OpposeOhio2025Updated August 28, 2026

Gambling expansion

HB 298Opponent testimony given

Mobile betting puts a sportsbook in every pocket. CCV testified against an expansion built on a business model designed to create lifelong addiction.

Issues Personal Virtue

As the legislature titles itTo amend sections 109.572, 2915.01, 2915.02, 3123.90, 3769.08, 3772.01, 3772.02, 3772.03, 3772.031, 3772.04, 3772.062, 5747.02, 5747.063, 5747.20, 5751.01, 5753.01, 5753.031, 5753.04, 5753.05, 5753.07, 5753.08, and 5753.12 and to enact sections 3771.01, 3771.02, 3771.03, 3771.04, 3771.05, 3771.06, 3771.07, 3771.08, 3771.09, 3771.10, 3771.11, 3771.12, 3771.13, 3771.14, 3771.99, 5753.022, and 5753.032 of the Revised Code to legalize and regulate internet gambling in this state, to levy a tax on businesses that provide internet gambling, and to prohibit online sweepstakes games.

CCV at the Statehouse

34 people filed testimony on this bill in total. The full witness record is the legislature’s.

HB 298
Bill author
Brian StewartHouse district 12
Heard in
House Finance2 hearings on the record
Bill text
CCV’s reporting
WATCH NOW: CCV Testifying to Oppose Gambling ExpansionJun 3, 2025
Timeline
  1. Most recent
  2. Jun 3, 20252nd Hearing: House Finance, chaired by Brian Stewart
  3. May 27, 20251st Hearing: House Finance, chaired by Brian Stewart
  4. Earliest

Committee hearings as the Ohio Legislature records them. CCV’s own account of this bill is the post named above, dated Jun 3, 2025.

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