Beth Liston

State Senator · Senate District 16 · Party: Democratic

231 final-passage votes on record.

Amendment X · State powers

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Their job

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

Latest votes

Voted Yes on SB 343 (Regards workers' compensation coverage-urban search and rescue). It passed. May 20, 2026
Voted Yes on SB 280 (Allow registration of a humvee as a historical motor vehicle). It passed. May 20, 2026
Voted Yes on SB 163 (Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraud). It passed. May 20, 2026

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Record at a glance

231

Final-passage votes

277

All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic

Office: State Senator
District: Senate District 16
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

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This tab shows Beth Liston'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.

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SB 343
Regards workers' compensation coverage-urban search and rescue

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 280
Allow registration of a humvee as a historical motor vehicle

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 163
Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraud

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 311
Designate EMS week in Ohio

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 170
Establish process to regulate carbon capture, storage technology

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 354
Enact the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 157
Reduce statute of limitations for contract actions

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 328
Regards Education and Workforce Return on Investment Initiative

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 225
Expand the Address Confidentiality Program

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 393
Regards sexually oriented offenses involving juveniles, animals

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 358
Create the Blackout license plate

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 315
Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 31
Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 365
Designate Trooper Nicholas P. Cayton Memorial Highway

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 377
Regards use of light-based medical devices for hair removal

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 202
Enact the Chief Steven DiSario Act

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SR 271
Support the United States of Kindness initiative

Adopted

May 13, 2026 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SB 218
Exempt armed forces-certified child care provider from licensure

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 290
Require school building to have an exterior secure master key box

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 307
Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

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SB 277
Clarify that child independent activity is not abuse or neglect

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 181
Regards limestone, dolomite mining; increase severance taxes

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 162
Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers

Passed

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 278
Permit monetary damages against municipal corps with gun controls

Passed

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 393
Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards

Passed

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 462
Regards student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device

Passed

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 364
Designate Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter Memorial Hwy

Passed

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 320
Enter into the Athletic Trainer Compact

Passed

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 321
Regards carrying of firearms by certain special police officers

Passed

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 214
Remove firearm mufflers, suppressors as dangerous ordnance

Passed

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
SB 334
Designate Officer Jacob J. Derbin Memorial Highway

Passed

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 254
Change Ohio Deaf History Month to the month of April

Passed

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 302
Create the Land of U.S. Grant license plate

Passed

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

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SB 306
Regards insurance transactions, plans, and policies

Passed

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

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SB 318
Allow law enforcement to provide certain school resource services

Passed

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 244
Designate Abbey Gate Remembrance Day

Concurred in House amendments

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 9
Incorporate Internal Revenue Code changes into Ohio law

Concurred in House amendments

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 63
Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use

Concurred in House amendments

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
SB 263
Regards professional employer organizations and Unemployment Law

Passed

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 87
Define antisemitism; expand the offense of ethnic intimidation

Passed

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 229
Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs

Passed

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 101
Regards recording of certain real property documents

Concurred in House amendments

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 262
Require construction contracts note variation from standard form

Passed

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SR 281
Authorizing the Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association to use the Ohio Senate Chamber and committee rooms on April 9-11, 2026.

Adopted

Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SB 295
Regards the timeline for restoring competency in criminal cases

Concurred in House amendments

Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 52
Revise the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists

Passed

Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 227
Modify excavation requirements

Passed

Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 106
Regulate the ownership of electric vehicle charging stations

Passed

Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SR 280
Authorizing the Ohio Speech and Debate Association to use the Ohio Senate Chamber on March 21, 2026.

Adopted

Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SB 151
Allow certain natural gas suppliers to offer carbon offsets

Passed

Feb 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗

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