HB 485 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Enact the Baby Olivia Act

HB 485, titled the Baby Olivia Act, requires Ohio public schools to include human growth and development instruction within health education courses. This policy change directly affects K-12 students and school districts by mandating specific curriculum content. The bill amends several education-related sections of the Revised Code and adds new Section 3313.6034 to implement this requirement. The key provision is the inclusion of age-appropriate human growth and development education as part of standard health curriculum.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Nov 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Sep 29, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Passed by the House · 8 edits · Nov 19, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to expand its scope from 'enact' to 'require' human growth and development instruction in public schools, added new cosponsors, and significantly restructured the content. The most substantive change is the removal of section 3313.60 (which previously exempted cooperative education school districts from certain curriculum requirements) and the addition of extensive new provisions governing community schools, including detailed contract requirements, oversight mechanisms, and compliance standards.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from amending five sections and enacting one new section to amending five sections, enacting two new sections (3313.6034 and 3314.03), and repealing three existing sections. The addition of community school provisions represents a significant policy expansion beyond the original Baby Olivia Act focus on health education.

REQUIREMENT

Changed language from 'to enact the Baby Olivia Act to include human growth and development instruction' to 'to require human growth and development instruction in public schools', making the requirement more mandatory.

Deleted Section 3313.60, which previously exempted cooperative education school districts from certain curriculum requirements, potentially narrowing the bill's applicability to those districts.

Added new Section 3314.03 establishing comprehensive requirements for community schools, including detailed contract specifications covering staffing, facilities, financial audits, nonsectarian operations, and compliance with numerous existing statutes.

Added specific video content requirements in Section 3313.6034(A)(1)-(2) mandating high-definition ultrasound videos showing fetal development and the 'meet baby Olivia' video showing fertilization and pregnancy stages.

ENFORCEMENT

Added audit requirements in Section 3313.6034(B)(C) requiring the department to audit each district's compliance annually and publish findings within 120 days.

SCOPE

Added new Section 3314.03 governing community schools, expanding the bill's scope beyond health education to include comprehensive community school establishment and operation standards.

TECHNICAL

Removed page numbers and line numbers from the text, and reorganized the bill structure with new section headers and formatting.

Added 24 new cosponsors to the bill, expanding the legislative support base.

Floor votes · House Nov 20, 2025

How they voted

59–26

Passed

Total votes 85

Nov 20, 2025

D Democratic26

26 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican59

59 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee

upper

Nov 25, 2025

Introduced

upper

Nov 20, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (59-26)

house

Nov 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Oct 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

lower

Sep 29, 2025

Introduced

lower

1 primary · 7 co-sponsors