- Bill
- HB 12 / SB 209 (GA 136)
- Our position
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- Status
- In Committee
- Sponsors
- HB 12: Rep. Jennifer Gross, Rep. D.J. Swearingen | SB 209: Sen. Al Cutrona, Sen. Michele Reynolds
Ohio Lawmakers Are Coming Back to Columbus — Tell Them to Pass HB 12
Republican leadership is bringing the legislature back into session to pass a ninety-day gas tax suspension. HB 12 and SB 209 have been sitting at the Statehouse since last June, ready for a vote. The bill has the votes to pass committee and the House floor, and the public endorsement of Vivek Ramaswamy — whose running mate, Rob McColley, is Senate President. They CAN do this. What they need is pressure from pro-medical-freedom voters before they gavel in, pass the gas fix, and disappear again until after the election.
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House 10 Mark Sigrist rep10@ohiohouse.gov House 12 Brian Stewart rep12@ohiohouse.gov House 17 Mike Dovilla rep17@ohiohouse.gov House 29 Cindy Abrams rep29@ohiohouse.gov House 30 Mike Odioso rep30@ohiohouse.gov House 31 Bill Roemer rep31@ohiohouse.gov House 32 Jack Daniels rep32@ohiohouse.gov House 35 Steve Demetriou rep35@ohiohouse.gov House 36 Andrea White rep36@ohiohouse.gov House 37 Tom Young rep37@ohiohouse.gov House 39 Phil Plummer rep39@ohiohouse.gov House 40 Rodney Creech rep40@ohiohouse.gov House 41 Erika White rep41@ohiohouse.gov House 42 Elgin Rogers Jr. rep42@ohiohouse.gov House 45 Jennifer Gross rep45@ohiohouse.gov House 46 Thomas Hall rep46@ohiohouse.gov House 47 Diane Mullins rep47@ohiohouse.gov House 48 Scott Oelslager rep48@ohiohouse.gov House 49 Jim Thomas rep49@ohiohouse.gov House 50 Matthew Kishman rep50@ohiohouse.gov House 51 Jodi Salvo rep51@ohiohouse.gov House 52 Gayle Manning rep52@ohiohouse.gov House 54 Kellie Deeter rep54@ohiohouse.gov House 55 Michelle Teska rep55@ohiohouse.gov House 56 Adam Mathews rep56@ohiohouse.gov House 57 Jamie Callender rep57@ohiohouse.gov House 58 Lauren McNally rep58@ohiohouse.gov House 60 Brian Lorenz rep60@ohiohouse.gov House 61 Beth Lear rep61@ohiohouse.gov House 62 Jean Schmidt rep62@ohiohouse.gov House 63 Adam Bird rep63@ohiohouse.gov House 64 Nick Santucci rep64@ohiohouse.gov House 65 David Thomas rep65@ohiohouse.gov House 66 Sharon Ray rep66@ohiohouse.gov House 67 Melanie Miller rep67@ohiohouse.gov House 68 Thaddeus Claggett rep68@ohiohouse.gov House 69 Kevin Miller rep69@ohiohouse.gov House 70 Brian Lampton rep70@ohiohouse.gov House 71 Levi Dean rep71@ohiohouse.gov House 72 Heidi Workman rep72@ohiohouse.gov House 73 Jeff LaRe rep73@ohiohouse.gov House 74 Bernard Willis rep74@ohiohouse.gov House 75 Haraz Ghanbari rep75@ohiohouse.gov House 76 Marilyn John rep76@ohiohouse.gov House 77 Meredith Craig rep77@ohiohouse.gov House 78 Matt Huffman rep78@ohiohouse.gov House 79 Monica Robb Blasdel rep79@ohiohouse.gov House 80 Johnathan Newman rep80@ohiohouse.gov House 81 James Hoops rep81@ohiohouse.gov House 82 Roy Klopfenstein rep82@ohiohouse.gov House 83 Ty Mathews rep83@ohiohouse.gov House 84 Angela King rep84@ohiohouse.gov House 85 Tim Barhorst rep85@ohiohouse.gov House 86 Tracy Richardson rep86@ohiohouse.gov House 87 Riordan McClain rep87@ohiohouse.gov House 88 Gary Click rep88@ohiohouse.gov House 89 D. J. Swearingen rep89@ohiohouse.gov House 90 Justin Pizzulli rep90@ohiohouse.gov House 