Mike DeWine, House Bill and Ohio

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs dozens of bills, including LGBTQ+ 'forced outing' bill
Gov. DeWine signed 30 bills Wed., including legislation that would require schools to notify parents if child identifies as LGBTQ+ as well as allow parents to opt out of so-called "sexuality" content.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs House Bill 8, dubbed 'Parents' Bill of Rights' by supporters
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law several education changes that will require schools to let students leave for off-site religious classes and that opponents worry will out LGBTQ students. DeWine, a Republican, signed House Bill 8 on Wednesday.
Gov. Mike DeWine signs so-called ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights,' dozens of other bills
Under House Bill 8, school officials will have to tell parents if their child asks to be identified by a different gender or is exposed to explicit content.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs forced-outing, mandated religious release time policy bill into law
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law that will require school districts to create a mandatory religious instruction release time policy and require educators to out a students’ sexuality to their parents.
Gov. DeWine signs Ohio ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ with religious instruction bill
The 'Parents' Bill of Rights' was combined with a bill requiring school districts to develop policies surrounding religious released time.
Gov. DeWine signs nearly 30 bills into law
Gov. Mike DeWine signed more than two dozen bills into law on Wednesday. In total, DeWine signed 29 bills into law. Two of those were Braden's Law, which makes sextortion a felony, and the Parents' Bill of Rights,
DeWine signs bill requiring schools to notify parents of health care changes, ‘sexuality content’
The signing comes as conservatives nationally increasingly criticize public schools as too liberal and seek to quash discussion of hot-button topics, particularly around gender identity.
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs bill to make sextortion cases felonies in the state
A bill making sexual extortion a felony in the state of Ohio was signed into law on Wednesday by the state’s governor, Mike DeWine.
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Predators who groom children for sexual abuse can now be charged with a crime in Ohio
Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill on Wednesday making it a crime for predators to groom a child for sexual abuse, using a ...
Still no decision on who will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance to represent Ohio in the US Senate
Once DeWine appoints his choice for Senate, the replacement will serve in that seat until a special election in 2026.
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Ohio Gov. DeWine signs in law hospital violence prevention bill amplified by Dayton nurse’s death
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law on Wednesday evening requiring hospitals to do more to address violence toward nurses, doctors and other employees, including tracking incidents of ...
Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes medical free speech protections for health care providers
The measure was part of House Bill 315, a bill passed by lawmakers earlier this month that contained a hodgepodge of policy ...
US state of Ohio designates October as 'Hindu Heritage Month'
WASHINGTON: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed a bill to designate October as "Hindu Heritage Month" in the US state. The ...
Flags ordered to be lowered by DeWine on Jan. 13
Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags across Ohio to be lowered to honor a former state senator. From sunrise to sunset on ...
Gov. DeWine set to sign Braden’s Law, which prohibits sexual extortion
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is scheduled to sign House Bill 531, also known as Braden’s Law, Wednesday afternoon. Braden’s Law prohibits sexual extortion and requires service ...
Ohio’s lame duck lawmakers secretly try to help unethical mayors, but Gov. Mike DeWine stops them: Today in Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio - In the massive last-minute lame-duck bill that passed just before the holidays, Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a ...