HB821 • 2026

Designate the Loveland Frog as the official state cryptid

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Tristan Rader
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Designate the Loveland Frog as the official state cryptid

To enact section 5.079 of the Revised Code to designate the Loveland Frog as the official state cryptid of Ohio.

What This Bill Does

To enact section 5.079 of the Revised Code to designate the Loveland Frog as the official state cryptid of Ohio.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 5.079 of the Revised Code to designate the Loveland Frog as the official state cryptid of Ohio.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 821

2025-2026

Representatives Rader, Schmidt

Cosponsors: Representatives Pizzulli,
Brownlee, Brennan, Mathews, A., Abdullahi, Cockley, Fischer, Holmes

To
enact section 5.079 of the Revised Code
to
designate the Loveland Frog as the official state cryptid of Ohio.

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

Section
1.
That
section 5.079 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
5.079.
The
legendary and beloved amphibious creature known as the Loveland Frog,
or Loveland Frogman, first reported in the 1950s and said to inhabit
the banks of the Little Miami river near Loveland, Ohio, described as
a frog-like, bipedal creature standing approximately four feet tall,
which has inspired books, documentaries, local festivals, artwork,
merchandise, local tourism, and cryptid enthusiasts and researchers,
and has contributed to the local economy, creative culture, and
unique cultural identity and oral history of this state, is adopted
as the official state cryptid.