Anita Somani

State Representative · House District 8 · Party: Democratic

231 final-passage votes on record.

Amendment X · State powers

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Their job

A member of Ohio's state House, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes

Voted Yes on HB 253 (License advanced practice respiratory therapists). It failed. Nov 5, 2025
Voted Yes on HB 258 (Require notice before driver's license expires, instead of after). It passed. Oct 29, 2025
Voted Yes on HB 268 (Regards filing for certificate of qualification for employment). It passed. Oct 29, 2025

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Record at a glance

231

Final-passage votes

259

All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic

Office: State Representative
District: House District 8
Party: Democratic
Term: Since 2025-01-01
Body: California State Legislature
Website: Official site ↗

SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

No platform recorded yet

This tab shows Anita Somani's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

HB 253
License advanced practice respiratory therapists

Reported

Nov 5, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 258
Require notice before driver's license expires, instead of after

Passed

Oct 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 268
Regards filing for certificate of qualification for employment

Passed

Oct 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 152
Allow wild animal rehab facility to get euthanasia drug permit

Passed

Oct 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 155
Revise the real estate wholesaler law

Passed

Oct 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 148
Establish tax refund designation for spaying, neutering pets

Passed

Oct 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 132
Enact Philip Wigal's Law

Passed

Oct 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 27
Designate Specialist Jacob A. Ashton Memorial Bridge

Concurred in Senate amendments

Oct 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 56
Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes

Passed

Oct 23, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 335
Regards county budget commissions, property and sales tax, funds

Passed

Oct 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 186
Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula

Passed

Oct 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
SCR 2
Urge investment into security, reliability of electric grid

Adopted

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HB 325
Designate Marshal Teddy Ray Holcomb Memorial Highway

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 275
Designate Deputy Sheriff Daniel Kin Memorial Highway

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 227
Modify excavation requirements

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 162
Enact the My Child-My Chart Act

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 57
Regards school policies on administering overdose reversal drugs

Concurred in Senate amendments

Oct 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 293
Designate NASA Day of Remembrance

Passed

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HR 244
Relative to the election of Ashley Bryant Bailey to fill the vacancy in the membership of the House of Representatives created by the resignation of Sedrick Denson of the 26th House District.

Adopted

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HB 440
Regards the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results

Passed

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 440
Regards the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results

Reported

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HCR 20
Honor the United States Navy; commemorate its 250th anniversary

Adopted

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HR 139
Honor Pope Leo XIV, to highlight his life and accomplishments

Adopted

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HB 259
Designate Captain Joshua Michael McClimans Memorial Highway

Passed

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 96
Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27

Item passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor

Jul 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 96
Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27

Conference report agreed to

Jun 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HR 172
Relative to the election of the minority leader, the assistant minority leader, and the minority whip for the 136th General Assembly of Ohio.

Adopted

Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HB 124
Modify process for property tax sales-assessment ratio studies

Passed

Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 27
Designate Ameloblastoma Awareness Day

Passed

Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 100
Exclude certain agricultural entities from insurance regulations

Passed

Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 133
Authorize tax credit - small employers with health reimbursement

Passed

Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 48
Modify tax deductions for 529 plan and ABLE account contributions

Passed

Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 210
Regards the sale of used catalytic converters

Passed

Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 47
Enact the Human Trafficking Prevention Act

Passed

Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HR 101
Support Cleveland’s offer to host the 2030 Special Olympics

Adopted

May 28, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HB 29
Regards inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers

Passed

May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 86
Enact the Gus Frangos Act

Passed

May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 127
Permit schools to withhold directory information

Passed

May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 131
Prohibit law enforcement from using quotas for arrests, citations

Passed

May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 204
Designate 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day

Passed

May 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 141
Regards prescribed pediatric extended care centers

Reported

May 27, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 171
Designate CPT Louis John Speidel Memorial Highway

Passed

May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 21
Designate Rutherford B. Hayes Day

Passed

May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 44
Regards law enforcement training and competitive examinations

Passed

May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 104
Designate Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day

Passed

May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 114
Regards age requirements for kindergarten admission

Passed

May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 27
Designate Ameloblastoma Awareness Day

Reported

May 21, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 32
Designate Celebrating Disabilities Month

Reported

May 21, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HCR 6
Support work of the Ohio Commission for U.S. Semiquincentennial

Adopted

May 21, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HB 5
Enact the Repeat Offender Act

Passed

May 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗

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