Sponsors spar with committee members over Ohio bill to protect parents who reject trans identities

By: Susan Tebben

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 633

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Republican sponsors of a new Ohio bill to protect parents who reject the trans identities of their kids during child welfare investigations and parental fitness disputes engaged in heated debates with Democratic members of an Ohio House committee Wednesday.

During the first hearing on Ohio House Bill 693, state Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, and Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Twp., spoke of the “woke ideology” they say Democrats use to accept transgender children.

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