HB 339 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Allow surviving spouse to retain Purple Heart license plate

Summary

To amend section 4503.571 of the Revised Code to allow the surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient to retain or obtain the "Purple Heart" specialty license plate.

Issues: ✓ Transportation ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 10, 2025 Last action Jun 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Passed by the House · 2 edits · Jun 3, 2026

MINOR

The bill was amended to explicitly allow the surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient to retain or obtain the specialty license plates, expanding eligibility beyond just the original recipient. The text was also reformatted to align with the standard legislative style used by the House.

Scope change

The scope of eligibility was expanded to include the surviving spouse of a deceased Purple Heart recipient, provided they have not remarried.

ELIGIBILITY

Added explicit language in the bill title and Section 1 to authorize surviving spouses to apply for or retain Purple Heart license plates.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the bill text to match the 'As Passed by the House' style, including changes to header layout and line breaks.

Floor votes · House Jun 3, 2026

How they voted

92–0

Passed

Total votes 92

Jun 3, 2026

D Democratic31

31 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican61

61 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee

upper

Jun 4, 2026

Introduced

upper

Jun 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

lower

Jun 10, 2025

Introduced

lower

1 primary · 16 co-sponsors