult cabaret includes basically any trans person whose performance is judged "harmful to juveniles"; "Performers or entertainers who exhibit a gender identity that is different from the performer's or entertainer's biological sex using clothing, makeup, prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts, or other physical markers;"
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela King | Republican | Representative | HD-084 | Primary sponsor |
| Josh Williams | Republican | Representative | HD-044 | Primary sponsor |
53 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Abrams | Republican | Representative | HD-029 | Co-sponsor |
| Tim Barhorst | Republican | Representative | HD-085 | Co-sponsor |
| Adam Bird | Republican | Representative | HD-063 | Co-sponsor |
| Thaddeus Claggett | Republican | Representative | HD-068 | Co-sponsor |
| Gary Click | Republican | Representative | HD-088 | Co-sponsor |
| Meredith Craig | Republican | Representative | HD-077 | Co-sponsor |
| Rodney Creech | Republican | Representative | HD-040 | Co-sponsor |
| Jack Daniels | Republican | Representative | HD-032 | Co-sponsor |
| Levi Dean | Republican | Representative | HD-071 | Co-sponsor |
| Kellie Deeter | Republican | Representative | HD-054 | Co-sponsor |
| Steve Demetriou | Republican | Representative | HD-035 | Co-sponsor |
| Michael Dovilla | Republican | Representative | HD-007 | Co-sponsor |
| Ron Ferguson | Republican | Representative | HD-096 | Co-sponsor |
| Tex Fischer | Republican | Representative | HD-059 | Co-sponsor |
| Sarah Fowler Arthur | Republican | Representative | HD-099 | Co-sponsor |
| Haraz Ghanbari | Republican | Representative | HD-075 | Co-sponsor |
| Jennifer Gross | Republican | Representative | HD-045 | Co-sponsor |
| Thomas Hall | Republican | Representative | HD-046 | Co-sponsor |
| Mark Hiner | Republican | Representative | HD-098 | Co-sponsor |
| Adam Holmes | Republican | Representative | HD-097 | Co-sponsor |
| James Hoops | Republican | Representative | HD-081 | Co-sponsor |
| Marilyn John | Republican | Representative | HD-076 | Co-sponsor |
| Mark Johnson | Republican | Representative | HD-092 | Co-sponsor |
| Matthew Kishman | Republican | Representative | HD-050 | Co-sponsor |
| Roy Klopfenstein | Republican | Representative | HD-082 | Co-sponsor |
| Brian Lampton | Republican | Representative | HD-070 | Co-sponsor |
| Beth Lear | Republican | Representative | HD-061 | Co-sponsor |
| Brian Lorenz | Republican | Representative | HD-060 | Co-sponsor |
| Adam Mathews | Republican | Representative | HD-056 | Co-sponsor |
| Ty Mathews | Republican | Representative | HD-083 | Co-sponsor |
| Riordan McClain | Republican | Representative | HD-087 | Co-sponsor |
| Kevin Miller | Republican | Representative | HD-069 | Co-sponsor |
| Melanie Miller | Republican | Representative | HD-067 | Co-sponsor |
| Diane Mullins | Republican | Representative | HD-047 | Co-sponsor |
| Johnathan Newman | Republican | Representative | HD-080 | Co-sponsor |
| Bob Peterson | Republican | Representative | HD-091 | Co-sponsor |
| Justin Pizzulli | Republican | Representative | HD-090 | Co-sponsor |
| Phil Plummer | Republican | Representative | HD-039 | Co-sponsor |
| Tracy Richardson | Republican | Representative | HD-086 | Co-sponsor |
| Kevin Ritter | Republican | Representative | HD-094 | Co-sponsor |
| Monica Robb Blasdel | Republican | Representative | HD-079 | Co-sponsor |
| Bill Roemer | Republican | Representative | HD-031 | Co-sponsor |
| Jodi Salvo | Republican | Representative | HD-051 | Co-sponsor |
| Nick Santucci | Republican | Representative | HD-064 | Co-sponsor |
| Jean Schmidt | Republican | Representative | HD-062 | Co-sponsor |
| Jason Stephens | Republican | Representative | HD-093 | Co-sponsor |
| Brian Stewart | Republican | Representative | HD-012 | Co-sponsor |
| D. J. Swearingen | Republican | Representative | HD-089 | Co-sponsor |
| David Thomas | Republican | Representative | HD-065 | Co-sponsor |
| Jim Thomas | Republican | Representative | HD-049 | Co-sponsor |
| Bernard Willis | Republican | Representative | HD-074 | Co-sponsor |
| Heidi Workman | Republican | Representative | HD-072 | Co-sponsor |
| Tom Young | Republican | Representative | HD-037 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
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