Bill InformationMAY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
(TROY D)To require a presidential primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May.
CURRENT STATUS3/21/2023 - House Government Oversight, (Second Hearing)
FY24-25 OPERATING BUDGET
(EDWARDS J)To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
CURRENT STATUS 7/3/2023 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. immediately
PERMANENT ABSENT VOTER LIST
(SKINDELL M)To create a permanent absent voter list.
CURRENT STATUS 2/21/2023 - House Government Oversight, (First Hearing)
AUGUST SPECIAL ELECTION
(MANCHESTER S)To allow a special election to be held in August for certain purposes and to make an appropriation.
CURRENT STATUS 4/27/2023 - House Government Oversight, (Second Hearing)
POLITICAL PARTY REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARIES
(HALL T)To require an elector to register as a member of a political party in order to participate in that party's primary election.
CURRENT STATUS 6/13/2023 - Referred to Committee House Government Oversight
POLITICAL PARTY REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARIES - DEADLINE
(GROSS J, CLICK G)To require an elector to register as a member of a political party by a certain deadline in order to participate in that party's primary election.
CURRENT STATUS 6/20/2023 - Referred to Committee House Government Oversight
VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC BODIES
(HOOPS J, CLAGGETT T)To authorize certain public bodies to meet virtually, and to declare an emergency.
CURRENT STATUS 9/12/2023 - Referred to Committee House Government Oversight
BALLOT ISSUE NUMBER ORDER
(MATHEWS A, PETERSON B)To specify that state questions and issues appearing on ballots must be numbered consecutively based on the previous election.
CURRENT STATUS 9/18/2023 - Introduced
REQUIRE 60 PERCENT VOTE-CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
(STEWART B)Proposing to amend Sections 1b, 1e, and 1g of Article II and Sections 1 and 3 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to require a vote of at least 60% of the electors to approve any constitutional amendment and to modify the procedures for an initiative petition proposing a constitutional amendment.
CURRENT STATUS 4/19/2023 - REPORTED OUT, House Constitutional Resolutions, (Third Hearing)
SOS-ELECTION INTEGRITY DIVISION
(GAVARONE T)To establish the Election Integrity Division in the Office of the Secretary of State.
CURRENT STATUS 5/16/2023 - Senate General Government, (Second Hearing)
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DATE REQUIREMENT
(DEMORA B)To require a presidential primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May.
CURRENT STATUS 2/22/2023 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government
DATA ANALYSIS TRANSPARENCY-ELECTIONS
(GAVARONE T)To enact the Data Analysis Transparency Archive (DATA) Act to establish the Office of Data Analytics and Archives in the Office of the Secretary of State and to modify requirements for the Statewide Voter Registration Database and other election records.
CURRENT STATUS 6/13/2023 - House Government Oversight, (Second Hearing)
ELECTIONS-STATE LEGAL HOLIDAY
(SMITH K)To establish the day of each general election as a legal holiday for which government employees receive paid leave.
CURRENT STATUS 3/23/2023 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government
AUGUST SPECIAL ELECTION, APPROPRIATION
(MCCOLLEY R, GAVARONE T)To allow a special election to be held in August for certain purposes, to require a special election to be held on August 8, 2023, and to make an appropriation.
CURRENT STATUS 5/3/2023 - House Government Oversight, (Third Hearing)
PROHIBITS RANKED CHOICE VOTING
(GAVARONE T)To generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting.
CURRENT STATUS 9/26/2023 - Senate General Government, (First Hearing)
VOTER REGISTRATION MODERNIZATION ACT
(REYNOLDS M)To permit an elector to change party affiliation through the voter registration process, to require an elector to register as a member of a political party in order to participate in that party's primary election, and to name this act the Voter Registration Modernization Act.
CURRENT STATUS 9/26/2023 - Senate General Government, (First Hearing)
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE-60 PERCENT REQUIREMENT
(MCCOLLEY R, GAVARONE T)Proposing to amend Sections 1b, 1e, and 1g of Article II and Sections 1 and 3 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to require a vote of at least 60% of the electors to approve any constitutional amendment.
CURRENT STATUS 5/10/2023 - Consideration of House Amendments; Senate Does Concur, Vote 26-7
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE-SAME-DAY REGISTRATION
(HICKS-HUDSON P)Proposing to amend Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to permit an elector to register to vote on Election Day and vote in that election.
CURRENT STATUS 5/17/2023 - Referred to Committee Senate General Government