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D Ohio Senate · District 21 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Kent Smith

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Total votes
2,367
all sessions
Attendance
100%
10 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 85% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 93% of chamber peers
Sponsored
594
bills & resolutions
Higher than 81% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
2,367 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
1,909
voted in favor
Nay
458
voted against
Absent
10
missed votes
Total cast
2,367
across all sessions
Crossed party
43
votes against own party
This page
2,367
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 33
Expand tax deduction for 529 education savings plans
Nay
Passed
55–32
Dec 14, 2022
SB 288
Revise the Criminal Law
Yea
Passed
78–9
Dec 14, 2022
SB 131
Require occupational license if experienced in another state
Yea
Passed
86–3
Dec 14, 2022
HB 554
Require issuance of certain temporary educator licenses
Yea
Passed
79–0
Dec 14, 2022
SB 202
Prohibit disability from being used to deny, limit parenting
Nay
Passed
65–24
Dec 14, 2022
HB 151
Replace Ohio Teacher Residency program with local mentorship
Nay
Passed
45–42
Dec 14, 2022
HB 150
Establish Ohio Public Defender State Loan Repayment Program
Yea
Passed
79–0
Dec 14, 2022
HB 392
Authorize ambulance transport-police dog injured in line of duty
Yea
Passed
88–0
Dec 14, 2022
HB 567
Require common pleas court docket to appear on clerk's web site
Yea
Passed
86–0
Dec 14, 2022
HB 513
Regards bad debts for cigarette, tobacco, vapor product taxes
Nay
Passed
52–35
Dec 14, 2022
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