HB207 • 2026

Designate Male Wellness Month and Take Your Dad to the Doctor Day

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Brian Lorenz
Last action
Official status: As Passed by the House
Effective date: Not listed

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Designate Male Wellness Month and Take Your Dad to the Doctor Day

To enact sections 5.2322 and 5.2323 of the Revised Code to designate June as "Male Wellness Month" and the third Monday in June as "Take Your Dad to the Doctor and Dentist Day" (DAD) Day) and to name this act the Male Wellness Month Act.

What This Bill Does

To enact sections 5.2322 and 5.2323 of the Revised Code to designate June as "Male Wellness Month" and the third Monday in June as "Take Your Dad to the Doctor and Dentist Day" (DAD) Day) and to name this act the Male Wellness Month Act.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced
Ohio Legislature
As Reported by the House Health Committee
Ohio Legislature
As Passed by the House

Official Summary Text

To enact sections 5.2322 and 5.2323 of the Revised Code to designate June as "Male Wellness Month" and the third Monday in June as "Take Your Dad to the Doctor and Dentist Day" (DAD) Day) and to name this act the Male Wellness Month Act.

Current Bill Text

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Sub. H. B. No. 207 RH

As Passed by the House

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
Sub. H. B. No. 207

2025-2026

Representatives Lorenz, Rogers

Cosponsors: Representatives Brewer,
Schmidt, Brownlee, Abrams, Barhorst, Brennan, Brent, Click, Daniels,
Deeter, Denson, Dovilla, Fischer, Ghanbari, Grim, Gross, Hall, D.,
Hoops, Jarrells, Johnson, Kishman, Klopfenstein, Lawson-Rowe, Lear,
Lett, Mathews, T., McClain, McNally, Miller, J., Mohamed, Peterson,
Piccolantonio, Plummer, Rader, Russo, Salvo, Sigrist, Sims, Stephens,
Synenberg, Thomas, C., Tims, White, A., White, E., Williams, Willis

To
enact sections 5.2322 and 5.2323 of the Revised Code
to
designate June as "Male Wellness Month" and the third
Monday in June as "Take Your Dad to the Doctor and Dentist Day"
(DAD) Day) and to name this act the Male Wellness Month Act.

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

Section
1.
That
sections 5.2322 and 5.2323 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as
follows:

Sec.
5.2322.
The
month of June is designated as "Male Wellness Month" to
promote prostate exams, colonoscopies, and mental health screenings
among rural, urban, and suburban males.

Sec.
5.2323.
(A)
The third Monday of June is designated as "Take Your Dad to the
Doctor and Dentist Day," also to be known as "DAD Day."

(B)
The department of health shall create a poster promoting "Take
Your Dad to the Doctor and Dentist Day" that shall be publicly
accessible for download on the department's web site.

(C)
The department and each board of health of a city or general health
district or the authority having the duties of a board of health
under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code shall promote "Take
Your Dad to the Doctor and Dentist Day" by displaying the poster
described in division (B) of this section on their respective web
sites and in the areas over which the department, board, or authority
has jurisdiction.

Section
2.
This
act shall be known as the Male Wellness Month Act.