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Anita Somani
OH House District 8
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Healthcare 23Civil Rights & Liberties 15Economy & Taxes 15Government Operations & Budget 15Criminal Justice & Policing 13Social Services & Welfare 12Education 11Labor & Employment 10Technology & Privacy 9Other 6Environment & Energy 5Transportation & Infrastructure 5Elections & Voting 4Gun Policy 4Housing 3Abortion & Reproductive Rights 2Agriculture 2Banking & Finance 2Defense & Military 2Immigration 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH House District 8 current
Ohio |
Democratic | Jan 1, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| OH House District 11
Ohio |
Democratic | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 1, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (258 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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HB 27
Designate Specialist Jacob A. Ashton Memorial Bridge
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Concurred in Senate amendments | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 0568f4a3-dcaf-4ae6-b847-fc50d27874f9 | Oct 29, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/0568f4a3-dcaf-4ae6-b847-fc50d27874f9 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 155
Revise the real estate wholesaler law
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll a75ec2b6-794b-48bf-a66f-4f783e2283b6 | Oct 29, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/a75ec2b6-794b-48bf-a66f-4f783e2283b6 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 152
Allow wild animal rehab facility to get euthanasia drug permit
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll b0ce8640-6038-4039-a56c-90ee8178aad9 | Oct 29, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b0ce8640-6038-4039-a56c-90ee8178aad9 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 268
Regards filing for certificate of qualification for employment
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll d3c95c8c-b405-47cb-9423-050a07ade1c6 | Oct 29, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d3c95c8c-b405-47cb-9423-050a07ade1c6 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 258
Require notice before driver's license expires, instead of after
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll fcc49f5b-e26a-4cec-b383-d0bfd88c9496 | Oct 29, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/fcc49f5b-e26a-4cec-b383-d0bfd88c9496 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 148
Establish tax refund designation for spaying, neutering pets
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 4eb4fe75-e197-4076-aba2-ea74baf51a5f | Oct 29, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4eb4fe75-e197-4076-aba2-ea74baf51a5f CC0-1.0 |
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HB 132
Enact Philip Wigal's Law
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 18c90725-1541-4b6a-b53f-1131497483cd | Oct 29, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/18c90725-1541-4b6a-b53f-1131497483cd CC0-1.0 |
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SB 56
Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 50085439-9c55-4635-b549-9ea264889894 | Oct 23, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/50085439-9c55-4635-b549-9ea264889894 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 335
Regards county budget commissions, property and sales tax, funds
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll b5d5872c-f438-41a3-abe9-cdf36734b4f8 | Oct 22, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b5d5872c-f438-41a3-abe9-cdf36734b4f8 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 186
Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll ac08072e-5f59-4aa3-8884-f95e1e5aa9f3 | Oct 22, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ac08072e-5f59-4aa3-8884-f95e1e5aa9f3 CC0-1.0 |
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SCR 2
Urge investment into security, reliability of electric grid
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Adopted | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll abc4c5fa-45d7-4d5c-b248-4b530e757a21 | Oct 15, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/abc4c5fa-45d7-4d5c-b248-4b530e757a21 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 325
Designate Marshal Teddy Ray Holcomb Memorial Highway
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 87231b91-96ae-46a1-8978-e85f2d1159f9 | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/87231b91-96ae-46a1-8978-e85f2d1159f9 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 275
Designate Deputy Sheriff Daniel Kin Memorial Highway
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 7ba993a7-e954-40ad-aef6-c960b75a51fc | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7ba993a7-e954-40ad-aef6-c960b75a51fc CC0-1.0 |
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HB 227
Modify excavation requirements
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 64af5274-920b-4115-95cb-5e6aa8a499c0 | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/64af5274-920b-4115-95cb-5e6aa8a499c0 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 162
Enact the My Child-My Chart Act
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 577fed83-3899-4811-8b7b-f85b099e0d3b | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/577fed83-3899-4811-8b7b-f85b099e0d3b CC0-1.0 |
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HB 57
Regards school policies on administering overdose reversal drugs
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Concurred in Senate amendments | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 071dc290-667c-476b-9351-a084e7678ff5 | Oct 2, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/071dc290-667c-476b-9351-a084e7678ff5 CC0-1.0 |
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HCR 20
Honor the United States Navy; commemorate its 250th anniversary
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Adopted | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll bd4909fb-7dab-411b-9d8e-daa24742389a | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/bd4909fb-7dab-411b-9d8e-daa24742389a CC0-1.0 |
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HR 139
Honor Pope Leo XIV, to highlight his life and accomplishments
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Adopted | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 72ee5a5c-d529-427f-ba96-872a69f06092 | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/72ee5a5c-d529-427f-ba96-872a69f06092 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 440
Regards the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll e809368c-5d12-4031-850d-ebdfb81ad870 | Oct 1, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e809368c-5d12-4031-850d-ebdfb81ad870 CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll d66b6a40-459f-4111-b42b-1b20cf6e0662 | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d66b6a40-459f-4111-b42b-1b20cf6e0662 CC0-1.0 | |
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HB 293
Designate NASA Day of Remembrance
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll fc0b617b-75b0-44a0-8922-011f02c3be25 | Oct 1, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/fc0b617b-75b0-44a0-8922-011f02c3be25 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 259
Designate Captain Joshua Michael McClimans Memorial Highway
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 230069e5-772e-47dc-b2a5-ceac719ddf48 | Oct 1, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/230069e5-772e-47dc-b2a5-ceac719ddf48 CC0-1.0 |
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HR 244
Relative to the election of Ashley Bryant Bailey to fill the vacancy in the membership of the House…
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Adopted | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll f9a1df77-4415-4a6e-a6ad-07670bc75152 | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/f9a1df77-4415-4a6e-a6ad-07670bc75152 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 96
Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27
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Item passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 29e46e96-951f-48f3-a87b-d61be920d494 | Jul 21, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/29e46e96-951f-48f3-a87b-d61be920d494 CC0-1.0 |
| Conference report agreed to | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 5e61fcbf-374d-4fb8-8cfd-f7d4ac7373f1 | Jun 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5e61fcbf-374d-4fb8-8cfd-f7d4ac7373f1 CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (22 as lead sponsor)
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HB 713
OH · —
Regards adoption advertising and facilitation
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HB 904
OH · —
Establish a reinsurance program
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HB 905
OH · —
Prohibit common ownership of certain health care entities
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HB 836
OH · —
Require physicians to sign death certificates electronically
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HR 38
OH · —
In memory of Ross Allen Boggs, Jr.
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HR 138
OH · —
Honoring Don Jones for his exemplary service to the Ohio House of Representatives.
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HJR 4
OH · —
CA:Reconcile same sex marriage law; right to interracial marriage
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HB 169
OH · —
Designate International Women's Day in Ohio
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HR 234
OH · —
In memory of Jack Cera.
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HB 337
OH · —
Require firearm sale by federal dealer to include trigger lock
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