91 Bob Peterson rep91@ohiohouse.gov House 92 Mark Johnson rep92@ohiohouse.gov House 93 Jason Stephens rep93@ohiohouse.gov House 94 Kevin Ritter rep94@ohiohouse.gov House 95 Ty Moore rep95@ohiohouse.gov House 96 Ron Ferguson rep96@ohiohouse.gov House 97 Adam Holmes rep97@ohiohouse.gov House 98 Mark Hiner rep98@ohiohouse.gov House 99 Sarah Fowler Arthur rep99@ohiohouse.gov Senate Rob McColley McColley@ohiosenate.gov Senate Theresa Gavarone Gavarone@ohiosenate.gov Senate Michele Reynolds Reynolds@ohiosenate.gov Senate George Lang Lang@ohiosenate.gov Senate Steve Huffman shuffman@ohiosenate.gov Senate Steve Wilson Wilson@ohiosenate.gov Senate Louis Blessing Blessing@ohiosenate.gov Senate Kyle Koehler Koehler@ohiosenate.gov Senate Susan Manchester Manchester@ohiosenate.gov Senate Terry Johnson Johnson@ohiosenate.gov Senate Shane Wilkin Wilkin@ohiosenate.gov Senate Jerry Cirino Cirino@ohiosenate.gov Senate Andrew Brenner Brenner@ohiosenate.gov Senate Tim Schaffer Schaffer@ohiosenate.gov Senate Mark Romanchuk Romanchuk@ohiosenate.gov Senate Tom Patton Patton@ohiosenate.gov Senate Bill DeMora DeMora@ohiosenate.gov Senate Bill Reineke Reineke@ohiosenate.gov Senate Kristina Roegner Roegner@ohiosenate.gov Senate Jane Timken Timken@ohiosenate.gov Senate Brian Chavez Chavez@ohiosenate.gov Senate Al Landis Landis@ohiosenate.gov Senate Sandra O'Brien brien@ohiosenate.gov Senate Alessandro Cutrona Cutrona@ohiosenate.gov
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Subject: PASS HB 12 with the Gas Tax Suspension!
The message
HB 12 HAS THE VOTES in the HOUSE, and Vivek has publicly endorsed the bill, so it should be supported by his running mate, Senate President McColley. I am asking House and Senate members to PASS the Jeff, Dave & Angie Right 2 Try Act while you are in Columbus for the gas tax suspension. It’s time to give voters something they have been asking for since COVID protocol policies and treatment denials took the lives of thousands of Ohioans.
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House Bill 12/ Senate Bill 209
“The Jeff, Dave, & Angie Patient Right to Try Act”
WHAT DOES HB 12/ SB 209 DO?
1. Protects a consenting patient’s right to fill a prescription for an FDA approved drug prescribed by their physician without obstruction from the pharmacist, so as long as there is no life-threatening contraindication with the drug and the pharmacist does not have a moral objection to filling the prescription. This applies to outpatient pharmacies, hospitals, and nursing homes.
2. Prohibits pharmacists, hospitals, and nursing homes from refusing to fill a drug for a consenting patient because a they have a "scientific objection." However, if they note they have a scientific objection in the patient’s chart and inform the physician of the objection, they will be immune from any civil liability and administrative penalties when they fill the prescription. This provides protection to pharmacists and facilities that disagree with the physician’s drug choice without obstructing the right of a physician to treat their consenting patient.
3. Provides licensure protection for physicians using innovation in prescribing a drug off-label to a consenting patient. (Note: Protecting a physician’s license from unwarranted threats from the medical board does NOT prevent a patient from suing a doctor for harm.)
