HB223 • 2026

Prohibit government purchase of foreign-made US flag

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Ty D. Mathews
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibit government purchase of foreign-made US flag

To enact section 125.03 of the Revised Code to prohibit the state or a political subdivision from purchasing a United States or Ohio flag that was not made in the United States.

What This Bill Does

To enact section 125.03 of the Revised Code to prohibit the state or a political subdivision from purchasing a United States or Ohio flag that was not made in the United States.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 125.03 of the Revised Code to prohibit the state or a political subdivision from purchasing a United States or Ohio flag that was not made in the United States.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 223

2025-2026

Representatives Mathews, T., Willis

Cosponsors: Representatives Click,
Johnson, Hoops, Demetriou, King, Hall, T., Williams, Daniels, Salvo,
Fischer, Miller, M.

A
BILL

To
enact section 125.03 of the Revised Code
to
prohibit the state or a political subdivision from purchasing a
United States or Ohio flag that was not made in the United States.

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

Section
1.
That
section 125.03 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
125.03.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"State agency" means any organized body, office, agency,
institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for
the exercise of any function of state government.

(2)
"Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal
corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is
responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller
than that of the state.

(B)
No state agency or political subdivision shall use public funds to
purchase a flag of the United States or of this state that is not
made in the United States.