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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio HB 928 expands prohibitions and criminal penalties on abortion trafficking and fetal tissue sales
Last action · May 20, 2026: Referred to JudiciarySponsor: Josh Williams
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What This Bill Would Do
Ohio HB 928 prohibits providing or receiving any form of , including expense reimbursements, for products of human conception resulting from an abortion. The bill classifies these violations as third-degree felonies with a statutory presumption in favor of a prison term.
Changes criminal liability and penalties for individuals or entities involved in the transfer, sale, or brokering of fetal tissue from abortions by eliminating reimbursement exceptions and mandating felony charges.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Healthcare providers and researchers
They are prohibited from receiving or providing any consideration, fees, or expense reimbursements for products of human conception resulting from an abortion.
Brokers and facilitators of tissue transactions
They face third-degree felony charges and a presumption of a prison term for arranging or advertising transactions involving aborted fetal tissue.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- May 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Judiciary
- May 19, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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