House Bill 454 Committee Activity
Committee
House Committees
| Committee | Date | Status | Bill Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families, Aging, and Human Services | February 17, 2022 | 1st Hearing | Download |
| Witness | Organization | Testifying As | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Representative Gary Click | Proponent | Download | |
| Erin Brewer | Proponent | Download |
| Committee | Date | Status | Bill Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families, Aging, and Human Services | May 19, 2022 | 2nd Hearing | Download |
| Witness | Organization | Testifying As | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Weiss | Proponent | Download | |
| Maria Polaris | Cardinal Support Network | Proponent | Download |
| Resource: Maria Polaris | Proponent | Download | |
| Matt Sharp | Alliance Defending Freedom | Proponent | Download |
| Andre Van Mol, MD | American College of Pediatricians, Christian Medical & Dental Assoc's | Proponent | Download |
| Helena Kerschner | Proponent | Download | |
| Jeannette Cooper | International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. NFP | Proponent | Download |
| Corinna Cohn | Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN) | Proponent | Download |
| Mahri Irvine, PhD | Women's Liberation Front | Proponent | Download |
| Sunil V Bhat, MD | Proponent | Download | |
| Joseph Kohm, III, Esq. | Family Policy Alliance | Proponent | Download |
| Brian Hickey | Catholic Conference of Ohio | Proponent | Download |
| Dr. Jeffrey Barrows | Proponent | Download | |
| Anna Heran | Proponent | Download |
| Committee | Date | Status | Bill Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families, Aging, and Human Services | May 26, 2022 | 3rd Hearing | Download |
| Witness | Organization | Testifying As | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cari Morris | Proponent | Download | |
| Jane Williams | Proponent | Download | |
| Information: Jane Williams | Proponent | Download | |
| David Mahan | Center for Christian Virtue | Proponent | Download |
| Information 1: David Mahan | Proponent | Download | |
| Information 2: David Mahan | Proponent | Download | |
| Ronli Brown | Proponent | Download | |
| Andrea Smith | Proponent | Download | |
| Michael Cooper | Proponent | Download | |
| Lisa Breedlove Chaffee | Ohio Parents Rights In Education | Proponent | Download |
| Chloe Cole | Proponent | Download | |
| Kelly Wagner | Proponent | Download | |
| Ursula Smith | Proponent | Download | |
| Maria Polaris For Anonymous My Chart Mother | Cardinal Support Network | Proponent | Download |
| Linda Harvey | Mission America | Proponent | Download |
| Committee | Date | Status | Bill Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families, Aging, and Human Services | June 1, 2022 | 4th Hearing | Download |
| Witness | Organization | Testifying As | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lashutka | Ohio Children's Hospital Association | Opponent | Download |
| Information 1: gender care fact sheet | Opponent | Download | |
| Information 2: Yale Report | Opponent | Download | |
| David Axelson, MD | Nationwide Children's Hospital | Opponent | Download |
| Armand Antommaria | Cincinnati Children's Hospital & Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Patricia Manning-Courtney | Ohio Children's Hospital Association | Opponent | Download |
| Committee | Date | Status | Bill Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families, Aging, and Human Services | November 16, 2022 | 5th Hearing | Download |
| Witness | Organization | Testifying As | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lashutka | Ohio Children's Hospital Association | Opponent | Download |
| Amy L. Schneider | Opponent | Download | |
| Avery Anderson | Opponent | Download | |
| Stevie Beck | Opponent | Download | |
| Ashton Colby | Opponent | Download | |
| Kathryn Poe | Equality Ohio | Opponent | Download |
| Brendan Kelley | Opponent | Download | |
| Mikael McLaren | Opponent | Download | |
| Melissa McLaren | Opponent | Download | |
| Aaron Demlow | Opponent | Download | |
| Amy Demlow | Opponent | Download | |
| Shannon Scott-Miller | Opponent | Download | |
| Mallory Golski | Kaleidoscope Youth Center | Opponent | Download |
| Dara Atkinson | TransOhio | Opponent | Download |
| Lis Regula | Opponent | Download | |
| Stephanie L. Ash | National Association of Social Workers, Ohio Chapter | Opponent | Download |
| Rev. Jeremy Moyers | Opponent | Download | |
| Kat Steiner | Opponent | Download | |
| Cass Steiner | Opponent | Download | |
| Gary Greenberg | Opponent | Download | |
| Nick Zingarelli | Opponent | Download | |
| Sean McCann | ACLU of Ohio | Opponent | Download |
| Giles Roblyer | Opponent | Download | |
| Laura Robertson-Boyd | Opponent | Download | |
| Pat Gleydura | Honesty For Ohio Education | Opponent | Download |
