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Kent Smith
OH Senate District 21
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 228 — Create the Lifetown license plate | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 216 — Designate Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway. | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 55 — Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 56 — Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes | Nay | Dec 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 217 — Authorize conveyance of state-owned land. | Yea | Nov 21, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 293 — Revise deadline to return absent voter ballots | Nay | Nov 21, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 273 — Enact the Keep Them Safe Act | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 253 — Designate Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 247 — Designate the buckeye as the state candy | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 219 — Revise the law governing oil and gas wells | Nay | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 111 — Designate Henrietta Lacks Day | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 34 — Enact the Historical Educational Displays Act | Nay | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 19 — Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 440 — Regards the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 246 — Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 29 — Regards inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 184 — Prescribe limitations on intercollegiate athlete contracts | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 335 — Regards county budget commissions, property and sales tax, funds | Nay | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 309 — Regards budget commissions, property tax, and certain funds | Nay | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 247 — Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 186 — Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula | Nay | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 129 — Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage | Nay | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 114 — Regards age requirements for kindergarten admission | Nay | Nov 20, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 247 — Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 219 — Revise the law governing oil and gas wells | Nay | Nov 19, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) 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
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Prohibit certain conduct that accelerates firearm's rate of fire
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SB 186
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Create a music incubator program, certain sales tax rebates
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