Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio SB461: Enact the Strengthening Ohio Civics Act
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
To amend sections 3335.39, 3339.06, 3344.07, 3345.382, 3345.58, 3352.16, and 3364.07 of the Revised Code to enact the Strengthening Ohio Civics Act regarding American civics literacy courses and the operation of academic civics centers.
What the bill says
To amend sections 3335.39, 3339.06, 3344.07, 3345.382, 3345.58, 3352.16, and 3364.07 of the Revised Code to enact the Strengthening Ohio Civics Act regarding American civics literacy courses and the operation of academic civics centers.
From the introduced text, June 22, 2026:
To amend sections 3335.39, 3339.06, 3344.07, 3345.382, 3345.58, 3352.16, and 3364.07 of the Revised Code to enact the Strengthening Ohio Civics Act regarding American civics literacy courses and the operation of academic civics centers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 3335.39, 3339.06, 3344.07, 3345.382, 3345.58, 3352.16, and 3364.07 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 3335.39. (A)(1) The Salmon P. Chase center for civics, culture, and society is established as an independent academic unit within the Ohio state university. The center shall have all the rights and privileges of an independent college of the university. The center shall conduct teaching and research in the historical ideas, traditions, and texts that have shaped the American constitutional order and society. (2) The center shall establish bylaws requiring the center to do all of the following: (a) Educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; (b) Affirm its duty to equip students with the skills, habits, and dispositions of mind they need to reach their own informed conclusions on matters of social and political importance; (c) Affirm the value of intellectual diversity in higher education and aspire to enhance the intellectual diversity of the university; (d) Affirm a commitment to create a …
Sponsors
- Jerry Cirino (R, 18) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Subjects: Education, Higher Education
Common questions
- What is SB461?
- SB461 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Enact the Strengthening Ohio Civics Act.
- What does SB461 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 3335.39, 3339.06, 3344.07, 3345.382, 3345.58, 3352.16, and 3364.07 of the Revised Code to enact the Strengthening Ohio Civics Act regarding American civics literacy courses and the operation of academic civics centers.
- What is the status of SB461?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB461?
- Jerry Cirino (R, 18).
- Where is the official record for SB461?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb461
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