Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom
Previous Legislative Initiatives
Bills and initiatives OAMF has worked on in past sessions.
Bills we backed, opposed or watched in earlier General Assemblies. Expired legislation is kept here so the record stays public.
24 bills
Expired
- Support
HB 319 Conscientious Right to Refuse
Passed out of the Health Provider Services committee; session ended before a floor vote. Died 2024-12-31.
- Oppose
HB 342 County recorders recording COVID vaccination cards
Opposed: "OAMF opposes any effort of government agencies to track vaccine status in a non-anonymized fashion."
- Oppose
HB 435 COVID vaccine requirements, immunity and workers’ comp
Opposed as a partial measure that undermines HB 248.
- Watching
HB 425 COVID-19 and genetic technologies
Watched, not endorsed: applies only to "mRNA, DNA, or any other genetic vaccine technology" rather than all vaccines.
- Watching
HB 411 Individual Privacy and Anti-Discrimination Act
Watched, not endorsed: OAMF called it "a much weaker version of Ohio House Bill 248".
- Support
HB 90 Legislative oversight of executive orders
Would have created the Ohio Health Oversight and Advisory Committee. OAMF considered its language stronger than SB 22's.
- Support
HB 103 Limit emergency-rule extension power
Would have limited the governor's emergency-rule extension power and added oversight and duration limits.
- Oppose
Oppose Governor DeWine and the State Health Director’s COVID-19 orders
Archived opposition campaign against the executive COVID-19 orders.
- Watching
HB 388 Prohibit actions against the unvaccinated
Watched, not endorsed. NOTE: the live site's body copy mistakenly refers to this as "HB288".
- Oppose
HB 424 Prohibit certain COVID-vaccine actions by political subdivisions
Opposed as a partial measure that undermines HB 248.
- Oppose
SB 111 Prohibit certain mandatory vaccinations
Opposed as a partial measure that undermines HB 248.
- Oppose
SB 169 Prohibit COVID vaccine mandates by state and local government
Opposed as a partial measure that undermines HB 248.
- Oppose
HB 350 Prohibit mandatory COVID vaccination or proof of vaccination
Opposed as a partial measure that undermines HB 248.
- Oppose
HB 253 Prohibit proof-of-vaccination for state buildings
Opposed as a partial measure that undermines HB 248.
- Support
HB 329 Prohibit public schools from requiring masks
Would have prohibited public schools from requiring students to wear a mask. NOTE: duplicate heading with the vaccine-lottery entry — ONE OF THESE IS MIS-NUMBERED, verify before publishing.
- Watching
HB 202 Prohibit state mask mandates during the current emergency
Watched, not endorsed: does not cover local jurisdictions or the private sector, and applies only to the then-current emergency.
- Oppose
HB 269 Repeal of SB 22
Opposed: "Repealing SB 22 is the wrong direction. SB 22 should be strengthened."
- Support
HB 127 Reverse adverse actions against businesses
Would have expunged adverse actions against businesses, restored rights and refunded penalties.
- Support
HB 329 Taxpayer Protection Against the Frivolous Vaccine Lottery Act
Would have prohibited the state from conducting a lottery dependent on COVID-19 vaccination status. NOTE: shares a heading with another HB 329 entry on the live site — verify the number.
- Support
HB 617 Un-Mask Ohio
Would have banned mask mandates in schools, colleges, government buildings, transit and public accommodation.
- Support
HB 248 Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act
OAMF's landmark bill: protect vaccine choice and privacy, prohibit vaccine passports and registries, require schools to honor exemptions, prohibit discrimination and provide legal recourse.
- Support
SB 195 Vax-A-Million database not a public record
Would have excluded the vaccine-lottery database from public records.
- Oppose
Vote No on Issue 1 — Redistricting (November 2024)
Campaign against the November 2024 redistricting amendment. NOT the 2023 reproductive-rights Issue 1, which has its own archived page.
- Watching
HB 401 Workers’ comp exemption for employer-mandated COVID vaccination
Watched, not endorsed: OAMF's position is that "employers shouldn't be permitted to mandate vaccines to begin with".
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