| Jeanne and Cam Ogden | Opponent | Download | |
| Minna Zelch | Opponent | Download | |
| Nicolas Shannon Savard, PhD | Opponent | Download | |
| Lalitha Pamidigantam | ywca columbus | Opponent | Download |
| Peggy Stager, MD, FAAP | Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics | Opponent | Download |
| Ellena Privitera | Medical Student Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Margaret Dahlstrom | Opponent | Download | |
| Charles Nathaniel Taylor | Opponent | Download | |
| Gene Dockery, MA, LPC (OH), NCC | Ohio Counseling Association/SAIGEO | Opponent | Download |
| Dr. Rhea Debussy | Equitas Health | Opponent | Download |
| Michaela Laubacher | Opponent | Download | |
| Devonne Czerwinski | Opponent | Download | |
| Tammy McInerney | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica Cicchinelli | Living With Change | Opponent | Download |
| Conrad Yoder | Opponent | Download | |
| Gwendolyn Short | Opponent | Download | |
| Danielle Thrasher | Opponent | Download | |
| Denise McClenathan (she/her) | Opponent | Download | |
| Charlotte Winter | Opponent | Download | |
| Jordan Bernas | Opponent | Download | |
| Andrew F. Beck, MD MPH | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Kyle Johnson | OSU Outlaws | Opponent | Download |
| Anita Somani M.D. | Physicians Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Bradie Anderson | Opponent | Download | |
| Adam Anderson | Opponent | Download | |
| Anne Anderson | Opponent | Download | |
| Melissa Wervey Arnold Supporting Doc | Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics | Opponent | Download |
| Ann Becker | Opponent | Download | |
| Denice C Kocher | Opponent | Download | |
| Sara E. Williams, PhD | Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Opponent | Download |
| Christina Ulrey | Opponent | Download | |
| Susan Hyde | Opponent | Download | |
| Marcee Myers Addington | Opponent | Download | |
| Lawrence Dolan, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica Kahn | Opponent | Download | |
| Dana Zucker | Opponent | Download | |
| Scott Schwartz, DDS, MPH | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Julie A. Gatlin, LISW-S | Opponent | Download | |
| Hannah Ware | The National Association of Social Workers - Ohio Chapter (NASW-OH) | Opponent | Download |
| Miriam Raider-Roth | Opponent | Download | |
| Eoghan Gallagher | Opponent | Download | |
| Sarah B. Nagle | Opponent | Download | |
| Georgianna Persons | Opponent | Download | |
| Lindsey King | Opponent | Download | |
| Robyn Gorman, MD, FAAP | Opponent | Download | |
| John Seyerle, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Greg Hartmann | Opponent | Download | |
| Elizabeth Ireson, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Sarah World MS,MSW, LISW-S | Find Your Way Counseling & Consulting LLC | Opponent | Download |
| Caitlin Yilmazer | Waybridge Counseling | Opponent | Download |
| Sarah D. Corathers, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Rob Hart | Opponent | Download | |
| Jenny DeBruer | Opponent | Download | |
| Trent Kotch | Opponent | Download | |
| Megan Hodge | Opponent | Download | |
| Rev. Andrew Burns | Opponent | Download | |
| Rachel Snedecor | Opponent | Download | |
| Nives Zimmermann | Opponent | Download | |
| Owen Schwartz | Opponent | Download | |
| Robin Elizabeth Norris, MD | Cinciannati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Dr. Jonathan Allan Janiczek, MD | Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Christopher Statile, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Maria Barnes-Davis | Opponent | Download | |
| Chelsea Weyand, Psy. D.,ABPP | Akron Children's Hospital | Opponent | Download |
| Laura Even Elliott | Opponent | Download | |
| Jennifer deSante-Bertkau MD MBE | Opponent | Download | |
| Ruth Alpers | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Ana Catalina Arce-Clachar | Opponent | Download | |
| Angela Statile, MD, MEd | Opponent | Download | |
| Esteban Cheng-Ching | Opponent | Download | |
| William Brinkman, MD, MEd, MSc | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Ashley Cunningham | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Deborah Elder MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Cassandra Esposito, Ph.D. | Cincinnati Chilren's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Colby Smith | Opponent | Download | |
| Susan Jelinek | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Lauren Szulczewski | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Corinne Lehmann, MD, MEd | Opponent | Download | |
| Blaise V. Jones, M.D. | Opponent | Download | |
| Michelle M. Ernst | Opponent | Download | |
| Sarah Weller | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Sarah Pickle | Opponent | Download | |
