M
Meredith Lawson‐Rowe
OH House District 5
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Civil Rights & Liberties 11Criminal Justice & Policing 9Healthcare 7Economy & Taxes 6Social Services & Welfare 6Gun Policy 5Government Operations & Budget 4Labor & Employment 4Defense & Military 3Education 3Housing 3Other 3Transportation & Infrastructure 3Veterans Affairs 3Agriculture 2Technology & Privacy 2Banking & Finance 1Elections & Voting 1Immigration 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| OH House District 5 current
Ohio |
Democratic | Jan 1, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (335 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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HB 644
Create Higher Ed Evidence-Based Innovation Fund, Grant Program
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll fd714e67-cc2b-457e-98f2-5f57d8be7ad9 | May 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/fd714e67-cc2b-457e-98f2-5f57d8be7ad9 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 423
Regulate practice of surgical assistants, surgical technologists
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll a8757747-63c0-419f-93d1-5f3b96eda35d | May 13, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/a8757747-63c0-419f-93d1-5f3b96eda35d CC0-1.0 |
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HB 347
Enact SHE WINS Act
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll bef9433d-dbf7-4748-9ea0-ca3c9ba0ed71 | Mar 26, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/bef9433d-dbf7-4748-9ea0-ca3c9ba0ed71 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 252
Modify offenses of burglary, breaking and entering, and trespass
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 8e0ebef9-46b7-4959-bbf5-fdf0bd45632f | Mar 26, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8e0ebef9-46b7-4959-bbf5-fdf0bd45632f CC0-1.0 |
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HB 249
Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll b78aed24-bd0b-417d-87f7-61c359ab818c | Mar 26, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b78aed24-bd0b-417d-87f7-61c359ab818c CC0-1.0 |
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HB 372
Enact the Larry Henderson Act
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 868658e5-5d7d-457f-b4bd-3a6d4686f230 | Mar 25, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/868658e5-5d7d-457f-b4bd-3a6d4686f230 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 220
Regards health insurance, Medicaid prior authorization
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 6fa85463-0a58-475f-90f6-db77d678702d | Mar 25, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6fa85463-0a58-475f-90f6-db77d678702d CC0-1.0 |
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HB 217
Enact the Finding and Identifying with NamUs Data (FIND) Act
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 7022a095-885c-4bf9-a66a-dfbb95b03384 | Mar 25, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7022a095-885c-4bf9-a66a-dfbb95b03384 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 203
Enact Aspen Runnels' Law
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 7d8de144-6ba3-42ed-a965-8dc6d3cdd172 | Mar 25, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7d8de144-6ba3-42ed-a965-8dc6d3cdd172 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 176
Establish a universal regulatory sandbox program
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 594890a9-b4a9-4bc3-8084-0e13832466d2 | Mar 25, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/594890a9-b4a9-4bc3-8084-0e13832466d2 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 730
Make capital reappropriations for biennium ending June 30, 2028
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll e3cf83db-c5ba-4f7c-b946-7ebdfb737595 | Mar 19, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e3cf83db-c5ba-4f7c-b946-7ebdfb737595 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 646
Create the Data Center Study Commission
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 19f0629c-c9cd-4c62-b197-111cb385a3e1 | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/19f0629c-c9cd-4c62-b197-111cb385a3e1 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 578
Require tick-related disease reporting to Department of Health
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 05960b33-7c47-404e-81b9-0bd507f034d1 | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/05960b33-7c47-404e-81b9-0bd507f034d1 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 533
Revise list of vehicles that can commit vehicular homicide
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll e987da92-b959-4a93-9b8c-bdf970375f7f | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e987da92-b959-4a93-9b8c-bdf970375f7f CC0-1.0 |
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HB 464
Exempt military-certified child care providers from licensure
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 85f85499-aba0-47cc-ac4a-71a5dca0eb6e | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/85f85499-aba0-47cc-ac4a-71a5dca0eb6e CC0-1.0 |
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HB 432
Designate Patrolman Earl W. Casterline Memorial Highway
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll ae8ca8dc-516e-4d75-b138-b76c38d5f612 | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ae8ca8dc-516e-4d75-b138-b76c38d5f612 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 173
Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll cfb9eba9-8e43-4220-820a-a5eedb657706 | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cfb9eba9-8e43-4220-820a-a5eedb657706 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 125
Regards excused school absences for 4-H and FFA programs
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 873e79ae-3843-41ac-a7df-11e37d6b1548 | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/873e79ae-3843-41ac-a7df-11e37d6b1548 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 229
Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs
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Concurred in Senate amendments | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll d222ed52-c296-4a5f-a1e4-299c12f52949 | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d222ed52-c296-4a5f-a1e4-299c12f52949 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 92
Regards unpaid water, sewer, and trash charges at rented property
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Passed | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll ac7bcca8-0ddd-405d-a62d-c5e2aa80020f | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ac7bcca8-0ddd-405d-a62d-c5e2aa80020f CC0-1.0 |
| Reported | Nay | lower · stage not recorded · roll 313a95df-db38-4886-9690-fabfc984912b | Mar 11, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/313a95df-db38-4886-9690-fabfc984912b CC0-1.0 | |
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HB 84
Enact the Innocence Act
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 492dabaf-fb8f-4126-abe4-d5adeb901df4 | Mar 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/492dabaf-fb8f-4126-abe4-d5adeb901df4 CC0-1.0 |
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HR 348
Relative to travel allowance.
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Adopted | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll ba8439ef-e735-4f96-b9c7-6e363690bc6f | Mar 18, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ba8439ef-e735-4f96-b9c7-6e363690bc6f CC0-1.0 |
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HB 650
Establish Frontier Technologies and Quantum Computing Commission
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll ae24bf26-e7e8-438b-8d40-c08f23f6fe61 | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ae24bf26-e7e8-438b-8d40-c08f23f6fe61 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 507
Prohibit a person from receiving proceeds of prostitution
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Passed | Yea | lower · stage not recorded · roll 9f775acb-45fc-4e0a-98c3-7646cc4b606b | Mar 5, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9f775acb-45fc-4e0a-98c3-7646cc4b606b CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (25 as lead sponsor)
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HB 721
OH · —
Establish the Veterans Organization Grant Program
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HB 777
OH · —
Enact the Fair Tri-Share Child Care Program Act
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HB 181
OH · —
Provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction
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HB 166
OH · —
Designate Harriet Tubman Day
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HB 451
OH · —
Designate CPL Lindsey William Mitchell Memorial Highway
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HB 135
OH · —
Prohibit source of income discrimination in rental housing
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HB 235
OH · —
Authorize tax credit for handgun training and firearms storage
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HB 452
OH · —
Designate 761st Tank Battalion Day
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HB 759
OH · —
Enact the Ohio Vets-Military Families Childcare Act
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HR 174
OH · —
Honoring Josiah Montgomery as a 2025 Division I State Track and Field Champion.
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