SB 1 Ohio Senate · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act

Summary

To amend sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 4117.14, and 4117.15; to enact new section 3333.045 and sections 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.88; and to repeal section 3333.045 of the Revised Code to enact the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Signed Jun 27, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Passed by the Senate → As Passed by the House · 3 edits · Mar 19, 2025

MINOR

The House version of SB 1 adds House cosponsors and reorganizes the bill's formatting while maintaining the same substantive policy content. The core legislative changes remain identical between versions, including new trustee term limits, syllabus requirements, faculty evaluation standards, and restrictions on DEI programs. No substantive policy differences were found between the Senate and House versions.

TECHNICAL

Added House cosponsors list including Representatives Young, Williams, Barhorst, Bird, Click, Craig, Creech, Dean, Demetriou, Dovilla, Fischer, Fowler Arthur, Gross, Hall, T., Hiner, John, Jones, King, Lear, Lorenz, Mathews, A., Mathews, T., McClain, Miller, M., Newman, Plummer, Ritter, Robb Blasdel, Stewart, Thomas, D., Willis, Workman

Reformatted bill header from multi-line layout to condensed single-line format for House version

Removed line numbers and page references from Senate version that were present in the original markup

Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2025 · House Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

20–11

Passed

Total votes 31

Mar 26, 2025

D Democratic9

9 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican22

20 Yea 2 Nay

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 26, 2025

Legislature · Passed

Sent To The Governor

legislature

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Concurred in House amendments

upper

Mar 20, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (59-33)

house

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

upper

1 primary · 13 co-sponsors