| Aubrey Coates, Ph.D. | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Kahla Gagne-Loparo | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica McClure | Opponent | Download | |
| Leslie R. Applegate, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Eric S. Mullins, MD | Cincinnati Chilren's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Jennifer R. Frey, Ph.D. | Opponent | Download | |
| Jae Kim | Cincinnati Children's | Opponent | Download |
| Mona Mansour, M.D, M.S. | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Rev. Judith W. McBride | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Brian Varisco | Opponent | Download | |
| Avani C. Modi, Ph.D. | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Kristy L Anderson MSW, LISW-S | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Adam A. Vukovic, MD, MEd | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Allison Blackburn | Opponent | Download | |
| Kristen Stefanski | Opponent | Download | |
| Megan Vonada | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Anna-Liisa Vockell | Opponent | Download | |
| Erica Krapf, PhD, ABPP | Opponent | Download | |
| Jilda Vargus-Adams | Opponent | Download | |
| Karen Jerardi Beck | Opponent | Download | |
| Dr. Kimberly Schubert | Cincinnati Chidlren's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Erik Su | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Opponent | Download |
| Jennifer C Lewis | Opponent | Download | |
| Jennifer McAllister | Opponent | Download | |
| Jeffrey Tenney, MD, PhD | Opponent | Download | |
| Dr. Patrick Timothy Ruck, DDS | Opponent | Download | |
| Melissa Klein | Opponent | Download | |
| Mary Greiner, MD, MS | Opponent | Download | |
| Henry T. Akinbi, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Paul Spearman, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Dane C. Warner MD, MPH | Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Opponent | Download |
| Raouf Amin | Opponent | Download | |
| Kelsey Logan | Opponent | Download | |
| Lori Aronson | Opponent | Download | |
| Julie Gilman | Opponent | Download | |
| Katrina Callaghan | Opponent | Download | |
| Elliot Borgatti | Opponent | Download | |
| Rachael Morocco | Opponent | Download | |
| Alyssa Lambrecht | Opponent | Download | |
| Dawn C. Dillinger, DO | Opponent | Download | |
| Mehak Chawla | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Raymond Wen | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Tina Wang | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Jesse Pullen | Opponent | Download | |
| Noel Reed | Opponent | Download | |
| Varshita Chirumamilla | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Lindsay Morrison | Opponent | Download | |
| JN Butler | Opponent | Download | |
| Tamara Melnick | Opponent | Download | |
| Lauryn Bertke | Opponent | Download | |
| Bhageerathi Ganesan | Medical Student - Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Anamika Shah | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Courtney Shihabuddin | Opponent | Download | |
| Samantha Nandyal | Opponent | Download | |
| Rebecca Fredin | Opponent | Download | |
| Micah Mitchell | ACLU of Ohio | Opponent | Download |
| Dr. Mark McLoney | Ohio Academy of Family Physicians | Opponent | Download |
| Jill Galvan | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica Sherman | Opponent | Download | |
| Kevyn J Breedon | Camp Lilac, Margies' Hope (Margie's Kids) | Opponent | Download |
| Rachel Seelye Sage Hunt, MD | Opponent | Download | |
| Joshua Hollman | Opponent | Download | |
| Brandi Allen | Opponent | Download | |
| Yumeng Zhang | Opponent | Download | |
| Jyothika Yermal | Opponent | Download | |
| Gabriel Lee | Opponent | Download | |
| Robert Lewis Kimble | Opponent | Download | |
| Stephanie Wentzel | Medical Students Physican Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Carmen Jung | Opponent | Download | |
| Shannon Gallagher | Opponent | Download | |
| Melissa Kelley | Opponent | Download | |
| Michael Hayworth | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica Sciuva | Opponent | Download | |
| Andrew Rust | Opponent | Download | |
| Pragi Patel | Medical Student Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Gerard Isenberg, MD | Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & N. Ohio | Opponent | Download |
| Jacob Zimmerman | Medical Student-Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Allison Ritting | Opponent | Download | |
| Lynn Buffington | Opponent | Download | |
| Beverly Trout | Opponent | Download | |
| Gracyn Noffert | Physican Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Mary Charleton | Opponent | Download | |
| Lisa Dorn | Opponent | Download | |
| Esteban Trujillo | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Tamara B Hatcher | Opponent | Download | |
| Peter Zweber | Opponent | Download | |
