Ohio

Ohio: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

84 bills: 45 Anti-LGBTQ+, 39 Pro-LGBTQ+. 8 are enacted (8 Anti-LGBTQ+, 0 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed582434
Pending18135
Enacted880

Most recent bills

All 84 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Ohio: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Ohio, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.051015202011: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2015: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 12 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 12 Anti-LGBTQ+, 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 6 Anti-LGBTQ+20122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Ohio, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.05101520201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Ohio by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01232021: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2026: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+20122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Ohio by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123201120142017202020232026
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  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
2026660110
202517125330
202415123330
2023844000
2022330000
2021752110
2020422000
2019303000
2018312000
2017505000
2016303000
2015202000
2013404000
2012101000
2011303000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents660
Bathrooms & facilities330
Sports participation990
Youth gender-affirming care651
Medicaid & public funding for care220
Insurance coverage716
Prisons, jails & detention110
Schools & curriculum1138
DEI & bias training972
Drag & public expression220
Book bans & censorship440
Pronouns, names & outing220
Marriage, family & custody826
Nondiscrimination protections24420
Hate crimes404
Religious exemptions110
Conversion therapy404
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law202
Symbolic resolutions & recognition1192
Government process, funding & data220

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Employment Nondiscrimination17017
Housing Nondiscrimination12012
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination12012
Broad Nondiscrimination11011
Sports Ban: Colleges990
Sports Ban: K12990
Credit Nondiscrimination808
Education Nondiscrimination808
Sports Ban: SWSA770
End Legal Recognition660
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being660
Healthcare Nondiscrimination606
Show the other 48 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Insurance Nondiscrimination606
Marriage Equality606
Forced Outing: Schools550
Conversion Therapy Ban404
DEI Ban: Colleges440
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors440
Hate Crime Classification404
Broad Discrimination330
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges330
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12330
Anti-LGBTQ+ Holiday/Recognition220
Appropriations220
Censorship: Drag Ban220
Child Custody Bill220
DEI Ban: K12220
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges220
Don't Say Trans: K12220
Forced Outing220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act220
Implicit Bias Training202
Misgendering: Forced220
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban220
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws202
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution110
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Censorship: Book Ban110
Censorship: Book Ban: K12110
Censorship: Pride Flag Ban110
Child Custody Bill: DACPA110
Discrimination in Education110
Don't Say Gay: K12110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12110
Electoral Discrimination110
End Legal Recognition: DSA110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Insurance Prohibition110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA110
Gender Affirming Care Protections101
Gender Marker Change Ban110
Holiday/Recognition101
Misgendering: Permitted110
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education110
Pathologization110
Prison Placement Ban110
Religious Exemptions: Medical110
Social Transition Ban110
Supportive Resolution101
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
HouseOhio House Workforce and Higher Education Committee on
HouseOhio House Workforce and Higher Education Committee on
HouseOhio House Workforce and Higher Education Committee on
SenateOhio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee on
SenateOhio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee on
SenateOhio Senate Finance Committee on
SenateOhio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee on
SenateOhio Senate Finance Committee on
HouseOhio House Transportation Committee on
HouseOhio House Government Oversight Committee on

All 43 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Gary ClickRRepresentativeHD-08817
Andrew BrennerRSenatorSD-01915
Jennifer GrossRRepresentativeHD-04515
Jerry CirinoRSenatorSD-01815
Josh WilliamsRRepresentativeHD-04414
Thomas HallRRepresentativeHD-04614
Adam BirdRRepresentativeHD-06313
Juanita BrentDRepresentativeHD-01813
Charleta TavaresDSenatorSD-01512
Marilyn JohnRRepresentativeHD-07612

All 288 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 1:26-cv-02525N.D. OhioDistrict2026
Case 1:26-cv-00351S.D. OhioDistrict2026
Case c67931650S.D. OhioDistrict2025
Case 2025-0472Supreme Court of OhioState2024
Case c6853216S.D. OhioDistrict2021
Case n096f852135N.D. OhioDistrict2020
Case n43ddc68d86S.D. OhioDistrict2018
Case need22e4953S.D. OhioDistrict2016

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.