Tim Schaffer

State Senator · Senate District 20 · 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 HB 359 (Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids). It passed. Jun 4, 2026
Voted Yes on SB 120 (Establish the Urban Farmer Youth Initiative Pilot Program). It passed. Jun 4, 2026
Voted Yes on SB 135 (Regards real property foreclosures and estate sales). It passed. Jun 4, 2026

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Record at a glance

237

Final-passage votes

322

All recorded votes

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OfficeRepublican

Office: State Senator
District: Senate District 20
Party: Republican
Term: Since 2019-05-08
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 Tim Schaffer'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 359
Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids

Passed

Jun 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 120
Establish the Urban Farmer Youth Initiative Pilot Program

Passed

Jun 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 135
Regards real property foreclosures and estate sales

Passed

Jun 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

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

Passed

Jun 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 331
Allow certain public hospitality employees to accept gratuities

Passed

Jun 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 195
Revise the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code

Passed

Jun 4, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 450
Make capital appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2028

Passed

Jun 3, 2026 · Result: Passed

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

Concurred in House amendments

Jun 3, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HCR 7
Support American Legion Buckeye Boys State, Buckeye Girls State

Adopted

Jun 3, 2026 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
HB 20
Prohibit harassing or impeding an emergency service responder

Passed

Jun 3, 2026 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SJR 10
CA: Require identification to vote

Adopted

Jun 3, 2026 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SB 294
Declare the state's energy siting policy

Reported

Jun 2, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 297
Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses

Reported

May 21, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 281
Allow county comm to award a franchise for public transit system

Passed

May 20, 2026 · Result: Passed

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

Reported

May 19, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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 358
Create the Blackout license plate

Reported

May 13, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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

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 307
Allow tax increment financing for police, firefighting facilities

Reported

May 12, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

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

Reported

Apr 21, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 311
Designate EMS week in Ohio

Reported

Apr 21, 2026 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 359
Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids

Reported

Apr 21, 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 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 ↗
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 ↗

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