# Ohio HB 117: Enact The Pledge of Allegiance Act

Ohio HB 117, Enact The Pledge of Allegiance Act, is a 136th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Sean P. Brennan (Democratic), Tracy M. Richardson (Republican); status in committee, last action 2025-02-26 (Refer to Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB117-2025-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Ohio HB 117
- State: Ohio
- Session: 136th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: Enact The Pledge of Allegiance Act
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-19
- Last action: 2025-02-26, Refer to Committee
- Sponsors: Sean P. Brennan (Democratic), Tracy M. Richardson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Subjects: Education, Primary and Secondary Education
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Sean P. Brennan (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Tracy M. Richardson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Adam Holmes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel P. Troy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Diane Mullins (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gary Click (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Heidi Workman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jack K. Daniels (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Stephens (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jennifer Gross (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Josh Williams (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Miller (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lauren McNally (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Levi Dean (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Santucci (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Roy Klopfenstein (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tex Fischer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas Hall (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ty D. Mathews (Republican), House

## Actions (2)

- 2025-02-26: Refer to Committee (House)
- 2025-02-19: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [HTML](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb117/00_IN/html/), [PDF](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb117/00_IN/pdf/)

## Related bills

- HB 519: Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle (signed)
- HB 733: Include maple syrup, maple product production to agriculture law (passed house)
- HB 692: Revise the household sewage treatment system law (passed house)
- HB 630: Regards police escorts for farm equipment, agricultural vehicles (passed house)
- HB 647: Regards publicly funded child care, the Child Care Cred Program (passed house)
- HB 459: Enact Katelyn's Law (passed house)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (HTML)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb117/00_IN/html/)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb117/00_IN/pdf/)

## Related
- [HB 519: Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB519-2025-2026)
- [HB 733: Include maple syrup, maple product production to agriculture law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB733-2025-2026)
- [HB 692: Revise the household sewage treatment system law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB692-2025-2026)
- [HB 630: Regards police escorts for farm equipment, agricultural vehicles](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB630-2025-2026)
- [HB 647: Regards publicly funded child care, the Child Care Cred Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB647-2025-2026)
- [HB 459: Enact Katelyn's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB459-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/OH-HB117-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).