SB 254 Ohio Senate · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Change Ohio Deaf History Month to the month of April

SB 254 changes Ohio's official designation of "Deaf History Month" from its current month to April. This is a procedural update to Section 5.2281 of the Revised Code, adjusting the calendar designation without altering any associated policies or programs. The bill directly affects the state's official recognition of the month, aligning it with April for commemorative events. No new provisions or funding are included; it solely modifies the existing statutory reference.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Sep 3, 2025 Last action May 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Introduced As Passed by the Senate · 3 edits · Mar 25, 2026
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted to reflect its passage by the Senate, including the addition of new cosponsors and the reorganization of text into separate lines. Substantively, the bill's content remains unchanged, continuing to designate May as 'Better Hearing and Speech Month' and April as 'Ohio Deaf History Month' while repealing the previous version of the relevant code section.
TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a single-column layout to a multi-line layout, and page numbers were removed.

Five new cosponsors (Brenner, Johnson, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Ingram, Landis, Patton, Reineke, Schaffer, Timken, Wilkin) were added to the list of supporters.

The header was updated to indicate the bill was 'As Passed by the Senate' rather than 'As Introduced'.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2026

How they voted

320
Passed
Total votes 32
Mar 25, 2026
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican24
24 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
2
May 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Oct 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to committee
upper
Sep 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors