COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Years after Gov. Mike DeWine faced pushback from the right-wing of his party on his administration’s pandemic-era public health orders, two Ohio Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill to protect those who object to health policy.

The legislation would prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse vaccines, masks, or other medical interventions based on their religious or conscientious objections.

“We as a legislative body have failed to protect the citizens as their freedoms were being held in contempt during the height of vaccine mandates,” Rep. Jennifer Gross, a West Chester Republican, said this week.

Gross was providing sponsor testimony for House Bill 112 , which received its first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Rep. B

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