Ohio Code § 1.31
Ohio Code § 1.31. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1.31.
(A) As used in this section: (1) Language is “ gender neutral ” if it does not expressly or implicitly refer to one sex to the real or apparent
exclusion of the other and expressly or implicitly refers to both sexes without distinguishing
between them. (2) Language is “ gender specific ” if it expressly or implicitly refers to one sex to the real or apparent exclusion
of the other or expressly or implicitly refers to both sexes and distinguishes between
them. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, in enacting an act
that replaces gender specific language with gender neutral language, it is the intent
of the general assembly not to make substantive changes in the statutory law in effect
on the date of that enactment by the replacement of the gender specific language with
the gender neutral language. The gender neutral language shall be construed as a restatement of, and substituted
in a continuing way for, the corresponding statutory gender specific language existing
on the date of enactment. (2) In enacting an act with the stated purpose of making a substantive change in a statute
by replacing gender specific language with gender neutral language, the rule of construction
in division (B)(1) of this section does not apply. (C) The rule of construction in division (B) of section 1.43 of the Revised Code declares that words of one gender include the other genders. The rules of construction contained in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section
do not affect this rule of construction with respect to statutes that contain gender
specific language.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1.31
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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