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04/13/2026

Ohio: Right Now.

Right now, Ohio’s plants need our voices.

Contact the Ohio Senate Health Committee Members TODAY by phone or email and kindly ask them NOT to pass Senate Bill 385 (SB 385) into law.

As written, SB 385 could severely restrict access to herbal, natural, alternative, and traditional health options across our state. This doesn’t just affect current practitioners and herbalists-it impacts herb shops, supplement stores, aromatherapists, small business owners, independent wellness representatives (Amway, Herbalife, Plant Therapy), and everyday Ohioans who rely on these alternative wellness options for themselves and their pets.

We are asking respectfully:
💚Keep Ohio in the green.
💚Protect access to alternative and traditional medicine.
💚Support informed choice-not unnecessary restriction.

Your voice matters. A quick call or email can make a real difference.

Please take a moment right now to reach out and then share this post so others can do the same. The more voices they hear, the stronger our message.

Together, we can help protect wellness choices in Ohio.

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04/11/2026

Ohio: our plants have a serious problem and they need our voices right now.

Ohio Senate Bill 385 (SB 385) could make something as simple as recommending chamomile tea to a friend before bedtime a felony. Yes, really.

Read that again.

As written, SB 385 doesn’t just target professionals, it reaches into everyday life. It touches conversations between friends, family traditions, and the simple, time-honored ways people care for one another. Herbal knowledge, passed down for generations and through cultures, could suddenly be treated like a serious crime.

The language of Ohio SB 385 is so broad, it leaves too much room for misinterpretation and overreach. It could criminalize your grandmother’s remedies. Your neighbor’s herbal garden. The tea you drink to unwind at night.

As proposed in Ohio SB 385, there would be no grandfathering for current traditional herbalists and naturopaths.

And right now, there is only a small window of opportunity to speak up.

The Ohio Health Committee meets Wednesday, April 15.

Before then, they need to hear from as many people as possible who actually live here-people who understand that plants, traditional remedies, and community care are not something to be feared or punished.

Call the members of the Ohio State Senate Health Committee.
Send an email.
Kindly ask them NOT to pass Ohio Senate Bill 385.

Because once something like this is passed as law, it becomes much harder to undo.

Let’s make our voices heard-clearly, respectfully, and in numbers they have to acknowledge.

Share this. Talk about it. Act today.

Help protect your Ohio plants and your freedom to access natural wellness and alternative care options, here, at home in Ohio.

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04/10/2026

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03/30/2026

📢 Ohio Senate Bill 385 (SB385) moved from the state's Senate to the state's House of Representatives.

The overly broad language of SB 385 can- and will- negatively impact:
Foragers
Herbalists
Naturopaths
Energy workers
Aromatherapists
Therapeutic Exercise
Hydrotherapy
Functional medicine facilities
Holistic health practices and modalities
MLM Consultants (Amway, Herbalife, Young Living, etc.)
Alternative medicines
Herb shops
Tea rooms
Natural beauty products and cosmetics

⭐Please contact your district representative today and kindly ask NOT to pass SB 385 as written.

☎️ Ohio House of Representatives Phone Number: 614.466.4308

To find the name and contact information for your Representative, search by district map here: https://ohiohouse.gov/members/district-map

Having trouble finding your Ohio Representative’s email address? It's their district number @ ohiohouse.gov (For an example, see our Representative for Conneaut’s email address below).

Ohio House District 99 (for areas of Conneaut)
Representative Sarah Fowler Arthur (R)
Phone: 614.466.1605
Email: rep99@ohiohouse.gov

(Remind Rep. Fowler that if SB 385 is passed into law, Young Living essential oil consultants could be charged with a felony for suggesting aromatherapy blends and selling essential oils. Per the Ohio House website, one of Rep. Fowler’s past employment endeavors included Young Living).

Ohio House District 65 (areas of Ashtabula County)
Representative Dave Thomas (R)
Phone: 614.466.3488
Email: rep65@ohiohouse.gov

Send a message to learn more

03/28/2026

📢UPDATE 03.28.2026📢
Ohio Senate Bill 385 has moved from the state's Senate to the state's House of Representatives.

⭐Please contact your district representative and kindly ask them NOT to pass SB 385 as written.

To find the name and contact information for your Representative, search by location here: ohiohouse.gov

Can't find their email address? It's their district number @ ohiohouse.gov (For an example, see our Representative's email address below).

Ohio House of Representatives Phone Number: 614.466.4308

Ohio House 99th District (for areas of Conneaut)
Representative Sarah Fowler Arthur (R)
P: 614.466.1605
E: rep99@ohiohouse.gov

(Remind Rep. Fowler that if SB 385 is passed into law, Young Living essential oil consultants could be charged with a felony for suggesting aromatherapy blends and selling essential oils. One of Ms. Fowler’s past employment endeavors included Young Living).

Stop Ohio Senate Bill 385 and protect natural health access

03/27/2026

Ohio, pause your scroll. This matters.

A bill is moving forward right now: Ohio Senate Bill 385. It may sound technical, like it won’t affect your daily life.

But as written, it would close our apothecary.

If that were the only impact, this post wouldn’t exist.

What matters more is the shift underneath.

This isn’t just about one woman-owned micro business and her herbs. It’s about what happens when plant knowledge-knowledge rooted in communities-is pushed out of them.

For generations, people have learned from elders, shared remedies, and passed down knowledge about plants.

This bill quietly challenges that.

Its language is broad enough to go beyond herbalism and into what we all are allowed to grow, share, purchase, and learn about.

From chamomile to tomatoes.

Yes, really.

It sets the groundwork for something bigger: regulating our relationship with plants and the natural world.

It won’t happen all at once.

It starts small.
With flexible language.
With impacts that aren’t obvious yet.

Today, it’s small apothecaries.

Tomorrow, it could be who is allowed to teach, sell, grow, or share plants without risk of a felony charge.

And once that framework exists, it expands.

We built our space on education, safety, and access. This bill moves in the opposite direction.

Less access.
More control.

Who does that serve?

Not small businesses.
Not Ohio communities.
Not people who want to learn and care for themselves.

If this gives you pause, act now.

Call your Ohio State Senator

Call Ohio Senate: 614.466.4900

Call Senator Terry Johnson (R)
Bill Sponsor
614.466.8082
sd14@ohiosenate.gov

An example:
“Hi, I’m an Ohio resident. Please do not pass SB 385 as written.”

Sign the petition to stop SB 385 from being passed as written: https://www.change.org/p/stop-ohio-senate-bill-385-and-protect-natural-health-access?recruiter=1389955573&recruited_by_id=9cd0e340-9b36-11f0-be74-955e4910b365&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=yRTH4LF8f7

Share this. Speak up.

Because the only way this moves forward quietly… is if we stay quiet.

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03/27/2026

Stop Ohio Senate Bill 385 and protect natural health access