Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
This analysis is arranged by state agency in alphabetical order. Items that do not directly involve an agency are located under the agency that has regulatory authority over the item or otherwise deals with the subject matter of the item. After the last agency (the Department of Youth Services), separate chapters address the following: 1. Election Law, addressing the replacement of the Ohio Elections Commission and other elections matters; 2. Sports facilities and unclaimed funds; 3. Boards and commissions; 4. Local government; 5. Low-income utility assistance and block grants; 6.
Overview. Repeals the Cannabis Control Law and combines regulations concerning the cultivation, processing, dispensing, use, and home grow of adult-use and medical marijuana into one chapter, referred to in this analysis as the Marijuana Control Law. Condenses the operations of the Division of Cannabis Control ( DCC) and the Division of Marijuana Control (DMC) into DCC. Product regulations. Prohibits possession or use of marijuana that is not acquired from a licensed Ohio dispensary or cultivated at the adult-use consumer ’s primary residence in accordance with the Marijuana Control Law.
Absent voting by mail. Would have required an elector to provide photo identification ( ID) to vote by mail beginning with the November 2027, general election. Would have exempted certain electors from that requirement and provided alternative ID procedures for them. Would have allowed an elector to fulfill the photo ID requirement by providing it either when applying for ballots or when returning voted ballots to the board. Would have permitted an elector to show photo ID at the board’s office instead of making a copy.
Overview. Repeals the Cannabis Control Law and combines regulations concerning the cultivation, processing, dispensing, use, and home grow of adult-use and medical marijuana into one chapter, referred to in this analysis as the Marijuana Control Law. Condenses the operations of the Division of Cannabis Control ( DCC) and the Division of Marijuana Control (DMC) into DCC. Product regulations. Prohibits possession or use of marijuana that is not acquired from a licensed Ohio dispensary or cultivated at the adult-use consumer ’s primary residence in accordance with the Marijuana Control Law.
Interstate Compact for School Psychologists. Enters Ohio into the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists to improve public access to school psychological services by facilitating the interstate practice of school psychology in educational or school settings. As a member of the Compact, requires Ohio to offer equivalent licenses to school psychologists from another member state of the Compact, subject to Ohio ’s laws and rules governing school psychologists.
Requires each public school to provide human growth and development instruction in its curriculum for grades 5-12, which must include a high-definition ultrasound video and the “Meet Baby Olivia ” video produced by Live Action, or its successor entity, or a substantially similar video. Prohibits the Department of Education and Workforce from adopting a model curriculum in human growth and development that conflicts with the bill’s requirements. Requires the Department to establish and publicize a list of instructional materials in human growth and development compliant with the bill.
Declares the General Assembly’s findings that the “teaching of the historical, positive impact of religion on American history is consistent with the First Amendment ” and “imperative to reducing ignorance of American history, hate, and violence within our society.”. Permits teachers in public schools and instructors at state institutions of higher education, when providing instruction on American history, to also provide instruction on the positive impacts of religion on American history. Entitles the bill the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act.”.
Overview. Repeals the Cannabis Control Law and combines regulations concerning the cultivation, processing, dispensing, use, and home grow of adult-use and medical marijuana into one chapter, referred to in this analysis as the Marijuana Control Law. Condenses the operations of the Division of Cannabis Control ( DCC) and the Division of Marijuana Control (DMC) into DCC. Product regulations. Prohibits possession or use of marijuana that is not acquired from a licensed Ohio dispensary or cultivated at the adult-use consumer ’s primary residence in accordance with the Marijuana Control Law.
Charges the Director of Health with determining if a prescription drug causes severe adverse effects in greater than 5% of the drug’s users and requires the Director to do so in consultation with the Superintendent of Insurance and Executive Directors of the State Board of Pharmacy and State Medical Board. Defines a severe adverse effect to mean any of the following: death, infection or hemorrhaging requiring hospitalization, organ failure, or sepsis.
Regulates companies that resell electricity to tenants through submetering: requires registration with the Public Utilities Commission, disconnection protections, and a tenant bill at least 3% below the utility's standard service offer bill, and limits building conversions to submetering.
