2025-2026 Regular Session • Ohio Legislature
HB112: Enact the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act
Legislative Summary
To enact section 3792.09 of the Revised Code to prohibit discrimination against an individual for the refusal of certain medical interventions for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, and to name this act the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act.
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Bill History
2/18/2025
Introduced
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Referred to committee: Judiciary
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/18/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Judiciary(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 29
Primary Sponsor

Jennifer Gross
Republican
Co-Sponsors (28)
Beth Lear
Republican
Tim Barhorst
Republican
Adam Bird
Republican
Thaddeus Claggett
Republican
Gary Click
Republican
Rodney Creech
Republican
Levi Dean
Republican
Ron Ferguson
Republican
Tex Fischer
Republican
Sarah Fowler Arthur
Republican
Thomas Hall
Republican
Adam Holmes
Republican
Marilyn John
Republican
Mark Johnson
Republican
Angela King
Republican
Roy Klopfenstein
Republican
Brian Lorenz
Republican
Ty Mathews
Republican
Riordan McClain
Republican
Kevin Miller
Republican
Melanie Miller
Republican
Diane Mullins
Republican
Justin Pizzulli
Republican
Kevin Ritter
Republican
D. J. Swearingen
Republican
Michelle Teska
Republican
Bernard Willis
Republican
Heidi Workman
Republican