Beth Lear | |
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![]() Beth Lear in 2022 | |
Member of the OhioHouseofRepresentatives from the 61st district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Olentangy High School |
Alma mater | Ohio State University |
Military service | |
Military career | Ohio Air National Guard |
Beth Lear is an American politician who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives from the 61st district since 2023. [1]
She is a veteran, and a graduate of Olentangy High School and Ohio State University. [2]
In January 2024, Lear co-sponsored a bill which would ban transgender people from bathrooms that align with their gender identity in schools. During the hearing for the bill, she compared identifying as transgender to identifying as a bird. [3]