Beth Lear is an American politician who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives from the 61st district since 2023.
She is a veteran, and a graduate of Olentangy High School and Ohio State University.
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.