Kent Smith

State Senator · Senate District 21 · Party: Democratic

226 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 307 (Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities). It passed. May 13, 2026
Voted Yes on SB 277 (Clarify that child independent activity is not abuse or neglect). It passed. May 13, 2026
Voted Yes on SB 181 (Regards limestone, dolomite mining; increase severance taxes). It passed. May 13, 2026

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Record at a glance

226

Final-passage votes

330

All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic

Office: State Senator
District: Senate District 21
Party: Democratic
Term: Since 2023-01-01
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 Kent Smith'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 307
Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities

Passed

May 13, 2026 · Result: Passed

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

Reported

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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 280
Allow registration of a humvee as a historical motor vehicle

Reported

Apr 15, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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

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

Reported

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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 364
Designate Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter Memorial Hwy

Reported

Mar 25, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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 ↗
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 278
Permit monetary damages against municipal corps with gun controls

Reported

Mar 11, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

No 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

No 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 302
Create the Land of U.S. Grant license plate

Reported

Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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

Reported

Mar 4, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

No 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 106
Regulate the ownership of electric vehicle charging stations

Reported

Feb 18, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 227
Modify excavation requirements

Reported

Feb 18, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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 ↗

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