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Bill Blessing

State Senator · Senate District 8 · Party: Republican

237 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 181 (Regards limestone, dolomite mining; increase severance taxes). It passed. May 13, 2026
  • Voted Yes on SB 307 (Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities). It failed. May 12, 2026
  • Voted Yes on SB 162 (Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers). It passed. Apr 15, 2026

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Record at a glance

237
Final-passage votes
314
All recorded votes

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OfficeRepublican
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 8
Party
Republican
Term
Since 2019-10-10
Body
California State Legislature
Website
Official site ↗
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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No platform recorded yet

This tab shows Bill Blessing'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.

  • SB 181

    Regards limestone, dolomite mining; increase severance taxes

    Passed

    May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 307

    Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities

    Reported

    May 12, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 162

    Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers

    Passed

    Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 162

    Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers

    Reported

    Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 278

    Permit monetary damages against municipal corps with gun controls

    Passed

    Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes 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 290

    Require school building to have an exterior secure master key box

    Reported

    Apr 14, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • HB 730

    Make capital reappropriations for biennium ending June 30, 2028

    Passed

    Mar 26, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 214

    Remove firearm mufflers, suppressors as dangerous ordnance

    Passed

    Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes 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

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 306

    Regards insurance transactions, plans, and policies

    Passed

    Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes Source ↗
  • 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 ↗
  • HB 462

    Regards student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device

    Reported

    Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • HB 730

    Make capital reappropriations for biennium ending June 30, 2028

    Reported

    Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 318

    Allow law enforcement to provide certain school resource services

    Reported

    Mar 11, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • HB 31

    Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings

    Reported

    Mar 11, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    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

    Yes 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 ↗
  • SB 306

    Regards insurance transactions, plans, and policies

    Reported

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 263

    Regards professional employer organizations and Unemployment Law

    Reported

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 87

    Define antisemitism; expand the offense of ethnic intimidation

    Reported

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • HB 229

    Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs

    Reported

    Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    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 ↗
  • HCR 22

    Encourage students to read the U.S. Declaration of Independence

    Adopted

    Feb 12, 2026 · Result: Failed

    Yes Source ↗
  • HCR 13

    Urge Congress to designate Buckeye Trail a National Scenic Trail

    Adopted

    Feb 12, 2026 · Result: Failed

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 216

    Designate Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway.

    Passed

    Feb 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 228

    Create the Lifetown license plate

    Passed

    Feb 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes Source ↗
  • SR 275

    Authorizing Ohio YMCA Youth and Government to use the Ohio Senate Chamber and committee rooms on February 12-13, 2026.

    Adopted

    Feb 12, 2026 · Result: Failed

    Yes Source ↗
  • HB 55

    Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate

    Passed

    Feb 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Yes Source ↗
  • HB 55

    Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate

    Reported

    Feb 11, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 56

    Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes

    Conference report agreed to

    Dec 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Yes Source ↗
  • SB 293

    Revise deadline to return absent voter ballots

    Concurred in House amendments

    Nov 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    No Source ↗
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