1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

As you stand before voters on this Primary Election Day, I am writing to place my opposition to House Bill 249 on the record. This legislation is not a "modernization" of law; it is a profound failure of narrow tailoring that invites arbitrary state overreach into the protected expressions of Ohioans. By utilizing the subjective standard of conduct that "might affront another," HB 249 fails the "Void for Vagueness" doctrine under the 14th Amendment. Statutes must provide clear, objective standards for enforcement; instead, this bill guarantees that the state will face protracted, taxpayer-funded litigation it is legally certain to lose. I urge you to use the upcoming post-primary session to reject this vague and unconstitutional expansion of state power.