22-04-2025
Former Ohio representative dies
(WKBN) – Former State Rep. Ron Hood has died.
Hood, who was born in Warren, passed away on Saturday, according to his obituary.
Hood, a staunch conservative, served in the Ohio House of Representatives and was first elected in 1994. He sponsored the 'heartbeat bill' in 2018, which sought to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically at six weeks. The bill was signed into law in 2019 but is no longer in effect after voters passed Issue 1 in 2023.
During his time as representative, Hood also pushed to remove the requirement to obtain a permit for concealed carry.
Ohio Conservatives PAC posted on its Facebook page that Hood was 'a good man and a true defender of liberty.'
Hood left the Statehouse in 2020 and unsuccessfully ran as governor in the 2022 Republican primary.
Hood was 55 years old.
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