House Bill 500 - 136th General Assembly

History
Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Education	October 14, 2025	1st Hearing	Download

Testimony
Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Representative Ritter	House of Representatives	Proponent	Download
Representative Mathews, T.	House of Representatives	Proponent	Download

History
Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Education	November 4, 2025	2nd Hearing	Download

Testimony
Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp		Proponent	Download
Claudia L. Mason	Meadowdale Career Technology Center Army JROTC	Proponent	Download
Edward Catanese Jr.	Army Instructor Lorain High School	Proponent	Download
Dennis P. Marshall	Senior Army Instructor Lorain High School	Proponent	Download
Benjamin Zumock	Columbus South High School's Army JROTC	Proponent	Download

History
Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Education	February 4, 2026	3rd Hearing	Download

History
Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Education	February 17, 2026	4th Hearing	Download

History
Committee	Date	Status	Bill Text
Education	March 10, 2026	1st Hearing	Download

Testimony
Witness	Organization	Testifying As	Document
Representative Kevin Ritter	Ohio House of Representatives	Sponsor	Download
Representative Ty Mathews	Ohio House of Representatives	Sponsor	Download

Primary Sponsors

REPRESENTATIVES

Cindy Abrams Rachel B. Baker Adam C. Bird Sean P. Brennan Karen Brownlee Thaddeus J. Claggett Gary Click Meredith Craig Kellie Deeter Michael D. Dovilla Tex Fischer Sarah Fowler Arthur Haraz N. Ghanbari Jennifer Gross Derrick Hall Mark Hiner James M. Hoops Latyna M. Humphrey Marilyn John Angela N. King Roy Klopfenstein Brian Lampton Beth Lear Crystal Lett Brian Lorenz Gayle Manning Adam Mathews Joseph A. Miller, III Kevin D. Miller Melanie Miller Ismail Mohamed Johnathan Newman Mike Odioso Bob Peterson Sharon A. Ray Tracy M. Richardson Monica Robb Blasdel Elgin Rogers, Jr. Nick Santucci Jean Schmidt Mark Sigrist D. J. Swearingen Eric Synenberg Cecil Thomas Andrea White Josh Williams Heidi Workman Tom Young