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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Mar 25, 2026
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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
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Mar 25, 2026
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican24
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
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