Lead Sponsors: Representative Beryl Piccolantonio and Representative Michele Grim
Status: 3rd hearing in House Government Oversight Committee (May 21, 2023)
Description: Under current law, candidates seeking public office must include, on their declaration of candidacy, any other names they have used in the prior five years, with the exception of name changes due to marriage. The bill would add a second exception, name changes ordered by an Ohio court. This would in effect allow an exception for any legal name change conducted through an Ohio court.
CCAO Position: No position (as of July 2024)