Kent Smith

State Senator · Senate District 21 · Party: Democratic

226 final-passage votes on record.

Amendment X · State powers

Official site ↗

Their job

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

Latest votes

Voted Yes on HB 55 (Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate). It passed. Feb 12, 2026
Voted Yes on HB 55 (Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate). It failed. Feb 11, 2026
Voted Yes on SB 228 (Create the Lifetown license plate). It failed. Feb 11, 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.

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 228
Create the Lifetown license plate

Reported

Feb 11, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 216
Designate Clarence "Sonny" Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway.

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

No Source ↗
SB 293
Revise deadline to return absent voter ballots

Concurred in House amendments

Nov 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
SB 217
Authorize conveyance of state-owned land.

Concurred in House amendments

Nov 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 219
Revise the law governing oil and gas wells

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 29
Regards inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 247
Designate the buckeye as the state candy

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

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

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 19
Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 273
Enact the Keep Them Safe Act

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 111
Designate Henrietta Lacks Day

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 246
Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 186
Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 184
Prescribe limitations on intercollegiate athlete contracts

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 309
Regards budget commissions, property tax, and certain funds

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 114
Regards age requirements for kindergarten admission

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 335
Regards county budget commissions, property and sales tax, funds

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
SB 253
Designate Black Ohioan Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Day

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 34
Enact the Historical Educational Displays Act

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 247
Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 129
Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage

Passed

Nov 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
HB 129
Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage

Reported

Nov 19, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

No Source ↗
SB 219
Revise the law governing oil and gas wells

Reported

Nov 19, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

No Source ↗
HB 335
Regards county budget commissions, property and sales tax, funds

Reported

Nov 19, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

No Source ↗
HB 247
Revise dog law, including dangerous and vicious dogs

Reported

Nov 19, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 186
Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula

Reported

Nov 19, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

No Source ↗
HB 309
Regards budget commissions, property tax, and certain funds

Reported

Nov 19, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

No Source ↗
HB 114
Regards age requirements for kindergarten admission

Reported

Nov 18, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

No Source ↗
SB 19
Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention

Reported

Nov 18, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HCR 22
Encourage students to read the U.S. Declaration of Independence

Reported

Nov 18, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 34
Enact the Historical Educational Displays Act

Reported

Nov 18, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

No Source ↗
HCR 20
Honor the United States Navy; commemorate its 250th anniversary

Adopted

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SR 222
Relative to mileage reimbursement.

Adopted

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SB 276
Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

Passed

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 251
Designate Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Vance M. Andrews Mem Hwy

Passed

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

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

Passed

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

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

Passed

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HCR 23
Recognize 250th anniversary of United States Army, Chaplain Corps

Adopted

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SB 174
Regards allocation of parenting responsibilities

Passed

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HCR 21
Recognize the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps

Adopted

Nov 13, 2025 · Result: Failed

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

Reported

Nov 12, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

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

Reported

Nov 10, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 229
Create the Law Enforcement Purple Heart license plate

Passed

Nov 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 244
Designate Abbey Gate Remembrance Day

Passed

Nov 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 224
Make changes to the telemarketing law

Passed

Nov 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 10
Regulate imitation meat and egg products

Passed

Nov 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 282
Create the American Motorcyclist Association license plate

Passed

Nov 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗

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