Community energy facilities. Amends state competitive retail electric service ( CRES) policy to add provisions relating to community energy facilities and the establishment of the Community Energy Pilot Program. Defines “community energy facility” (CEF) as a single facility that generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic device or uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, or hydroelectric power, or uses a microturbine, natural gas-fired generator, energy storage system, or a fuel cell and meets certain other requirements.
Establishes the Ohio Defense and Space Advisory Commission. Establishes the Defense and Aerospace Industry Expansion Program under which the Department of Development may make grants to support economic development related to the defense industry. Requires any entity that receives a grant under the program undergo an audit of the project administration. Makes an appropriation.
Creates the Small Defense Business Linked Deposit Program for the purpose of lending money to eligible small defense businesses, including their subcontractors, at a rate below the present borrowing rate. Adds the Small Defense Business Linked Deposit Program to the administrative requirements in the statutes also governing the continuing Adoption Linked Deposit Program, Agricultural Linked Deposit Program, Small Business Linked Deposit Program, and Home Improvement Linked Deposit Program.
Gas and diesel fuel tax. Reduces the tax on gasoline and diesel fuel for a period of three months, from 38.5 ¢ per gallon for gasoline and 47¢ per gallon for diesel to 0.01¢ per gallon for either. Prohibits a licensed retail dealer or licensed motor fuel dealer from selling motor fuel during the temporary reduction period without passing the full benefit of the reduced tax onto the consumer or other purchaser. Provides that violation of the prohibition may be considered in any licensing determination made by the Tax Commissioner and referred to the Attorney General (AG).
Sep 30, 2026 · Passed 78–16 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Budget corrections Limited term license: education requirements. Exempts certain military-related limited term license applicants from the driver ’s education requirements. TMUD tax credit transfers. Modifies the procedure for transferring a transformational mixed-use development (TMUD) tax credit. Water pipe grants. Removes from the Workforce Housing Project Grant Program the grant metric that favored polyvinyl chloride water pipe over ductile iron. OBM authority to award funds for cultural facilities.
Requires the Director of Developmental Disabilities to adopt rules establishing a process for the Department of Developmental Disabilities to make available community capital assistance funds for county boards of developmental disabilities to acquire housing for individuals receiving supported living services.
Prohibits the state and local governments from impairing the acceptance of digital assets as payment or taking custody of such assets through hardware or self-hosted wallets. Permits digital asset mining by individuals in residential areas, subject to applicable local ordinances. Permits digital asset mining businesses to operate in any area zoned for industrial use, provided the businesses meet the requirements for industrial use.
Voted against most of their party on 10 of 36 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (5), Rights & public safety (5), Education & families (2)
Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle
What it does: Gas and diesel fuel tax. Reduces the tax on gasoline and diesel fuel for a period of three months, from 38.5 ¢ per gallon for gasoline and 47¢ per gallon for diesel to 0.01¢ per gallon for either. Prohibits a licensed…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 15–16, Republicans 62–0
What it does: Requires the Chancellor of Higher Education to annually distribute a clinical teaching subsidy to public medical schools to support clinical instruction and the education of physicians in Ohio. Requires the Chancellor…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 12–21, Republicans 58–5
Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use
What it does: Ranked choice voting. Prohibits any election from being conducted in Ohio using ranked choice voting, also known as instant runoff voting. Allows a county or municipal corporation to use its home rule powers under the…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 2–27, Republicans 63–0
Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula
What it does: Tax credit for property in school districts on 20-mill floor. Authorizes a property tax credit for the owners of property located in a school district on the 20-mill floor property tax floor, with the goal of limiting…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 11–14, Republicans 61–1
Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests
What it does: Expands the offense of interfering with an officer who is arresting an offender for a violation of a criminal traffic or vehicle equipment law. Increases the penalty for this offense from a minor misdemeanor to a seco…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 8–18, Republicans 51–3
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
HB 519 · OH HOUSE
Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle
YesVOTED
Gas and diesel fuel tax. Reduces the tax on gasoline and diesel fuel for a period of three months, from 38.5 ¢ per gallon for gasoline and 47¢ per gallon for diesel to 0.01¢ per gallon for either. Prohibits a licensed retail dealer or licensed motor fuel dealer from selling motor fuel during the temporary reduction period without passing the full benefit of the reduced tax onto the consumer or other purchaser. Provides that violation of the prohibition may be considered in any licensing determination made by the Tax Commissioner and referred to the Attorney General (AG).