| Hendrik Stegall | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Shivani Deshpande | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Monica Hueckel | Ohio State Medical Association | Opponent | Download |
| Janet Shaw | Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Association | Opponent | Download |
| Elizabeth Auckley | Opponent | Download | |
| Melissa Wervey Arnold | Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics | Opponent | Download |
| Vikas Munjal | Opponent | Download | |
| Vanessa K. Jensen, PsyD, ABBP | Cleveland Clinic | Opponent | Download |
| Mackenzie Owen | Physician Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Kyle Murray | Opponent | Download | |
| Rev. Sarah Kientz | First Community Church | Opponent | Download |
| Eli Vickery | Opponent | Download | |
| Stuart Brown | Opponent | Download | |
| Emma Barrett | Opponent | Download | |
| Andrew Phillips | Physicians Action Network | Opponent | Download |
| Hank Osmundson | UU Justice Ohio & St. John's United Church of Christ | Opponent | Download |
| Nic Gill | Opponent | Download | |
| Kate Gillooly | Opponent | Download | |
| Mary Wachtel | Public Children Services Association of Ohio (PCSAO) | Opponent | Download |
| Bailey Fullwiler | Opponent | Download | |
| Connor Mahon | Opponent | Download | |
| Joyce Shiffrin | Opponent | Download | |
| Mark W Lehman | Opponent | Download | |
| Bradley Demlow | Opponent | Download | |
| Stephanie McElrath | Opponent | Download | |
| Jules Hucke | Opponent | Download | |
| Jennifer Gile | Opponent | Download | |
| Shannon Spyker | Opponent | Download | |
| Gray Pierron | Opponent | Download | |
| Gregory Henneman | Opponent | Download | |
| Kate Kolton | Opponent | Download | |
| Sandra Marn | Opponent | Download | |
| Jessica Stafford | Opponent | Download | |
| David Iosue | Opponent | Download | |
| Zoe Jane Halo | Opponent | Download | |
| Sharon First | Opponent | Download | |
| Amy Fisher | Opponent | Download | |
| Cody Stacey | Opponent | Download | |
| Robin Snyder | Opponent | Download | |
| Cole Eppstein | Opponent | Download | |
| Corie Miller | Opponent | Download | |
| Algernon Lutwak | Opponent | Download | |
| Olivia Bitecofer | Opponent | Download | |
| Melanie Phillips | Opponent | Download | |
| Kal Slate | Opponent | Download | |
| Abigail Hust | Opponent | Download | |
| Molly Florimonte | Opponent | Download | |
| Emily Memory | Opponent | Download | |
| Mathew Plauny | Opponent | Download | |
| Ange James | Opponent | Download | |
| Dr. Erin Dean, Ph. D., LPCC-S | Opponent | Download | |
| Holly Hengartner | Opponent | Download | |
| Ash Deering | Opponent | Download | |
| Bennett McCausland | Opponent | Download | |
| Roman Trimbach | Opponent | Download | |
| Dylan Halper | Opponent | Download | |
| Kathryn Moir | Opponent | Download | |
| Paterson Gauntner | Opponent | Download | |
| Anita Dacanay | Opponent | Download | |
| Nicole LaSelle | Opponent | Download | |
| Elizabeth Cox | Opponent | Download | |
| Nick Chmura | Opponent | Download | |
| Fei Triolo | Opponent | Download | |
| Malia Schram | Opponent | Download | |
| Kris Patton | Opponent | Download | |
| Sheila Barone | Opponent | Download | |
| Laura Perez | Opponent | Download | |
| Prin E Turrisi | Opponent | Download | |
| Adam Walko | Opponent | Download | |
| Joni Christian | Opponent | Download | |
| Giovanni Montavon | Opponent | Download | |
| Adam Clevenger | Opponent | Download | |
| August Seymour | Opponent | Download | |
| Kelly Smith | Opponent | Download | |
| Sol Howard | Opponent | Download | |
| Michelle Hayford | Opponent | Download | |
| Clark Ausloos | Opponent | Download | |
| Lily Cunningham, M.Ed., LPCC- | Opponent | Download | |
| Daren Lazor | Opponent | Download | |
| Kinsey Kolega | Opponent | Download | |
| Amy Apgar | Opponent | Download | |
| Melissa Henderson | Opponent | Download | |
| Amy Sveda | Opponent | Download | |
| Julie Gill | Opponent | Download | |
| Rachel McKee | Opponent | Download | |
| Parker Parker | Opponent | Download | |
| Cole Papadopoulos | Opponent | Download | |
| Eileen Galvin | Opponent | Download | |
| Elliott Simpson | Opponent | Download | |
| Kelly Vyzral | Children's Defense Fund-Ohio | Opponent | Download |
| Jeff Phair | Opponent | Download | |
| Cathi Kulic | Opponent | Download | |
| Eric Resnick | Opponent | Download | |
| Robert S. Chaloupka | Law Office of Robert S. Chaloupka | Opponent | Download |
Primary Sponsors
Gary Click
Diane V. Grendell
Cosponsors
Representatives
Adam C. Bird
Rodney Creech
Bill Dean
Ron Ferguson
Sarah Fowler Arthur
Jennifer Gross
Thomas Hall
Adam Holmes
James M. Hoops
Marilyn S. John
Mark Johnson
Kris Jordan
Darrell Kick
J. Kyle Koehler
Mike Loychik
Riordan T. McClain
Derek Merrin
Jena Powell
Reggie Stoltzfus
Scott Wiggam
Bob Young
Tom Young
Paul Zeltwanger
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