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Kent Smith D

State Senator
Ohio Senate District 21 — Seat 1
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2028

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On Record (10)

Bill ELECTIONSSpecial DesignationsState and Local Government : State GovernmentSenate General Government Committee
To amend sections 1.14, 5.20, 124.19, 325.19, 511.10, 1345.21, 3313.63, and 3319.087 of the Revised Code to make Election Day a holiday.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Economic Development : Arts and CultureTaxationSenate Ways and Means Committee
To amend section 5739.21 and to enact section 122.97 of the Revised Code to create a music incubator program to provide sales tax rebates to certain music venues and festival promoters.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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To call on legislators at the state and federal level and other communities and jurisdictions to support an amendment to the United States Constitution that would abolish corporate personhood and the doctrine of money as speech.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTTaxation
To amend section 122.175 of the Revised Code to prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions from being granted.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral UTILITIESCrimes, Corrections, and Law EnforcementCrimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and PunishmentSenate Judiciary Committee
To amend section 2903.21 of the Revised Code to expand the offense of aggravated menacing to prohibit threatening a utility worker, cable operator worker, or broadband worker with intent to obstruct the operation of a utility.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral UTILITIESUtilities : Electric UtilitiesUtilities : Gas UtilitiesSenate Public Utilities Committee
To amend sections 4933.12, 4933.121, and 4933.123 and to enact sections 4933.125, 4933.126, 4933.127, 4933.128, 4933.129, 4933.1210, and 4933.1211 of the Revised Code to prohibit terminating electric or gas service to certain households and establish a payment plan for these services.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral UTILITIESSenate Public Utilities Committee
To enact sections 4933.51, 4933.52, 4933.53, 4933.55, 4933.57, 4933.58, 4933.59, and 4933.60 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain public utilities from recovering political expenditure costs from their customers.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral TaxationState and Local Government : Local GovernmentSenate Finance Committee
To enact section 3780.221 of the Revised Code to authorize a county excise tax on the sale of adult use marijuana to support artistic, cultural, and entertainment opportunities.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral TaxationSenate Ways and Means CommitteeEconomic Development : Arts and Culture
To amend sections 107.036 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 122.853 and 5747.68 of the Revised Code to temporarily authorize a refundable income tax credit for investing in a sound recording production company.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEESENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEETransportation : Motor VehiclesSpecial DesignationsTransportation : Vehicle Registration and Titling
To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.589 of the Revised Code to create the "Ohio NAACP" license plate.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (23)

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To amend sections 3721.60, 3721.61, 3721.62, 3721.63, 3721.65, and 3721.66 of the Revised Code to make changes regarding electronic monitoring of a resident's room in a long-term care facility.
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3301.0711, 3310.03, 3310.13, 3310.14, 3310.15, 3313.618, 3313.619, 3313.976, 3314.03, 3319.324, and 3326.11 and to enact sections 117.113, 3301.165, 3301.166, 3301.167, 3302.0311, and 3313.6612 of the Revised Code to enact the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know Act …
May 28, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 3301.0718 and to enact section 3301.0733 of the Revised Code to enact the Food Literacy Standards Act to require the Department of Education and Workforce to adopt food literacy standards for grades kindergarten through twelve.
May 22, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 1546.33 of the Revised Code to create the Adopt a Trail Program.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact sections 4908.01, 4908.02, 4908.021, 4908.022, 4908.023, 4908.03, 4908.031, 4908.032, 4908.033, 4908.034, 4908.04, 4908.041, 4908.042, 4908.05, 4908.051, 4908.052, 4908.053, and 4908.06 of the Revised Code to require the Public Utility Commission's approval of agreements to interconnect data centers to …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 1521.01 and 1521.99 and to enact sections 9.72 and 1521.232 of the Revised Code regarding the withdrawal and consumptive use of water by data centers and to name the act the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 1345.29 of the Revised Code to require disclosure of credit card surcharges.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5163.33 of the Revised Code to declare the General Assembly's intent to increase the Medicaid personal needs allowance for residents of nursing homes and ICFs/IID.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 5.2281 of the Revised Code to change the designation for "Ohio Deaf History Month" to the month of April.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5.213 of the Revised Code to designate February 20th as "Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 2901.44 of the Revised Code to create the Task Force on Missing Women and Girls who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color and to make an appropriation.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 5534.59 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 33 in Fairfield County and I-70 in Clark County as the "Congressman David Hobson Memorial Highway."
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To enact section 1333.97 of the Revised Code to require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay by cash.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 133.06, 3302.036, 3302.042, 3302.16, 3302.17, 3310.03, 3311.29, and 3314.102; to enact new section 3302.10; and to repeal sections 3302.10, 3302.103, 3302.11, 3302.111, and 3302.12 of the Revised Code and to repeal Sections 4, 5, and 6 of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To repeal section 9.68 of the Revised Code to restore local authority to generally regulate conduct related to firearms and knives.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 122.175, 131.44, 131.51, 319.30, 319.301, 319.54, 321.24, 321.26, 323.08, 323.152, 323.155, 323.158, 351.01, 351.021, 353.06, 718.83, 1509.01, 1509.02, 1509.11, 1509.34, 1513.08, 1513.182, 3301.91, 3313.819, 3354.24, 3354.25, 4503.06, 4503.065, 5703.021, 5703.052, 5703.19, 5703.80, 5709.92, 5709.93, 5715.19, 5715.30, 5739.01, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3781.06, 3781.061, and 5713.30 of the Revised Code relating to temporary greenhouses and building codes, to establish the Urban Farmer Youth Initiative Pilot Program, to codify certain property tax requirements for agricultural land, and to make an …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 319.20, 1923.06, 1923.08, 1923.09, 3781.10, and 5321.17 and to enact sections 120.522, 120.531, 319.204, 1923.111, 1923.16, and 3781.181 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing eviction, residential building code enforcement, and real property transfers.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend section 2923.20 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24, and 4112.01 and to enact section 3313.6612 of the Revised Code to enact the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act to prohibit discrimination against an individual based on hair …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 4112.01 and 4112.05 of the Revised Code to enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 2151.23, 2151.233, 2151.352, 3101.01, 3101.05, and 3109.011 and to repeal sections 3101.02, 3101.04, 3101.041, and 3101.042 of the Revised Code to repeal law that authorizes a person who is seventeen years of age to marry.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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To amend sections 3313.603, 3314.03, 3326.15, and 3328.22 and to enact sections 3313.6034 and 3313.6035 of the Revised Code to require school districts to offer, and students to complete, at least one high school computer science course.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share