HB 151

Matt Huffman says his chamber will move forward with a controversial bill but wants requirements for physical genital exams removed; Ohio health officials are preparing for COVID-19 vaccine approval for children under five.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) calls the House bill language that requires internal and external exams “unnecessary” and plans for that measure to be omitted in the Senate version.

Language in bill would require exam of student athletes’ “internal and external reproductive anatomy” if their sex is questioned.

A group of conservative and liberal activists are challenging an Ohio law that they say puts unfair restrictions on free speech.WKSU’s Phil de Oliveira…