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OH SB 293

enacted

Revise deadline to return absent voter ballots

Ohio · 2025-2026 Regular Session (136th General Assembly) · upper

Description

To amend sections 3509.05, 3511.09, and 3511.11 of the Revised Code to require all marked absent voter's ballots to be delivered to the board of elections by the close of the polls on Election Day in order to be counted.

Introduced
2025-10-14
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-03-20 — Effective 3/20/26
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Andrew O. Brennerprimary
  • Theresa Gavaroneprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-14

    Introduced

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-15

    Referred to committee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-05

    Reported - Amended

  4. 2025-11-05

    Passed

    passage

  5. 2025-11-10

    Introduced

    introduction

  6. 2025-11-12

    Referred to committee

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-11-18

    Reported - Substitute

  8. 2025-11-19

    Passed

    passage

  9. 2025-11-19

    Concurred in House amendments

    amendment-passage

  10. 2025-12-09

    Sent To The Governor

    passage

  11. 2025-12-19

    Signed By The Governor

    became-law

  12. 2026-03-20

    Effective

    became-law

  13. 2026-03-20

    Effective 3/20/26

    became-law

Versions

  • As EnrolledCompare
  • As Passed by the HouseCompare
  • As Reported by the House General Government CommitteeCompare
  • As Passed by the SenateCompare
  • As Reported by the Senate General Government CommitteeCompare
  • As IntroducedCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Reported

    2025-11-05 · fail · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Kristina D. Roegner: yes
    • Theresa Gavarone: yes
    • Stephen A. Huffman: yes
    • Bill Reineke: yes
    • Jane M. Timken: yes
    • Willis E. Blackshear, Jr.: no
    • William P. DeMora: no

  • Passed

    2025-11-06 · pass · 23-10

    Member-level votes (33)
    • Steve Wilson: yes
    • Rob McColley: yes
    • Stephen A. Huffman: yes
    • Nathan H. Manning: yes
    • Andrew O. Brenner: yes
    • Kristina D. Roegner: yes
    • Theresa Gavarone: yes
    • Tim Schaffer: yes
    • Terry Johnson: yes
    • George F. Lang: yes
    • Jerry C. Cirino: yes
    • Mark Romanchuk: yes
    • Bill Reineke: yes
    • Sandra O'Brien: yes
    • Al Landis: yes
    • Shane Wilkin: yes
    • Michele Reynolds: yes
    • Brian M. Chavez: yes
    • Al Cutrona: yes
    • Kyle Koehler: yes
    • Susan Manchester: yes
    • Thomas F. Patton: yes
    • Jane M. Timken: yes
    • Hearcel F. Craig: no
    • Nickie J. Antonio: no
    • Louis W. Blessing, III: no
    • Paula Hicks-Hudson: no
    • William P. DeMora: no
    • Kent Smith: no
    • Catherine D. Ingram: no
    • Willis E. Blackshear, Jr.: no
    • Beth Liston: no
    • Casey Weinstein: no

  • Reported

    2025-11-19 · fail · 8-4

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Sharon A. Ray: yes
    • Jeff LaRe: yes
    • Adam C. Bird: yes
    • Marilyn John: yes
    • Gayle Manning: yes
    • Riordan T. McClain: yes
    • Kevin D. Miller: yes
    • Scott Oelslager: yes
    • Juanita O. Brent: no
    • Ashley Bryant Bailey: no
    • C. Allison Russo: no
    • Eric Synenberg: no

