As Introduced

136th General Assembly

Regular Session H. B. No. 223

2025-2026

Representatives Mathews, T., Willis

Cosponsors: Representatives Click, Johnson, Hoops, Demetriou, King, Hall, T., Williams, Daniels, Salvo, Fischer, Miller, M.

A BILL

To enact section 125.03 of the Revised Code to prohibit the state or a political subdivision from purchasing a United States or Ohio flag that was not made in the United States.

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

Section 1. That section 125.03 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 125.03. (A) As used in this section:

(1) "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government.

(2) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.

(B) No state agency or political subdivision shall use public funds to purchase a flag of the United States or of this state that is not made in the United States.