4. Establishes that Healthcare providers should be allowed to engage in scientific debate and protects healthcare providers’ from being penalized or having their licenses threatened by health related licensing boards because they express opinions regarding the risks, benefits, or efficacy of a drug or medical intervention that differs from the views held by the licensing board. This is essential for healthcare providers to be able to give their patients informed consent.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
1) Add your name to our one-click petition... Sign on below — every signature is filed with OAMF’s testimony to the Speaker and the Health Committee in support of HB 12/SB 209.
2) See the status and text for HB 12/ SB 209 here...
3) Donate today...
Please consider donating toward text messaging or mailers to inform voters about legislators who are blocking pro-medical freedom legislation. When voters are informed that their legislator is working against them, it can influence how they vote in the next primary election.
Or mail a check to Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom with “Hold legislators accountable” in the message line!
Watch
How about helping people be able to access drugs that are being obstructed by their pharmacist for BS political reasons. Why hasn’t @Rob_McColley called on chair Steve Huffman to move SB 209 (companion to HB 12) -the Jeff Dave and Angie Right to try act through the legislative… pic.twitter.com/y9tgY4tojv
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) June 15, 2026
Julie Smith tells her husband’s tragic death by protocol story during House Health Committee support testimony for HB 12 on Wednesday…@OhioMAHACaucus @OHRGOPCaucus @ohiogop @OhioSenateGOP @StrictSpeaking @RenzTom @BusyDrT @MdBreathe @NicoleShanahan @molsjames@Honest_Medicine… pic.twitter.com/11BpRzqZl0
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) May 2, 2025
OAMF President Stephanie Stock, gives testimony for HB 12 and sends a strong message to the Ohio Hospital and Pharmacists Associations who claim HB 12 will interfere with their ability to give quality “standard of care.”
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) May 2, 2025
“Let me be clear. Ohio Hospitals’ ‘standard of care’ is… pic.twitter.com/0QQEExqobJ
After standing next to her mom giving testimony about her dad’s death by Ohio hospital protocol, 13 year old Ella, gives a heart wrenching response to Representative Miller after being asked “what would it mean to you if HB 12 becomes law”…@OhioMAHACaucus @OHRGOPCaucus @ohiogop… pic.twitter.com/R7nqccxfKu
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) May 1, 2025
Remember these names.
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) April 22, 2025
They are the ones that are advocating for hospitals to be able to continue to deny treatment options to patients and force them into “standard of care” death protocols.
They are the ones who have fought against OAMF legislation for the last 10 years that… pic.twitter.com/uRrYnwdBYp
Thank you to our HB 12 joint-sponsors Rep. Jennifer Gross and Rep. DJ Swearingen for your excellent testimony during House Health Committee yesterday and for your unwavering commitment to bring sound treatment-access and medical free speech legislation to the people of Ohio! 🇺🇸🇺🇸… pic.twitter.com/uCNrl7KuAh
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) April 4, 2025
Sign on and be counted
Add your name. OAMF files every signature with its testimony on HB 12 — the more Ohioans on the record, the harder this is for the legislature to ignore.
Dear [Ohio lawmaker], I am writing to urge your support for House Bill 12 / Senate Bill 209, the Jeff, Dave, & Angie Patient Right to Try Act.
This legislation protects a consenting patient's right to fill a prescription for an FDA-approved drug prescribed by their own physician, without obstruction, so long as there is no life-threatening contraindication and the pharmacist has no moral objection. It applies to outpatient pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes alike.
It also prohibits pharmacists, hospitals and nursing homes from refusing to fill a prescription for a consenting patient on the basis of a "scientific objection," while protecting those who note that objection in the chart and inform the physician. It provides licensure protection for physicians who prescribe off-label to a consenting patient, and it protects healthcare providers from being penalized or having their licenses threatened for expressing opinions about the risks, benefits or efficacy of a drug that differ from the views of a licensing board.
A patient and their doctor should be able to agree on a course of treatment without a third party overriding them. Please support HB 12 / SB 209.