HB602 • 2026

Limit the types of flags that a state agency may display

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: D. J. Swearingen
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Limit the types of flags that a state agency may display

To amend section 123.30 of the Revised Code to further limit the types of flags that a state agency may display on its grounds or in its buildings.

What This Bill Does

To amend section 123.30 of the Revised Code to further limit the types of flags that a state agency may display on its grounds or in its buildings.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To amend section 123.30 of the Revised Code to further limit the types of flags that a state agency may display on its grounds or in its buildings.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 602

2025-2026

Representatives Swearingen, Creech

To
amend section 123.30 of the Revised Code
to
further limit the types of flags that a state agency may display on
its grounds or in its buildings.

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

Section
1.
That
section 123.30 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
123.30.
(A)
As used in this section, "authorized flag" means any of the
following:

(1)
The official state flag as described in section 5.01 of the Revised
Code;

(2)
The United States flag;

(3)
The POW/MIA flag as described in section 9.50 of the Revised Code;

(4)
A flag

containing the official logo of a state agency
,
so long as the flag has been approved by the governor or the
governor's designee.

(B)
Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no state agency
or any entity that manages the grounds or buildings under the control
of a state agency shall display on the grounds or building any flag
except for an authorized flag.

(C)
Division (B) of this section does not apply to the Ohio statehouse or
the grounds of the Ohio statehouse.

Section
2.
That
existing section 123.30 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.