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Kent Smith
OH Senate District 21
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Topics in their record
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Government Operations & Budget 24Economy & Taxes 16Social Services & Welfare 14Civil Rights & Liberties 10Environment & Energy 10Healthcare 10Education 9Housing 8Other 8Transportation & Infrastructure 8Criminal Justice & Policing 7Labor & Employment 6Elections & Voting 5Gun Policy 5Banking & Finance 4Technology & Privacy 4Agriculture 3Veterans Affairs 3Defense & Military 2Foreign Policy & Trade 2
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| OH Senate District 21 current
Ohio |
Democratic | Jan 1, 2023 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| OH House District 8
Ohio |
Democratic | — | Jan 1, 2023 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (329 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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HB 38
Designate Dr. Steven Takacs Veteran Memorial Highway
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Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 2bf020e2-a968-42f2-b457-78d25a3f3f35 | Oct 22, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2bf020e2-a968-42f2-b457-78d25a3f3f35 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 144
Regards educator license grade bands
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Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 64dcf55e-661c-4987-8ba9-a4a3263591d2 | Oct 22, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/64dcf55e-661c-4987-8ba9-a4a3263591d2 CC0-1.0 |
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HCR 7
Support American Legion Buckeye Boys State, Buckeye Girls State
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Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 97691a4a-21d3-431d-9668-07331225dcb9 | Oct 22, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/97691a4a-21d3-431d-9668-07331225dcb9 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 151
Allow certain natural gas suppliers to offer carbon offsets
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Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 0268374f-55f6-4b5f-bfb3-e618065cda0e | Oct 22, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/0268374f-55f6-4b5f-bfb3-e618065cda0e CC0-1.0 |
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SB 217
Authorize conveyance of state-owned land.
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 806d7332-c80e-44fc-a1ed-e7f530d09827 | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/806d7332-c80e-44fc-a1ed-e7f530d09827 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 103
Allow alternative rate plans for certain natural gas companies
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 9a0d27dd-1afc-4cbb-b500-c6803c746b6f | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9a0d27dd-1afc-4cbb-b500-c6803c746b6f CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 34e0bbe9-ae96-4e8d-9fe0-2865e4fc0854 | Oct 15, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/34e0bbe9-ae96-4e8d-9fe0-2865e4fc0854 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 61
Regards courts and court procedures
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll a9bb8cc7-667a-4eee-8784-09f5e90bbbfc | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/a9bb8cc7-667a-4eee-8784-09f5e90bbbfc CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll be13ae08-e9b4-4634-99e0-9fc0f57f0b93 | Oct 15, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/be13ae08-e9b4-4634-99e0-9fc0f57f0b93 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 35
Regards supported decision-making for certain disabled adults
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 19f41945-68fe-4fc9-bb1b-dbabd3cf7cef | Oct 15, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/19f41945-68fe-4fc9-bb1b-dbabd3cf7cef CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll cdd85a57-ddd0-4fbb-b12f-f02e1c559fa8 | Oct 15, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cdd85a57-ddd0-4fbb-b12f-f02e1c559fa8 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 156
Regards the success sequence curriculum
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Reported | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 621d4132-6850-442a-a216-0c21c26faaf0 | Oct 15, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/621d4132-6850-442a-a216-0c21c26faaf0 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 189
Create the COSI specialty license plate
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll e63e8b03-0819-4839-8c3b-2be71729c281 | Oct 8, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e63e8b03-0819-4839-8c3b-2be71729c281 CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 810fdc44-db3f-4758-827b-b274804db196 | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/810fdc44-db3f-4758-827b-b274804db196 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 137
Require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 70f1513b-f654-48fa-87d3-e498b32b9ab3 | Oct 8, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/70f1513b-f654-48fa-87d3-e498b32b9ab3 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 55
Regards operating under the influence of marihuana, OVI evidence
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 9deb9b82-6190-40f9-9fb6-b2b28a9827aa | Oct 8, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9deb9b82-6190-40f9-9fb6-b2b28a9827aa CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 4c81d659-7c77-4276-adad-46041452ae31 | Oct 8, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4c81d659-7c77-4276-adad-46041452ae31 CC0-1.0 | |
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HB 171
Designate CPT Louis John Speidel Memorial Highway
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 2b38d8a1-1fbf-4489-9e4f-4f0d750f7143 | Oct 8, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2b38d8a1-1fbf-4489-9e4f-4f0d750f7143 CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll ecf057ee-5b89-4dab-9a91-522dfa834f2b | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ecf057ee-5b89-4dab-9a91-522dfa834f2b CC0-1.0 | |
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HB 27
Designate Specialist Jacob A. Ashton Memorial Bridge
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Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll ca8198ae-e4e6-483b-bf0f-b7ec371000ad | Oct 8, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ca8198ae-e4e6-483b-bf0f-b7ec371000ad CC0-1.0 |
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HB 144
Enact Keith’s Law regarding the communication disability database
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Passed | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 49075164-e3fd-4541-a8bd-5a3ec9f93551 | Oct 1, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/49075164-e3fd-4541-a8bd-5a3ec9f93551 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 | upper · stage not recorded · roll 6d5aa39a-51f9-423f-b28f-18f4b87e2499 | Oct 1, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6d5aa39a-51f9-423f-b28f-18f4b87e2499 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 57
Regards school policies on administering overdose reversal drugs
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Passed | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 6486ef6e-5b05-4bf8-9ffb-c2711813146c | Oct 1, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6486ef6e-5b05-4bf8-9ffb-c2711813146c CC0-1.0 |
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SCR 10
Support work of the Ohio Commission for U.S. Semiquincentennial
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Adopted | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll cef51410-93a2-4f07-bac6-0db481a0e778 | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cef51410-93a2-4f07-bac6-0db481a0e778 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 56
Designate CPL David James Amheiser Memorial Highway
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Reported | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 5ec4dd4f-1ecf-4c17-ae64-4b75328b9df8 | Oct 1, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5ec4dd4f-1ecf-4c17-ae64-4b75328b9df8 CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (26 as lead sponsor)
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SB 443
OH · —
Enact the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know Act
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SB 442
OH · —
Enact the Food Literacy Standards Act
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SB 77
OH · —
Require a system to anonymously report wage discrimination
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SB 74
OH · —
Create the fair paycheck workplace certificate
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SR 287
OH · —
Honoring Laila Edwards as a 2026 Olympic gold medalist.
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SB 245
OH · —
Prohibit utilities from recovering political expenditure costs
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SB 297
OH · —
Regards electric submetering companies and customers
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SB 85
OH · —
Create the Ohio NAACP license plate
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SB 235
OH · —
Prohibit certain conduct that accelerates firearm's rate of fire
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SB 186
OH · —
Create a music incubator program, certain sales tax rebates
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