  • Passed

    2025-11-20 · pass · 61-30

    Member-level votes (91)
    • Cindy Abrams: yes
    • Tim Barhorst: yes
    • Adam C. Bird: yes
    • Jamie Callender: yes
    • Thaddeus J. Claggett: yes
    • Gary Click: yes
    • Meredith Craig: yes
    • Rodney Creech: yes
    • Jack K. Daniels: yes
    • Levi Dean: yes
    • Kellie Deeter: yes
    • Michael D. Dovilla: yes
    • Ron Ferguson: yes
    • Tex Fischer: yes
    • Sarah Fowler Arthur: yes
    • Haraz N. Ghanbari: yes
    • Jennifer Gross: yes
    • Thomas Hall: yes
    • Adam Holmes: yes
    • James M. Hoops: yes
    • Matt Huffman: yes
    • Marilyn John: yes
    • Mark Johnson: yes
    • Angela N. King: yes
    • Matthew Kishman: yes
    • Roy Klopfenstein: yes
    • Brian Lampton: yes
    • Jeff LaRe: yes
    • Brian Lorenz: yes
    • Gayle Manning: yes
    • Adam Mathews: yes
    • Ty D. Mathews: yes
    • Riordan T. McClain: yes
    • Kevin D. Miller: yes
    • Melanie Miller: yes
    • Diane Mullins: yes
    • Johnathan Newman: yes
    • Mike Odioso: yes
    • Scott Oelslager: yes
    • Bob Peterson: yes
    • Justin Pizzulli: yes
    • Phil Plummer: yes
    • Sharon A. Ray: yes
    • Tracy M. Richardson: yes
    • Kevin Ritter: yes
    • Monica Robb Blasdel: yes
    • Bill Roemer: yes
    • Jodi Salvo: yes
    • Nick Santucci: yes
    • Jean Schmidt: yes
    • Jason Stephens: yes
    • Brian Stewart: yes
    • D. J. Swearingen: yes
    • Michelle Teska: yes
    • David Thomas: yes
    • Jim Thomas: yes
    • Josh Williams: yes
    • Bernard Willis: yes
    • Heidi Workman: yes
    • Tom Young: yes
    • Ty Moore: yes
    • Munira Abdullahi: no
    • Rachel B. Baker: no
    • Sean P. Brennan: no
    • Juanita O. Brent: no
    • Darnell T. Brewer: no
    • Karen Brownlee: no
    • Chris Glassburn: no
    • Derrick Hall: no
    • Mark Hiner: no
    • Latyna M. Humphrey: no
    • Dani Isaacsohn: no
    • Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe: no
    • Crystal Lett: no
    • Lauren McNally: no
    • Joseph A. Miller, III: no
    • Ismail Mohamed: no
    • Beryl Brown Piccolantonio: no
    • Phillip M. Robinson, Jr.: no
    • C. Allison Russo: no
    • Mark Sigrist: no
    • Veronica R. Sims: no
    • Bride Rose Sweeney: no
    • Eric Synenberg: no
    • Cecil Thomas: no
    • Desiree Tims: no
    • Daniel P. Troy: no
    • Terrence Upchurch: no
    • Andrea White: no
    • Erika White: no
    • Ashley Bryant Bailey: no

  • Concurred in House amendments

    2025-11-21 · pass · 23-10

    Member-level votes (33)
    • Steve Wilson: yes
    • Rob McColley: yes
    • Stephen A. Huffman: yes
    • Nathan H. Manning: yes
    • Andrew O. Brenner: yes
    • Kristina D. Roegner: yes
    • Theresa Gavarone: yes
    • Tim Schaffer: yes
    • Terry Johnson: yes
    • George F. Lang: yes
    • Jerry C. Cirino: yes
    • Mark Romanchuk: yes
    • Bill Reineke: yes
    • Sandra O'Brien: yes
    • Al Landis: yes
    • Shane Wilkin: yes
    • Michele Reynolds: yes
    • Brian M. Chavez: yes
    • Al Cutrona: yes
    • Kyle Koehler: yes
    • Susan Manchester: yes
    • Thomas F. Patton: yes
    • Jane M. Timken: yes
    • Hearcel F. Craig: no
    • Nickie J. Antonio: no
    • Louis W. Blessing, III: no
    • Paula Hicks-Hudson: no
    • William P. DeMora: no
    • Kent Smith: no
    • Catherine D. Ingram: no
    • Willis E. Blackshear, Jr.: no
    • Beth Liston: no
    • Casey Weinstein: no

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