- Bill
- HB 561 (GA 136)
- Our position
- Support
- Status
- In Committee
- Sponsors
- Rep. Melanie Miller, Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel
Parental C.H.O.I.C.E Act
On October 27, 2025, the Parental C.H.O.I.C.E. Act was officially introduced by our champion joint sponsors:
Representative Melanie Miller 🇺🇸
Representative Monica Robb Blasdel 🇺🇸
The Parental C.H.O.I.C.E. Act is House Bill 561 in the 136th Ohio General Assembly, and is currently in committee.
What the Parental C.H.O.I.C.E. Act Does….
1. Strengthens enforcement of existing vaccine exemptions
Requires all K–12 schools, preschools, and daycares that mandate vaccines to honor Ohio’s current medical, religious, and conscientious exemptions.
2. Prohibits schools from demanding extra paperwork or specific forms
Schools cannot question a parent’s religion or request additional personal health information.
3. Ensures transparency for parents
Schools must clearly communicate exemption rights in all vaccine-related correspondence sent to parents.
4. Removes the Hepatitis B vaccine requirement for preschools and daycares
Aligns with the new recommendation from Trump/Kennedy to delay Hep B vaccination until age 12.
5. Establishes a complaint and enforcement process
Parents who are denied an exemption or not informed of their rights can file a complaint. Schools or programs that fail to comply within 30 days may face suspension of their charter or license.
6. Prevents discrimination against healthy, unvaccinated children
Schools may not exclude healthy, uninfected students from attendance during outbreaks of chickenpox, measles, or mumps.
🇺🇸 Please take a moment to thank our champion sponsors above and our Co-Sponsors listed below! 🇺🇸
Click on the names below to email them directly:
Rep Jennifer Gross · Rep D.J. Swearingen · Rep Tim Barhorst · Rep Thad Claggett · Rep Angela King · Rep Jean Lear · Rep Brian Lorenz · Rep Michelle Teska · Rep Ron Ferguson · Rep Jeff LaRe · Rep Thomas Hall · Rep Diane Mullins · Rep Kevin Miller · Rep Josh Williams · Rep Johnathan Newman · Rep Jason Stephens · Rep Justin Pizzulli · Rep Kellie Deeter · Rep Levi Dean · Rep Gary Click · Rep Tex Fischer
🚨Current Call 2 Action🚨
We will update the call to action as soon as we have a committee assignment! Check back this soon!
Read the full bill text at the Ohio Legislature →
Watch
HB 561 “The Parental CHOICE Act” support testimony on Wednesday went very well!
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) March 21, 2026
We gave compelling information showcasing that schools across the state have been in fact, lying to parents for decades, and that there is an absolute need for not only transparency with regard to… pic.twitter.com/wt6Bh91YLV
Support Testimony- HB 561 “The Parental CHOICE Act” – Stacey Kopec
— OAMF (@OhioAMF) March 24, 2026
Stacey is a long time member of OAMF member and mother of 4. She shared her experience of being lied to by a Nordonia public school regarding vaccine exemptions and she also shared a story of one of her dance… pic.twitter.com/XMiZIuMD7a
Sign on and be counted
Add your name. OAMF files every signature with its testimony on The Parental C.H.O.I.C.E. Act — 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 561, the Parental C.H.O.I.C.E. Act, introduced by joint sponsors Representative Melanie Miller and Representative Monica Robb Blasdel.
Ohio already recognizes medical, religious and conscientious vaccine exemptions. This bill makes that promise real. It requires every K-12 school, preschool and daycare that mandates vaccines to honor the exemptions Ohio law already grants, and it stops schools from demanding extra paperwork, questioning a parent’s religion, or requesting additional personal health information.
It also ensures schools clearly communicate exemption rights to parents, removes the Hepatitis B vaccine requirement for preschools and daycares, establishes a real complaint and enforcement process, and prevents discrimination against healthy, unvaccinated children.
A right that a parent has to fight a school administrator to use is not much of a right. Please support House Bill 561, the Parental C.H.O.I.C.E. Act.