HB187 • 2026

Require school districts to provide a moment of silence each day

Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Gary Click
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Require school districts to provide a moment of silence each day

To amend section 3313.601 of the Revised Code to require rather than permit school districts to provide a moment of silence each school day.

What This Bill Does

To amend section 3313.601 of the Revised Code to require rather than permit school districts to provide a moment of silence each school day.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To amend section 3313.601 of the Revised Code to require rather than permit school districts to provide a moment of silence each school day.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 187

2025-2026

Representatives Click, Synenberg

Cosponsors: Representatives Pizzulli,
Brennan, Hall, T., Brewer, Johnson, Newman, Salvo, Lett, Ritter,
Rader, Gross, Daniels, Thomas, D., Hoops

To
amend section 3313.601 of the Revised Code
to
require rather than permit school districts to provide a moment of
silence each school day.

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

Section
1.
That
section 3313.601 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
3313.601.
The
board of education of each school district
may

shall

provide
for a moment of silence each school day for prayer, reflection, or
meditation upon a moral, philosophical, or patriotic theme. No board
of education, school, or employee of the school district shall
require a pupil to participate in a moment of silence provided for
pursuant to this section. No board of education shall prohibit a
classroom teacher from providing in the teacher's classroom
reasonable periods of time for activities of a moral, philosophical,
or patriotic theme. No pupil shall be required to participate in such
activities if they are contrary to the religious convictions of the
pupil or the pupil's parents or guardians.

No
board of education of a school district shall adopt any policy or
rule respecting or promoting an establishment of religion or
prohibiting any pupil from the free, individual, and voluntary
exercise or expression of the pupil's religious beliefs in any
primary or secondary school.

Section
2.
That
existing section 3313.601 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.