Overview. Repeals the law governing nonrecourse civil litigation advance contract s and replaces it with two subsets of regulations: one for commercial litigation financing agreements (“commercial agreements ”) and another for consumer legal funding agreements (“consumer agreements”). Contract requirements. Retains the majority of the contract-related requirements under former law, but limits application of those requirements to consumer agreements, i.e., contracts with an individual that resides in Ohio for less than $400,000.
Regulates companies that resell electricity to tenants through submetering: requires registration with the Public Utilities Commission, disconnection protections, and a tenant bill at least 3% below the utility's standard service offer bill, and limits building conversions to submetering.
Requires scrap metal dealers and other persons who purchase used catalytic converters to comply with certain additional recordkeeping, reporting, and process requirements. Imposes a penalty not to exceed $7,500 on a business entity that violates the above requirements. Expands the investigatory authority and noninvestigatory responsibilities of the Director of Public Safety relating to scrap metal dealers and other persons purchasing used catalytic converters. Prohibits a motor vehicle salvage dealer from purchasing or accepting catalytic converters.
Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities
YesVOTED
Criminal evidence derived from a UAV. Generally, requires a peace officer to obtain a court-issued search warrant to collect surveillance data using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) if the peace officer otherwise would need a warrant to physically enter the house or place in person to conduct the search. Prohibits surveillance data and any information obtained from that data from being admitted as evidence in a criminal proceeding if it was gathered under circumstances that required a warrant and the warrant was not obtained.
Establishes the Ohio Defense and Space Advisory Commission. Establishes the Defense and Aerospace Industry Expansion Program under which the Department of Development may make grants to support economic development related to the defense industry. Requires any entity that receives a grant under the program undergo an audit of the project administration. Makes an appropriation.
Alter amusement ride classification for inspection fee purposes
YesVOTED
Amusement rides. Reclassifies the types of amusement rides for purposes of re-determining each ride ’s annual inspection and reinspection fee. Decreases the annual permit fee for an inflatable ride. Creates a formula to calculate the inspection and reinspection fee for an inflatable ride based on the number of rides that are inspected at the same time at the same location and owned by the same owner instead of a flat $104 fee per inflatable ride. Food regulation laws. Exempts a registered bakery from the requirement to obtain a frozen food facility license.
Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW
NoVOTED
State Board of Education. Increases the number of appointed State Board of Education members from five to seven. Requires the State Board, in some circumstances, to add additional grade levels to alternative resident educator license holders ’ licenses as requested by the educator ’s employing school district. Requires the State Board to automatically revoke or deny the renewal of any license issued to an individual who pleads guilty to, is found guilty of, or is convicted of domestic violence, strangulation, or grooming.
Waive ID, birth certificate fees for homeless individuals
NoVOTED
Absent voting by mail. Would have required an elector to provide photo identification ( ID) to vote by mail beginning with the November 2027, general election. Would have exempted certain electors from that requirement and provided alternative ID procedures for them. Would have allowed an elector to fulfill the photo ID requirement by providing it either when applying for ballots or when returning voted ballots to the board. Would have permitted an elector to show photo ID at the board’s office instead of making a copy.
Regards physician supervision of imaging contrast administration
YesVOTED
Administration of contrast – physician supervision. Revises the law authorizing a radiologist assistant to administer contrast media under the on-site supervision of a physician who is a radiologist, by also permitting the radiologist assistant to do so under the radiologist’s remote supervision. Authorizes a registered nurse, radiographer, radiation therapy technologist, and nuclear medicine technologist to administer contrast under the direct or general supervision of a physician.
