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HB 262: Designate Natural Family Month

Ohio · House · 136th General Assembly (2025–2026) · last verified September 24, 2026

What HB 262 does, verified September 24, 2026

To enact section 5.2541 of the Revised Code to designate the weeks between Mother's Day and Father's Day as "Natural Family Month."

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Last action: Referred to committee: Community Revitalization (2025-05-14)Alert me
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Tim BarhorstAdam BirdThaddeus ClaggettGary ClickLevi DeanRon FergusonTex FischerSarah Fowler ArthurJennifer GrossThomas HallMark HinerMarilyn John
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May. 14, 2025Referred to committee: Community Revitalization
May. 13, 2025Introduced
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 13, 2025 · 147 words

As Introduced

136th General Assembly

Regular Session

H. B. No. 262

2025-2026

Representatives Lear, Williams

Cosponsors: Representatives Hall, T., Johnson, King, Click, McClain, Gross, Barhorst, Ritter, Thomas, D., Mullins, Hiner, Newman, Claggett, Miller, M., Salvo, Kishman, Mathews, T., Willis, Dean, Ferguson, Fowler Arthur, Klopfenstein, Bird, John, Workman, Fischer

To enact section 5.2541 of the Revised Code to designate the weeks between Mother's Day and Father's Day as "Natural Family Month."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5.2541 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5.2541. The weeks from Mother's Day, which is the second Sunday in May, to Father's Day, which is the third Sunday in June, shall be designated as "Natural Family Month."

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