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 38 (Designate Dr. Steven Takacs Veteran Memorial Highway). It failed. Oct 22, 2025
Voted Yes on SB 223 (Require ODNR discount program for veterans, service members). It failed. Oct 21, 2025
Voted Yes on SB 61 (Regards courts and court procedures). It passed. Oct 15, 2025

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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 38
Designate Dr. Steven Takacs Veteran Memorial Highway

Reported

Oct 22, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 223
Require ODNR discount program for veterans, service members

Reported

Oct 21, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 61
Regards courts and court procedures

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 103
Allow alternative rate plans for certain natural gas companies

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 217
Authorize conveyance of state-owned land.

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HCR 13
Urge Congress to designate Buckeye Trail a National Scenic Trail

Reported

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 35
Regards supported decision-making for certain disabled adults

Passed

Oct 15, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 189
Create the COSI specialty license plate

Passed

Oct 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 27
Designate Specialist Jacob A. Ashton Memorial Bridge

Reported

Oct 8, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 55
Regards operating under the influence of marihuana, OVI evidence

Passed

Oct 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 137
Require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs

Passed

Oct 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 171
Designate CPT Louis John Speidel Memorial Highway

Passed

Oct 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 171
Designate CPT Louis John Speidel Memorial Highway

Reported

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SCR 10
Support work of the Ohio Commission for U.S. Semiquincentennial

Adopted

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed

Yes Source ↗
SB 189
Create the COSI specialty license plate

Reported

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 96
Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27

Item passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 57
Regards school policies on administering overdose reversal drugs

Passed

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 56
Designate CPL David James Amheiser Memorial Highway

Reported

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 144
Enact Keith’s Law regarding the communication disability database

Passed

Oct 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 96
Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27

Conference report agreed to

Jun 26, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 80
Make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for FY 2026-27

Passed

Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 44
Regards law enforcement training and competitive examinations

Reported

Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 144
Enact Keith’s Law regarding the communication disability database

Reported

Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 212
Create Play Golf Ohio license plate

Passed

Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 182
Designate John E. Gallagher Way

Passed

Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 51
Designate Lt. James A. Kirkendall Memorial Highway

Passed

Jun 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 85
Create the Ohio NAACP license plate

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 52
Designate Congressman David Hobson Memorial Highway

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 147
Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws

Concurred in House amendments

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 50
Designate PFC John Wayne Richard Memorial Highway

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 81
Make appropriations for Bureau of Workers' Comp for FY 2026-27

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 64
Revise age for discounted hunting, fishing licenses and permits

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 172
Specify persons unlawfully present are not privileged from arrest

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 4
Create Election Integrity Unit; revise election law prosecution

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 182
Designate John E. Gallagher Way

Reported

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 212
Create Play Golf Ohio license plate

Reported

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 119
Designate the Freedom Parkway

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 65
Enact the Agriculture Appreciation Act

Passed

Jun 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 172
Specify persons unlawfully present are not privileged from arrest

Reported

Jun 12, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 65
Revise product contracts, vehicle agreements, motor vehicle laws

Passed

Jun 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
SB 179
Verify veteran status of imprisoned individuals

Passed

Jun 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 96
Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27

Passed

Jun 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
HB 50
Designate PFC John Wayne Richard Memorial Highway

Reported

Jun 11, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 52
Designate Congressman David Hobson Memorial Highway

Reported

Jun 11, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 65
Enact the Agriculture Appreciation Act

Reported

Jun 11, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 119
Designate the Freedom Parkway

Reported

Jun 11, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 85
Create the Ohio NAACP license plate

Reported

Jun 11, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
HB 51
Designate Lt. James A. Kirkendall Memorial Highway

Reported

Jun 11, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SR 69
Recognize Bhutan responsibility for oppressing 120,000 citizens

Reported

Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗
SB 179
Verify veteran status of imprisoned individuals

Reported

Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

Yes Source ↗

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