Ohio State Senator

Willis Blackshear 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB333

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To enact section 107.38 of the Revised Code to establish the Statewide Youth Council in the Office of the Governor.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB337

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To enact section 1345.29 of the Revised Code to require disclosure of credit card surcharges.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB338

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To enact section 1349.57 of the Revised Code to create the Digital Safety for Children Office under the Attorney General.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB339

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.861 of the Revised Code to create the "Dayton Dragons" license plate.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB378

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To amend sections 1521.01 and 1521.99 and to enact sections 9.72 and 1521.232 of the Revised Code regarding the withdrawal and consumptive use of water by data centers and to name the act the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB335

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To amend sections 1.14, 5.20, 124.19, 325.19, 511.10, 1345.21, 3313.63, and 3319.087 of the Revised Code to make Election Day a holiday.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB343

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/22/26  
Report Pass
5/13/26  
To amend sections 5502.29 and 5502.41 and to enact section 5502.301 of the Revised Code regarding workers' compensation coverage for a member of an urban search and rescue unit rendering assistance in Ohio at the request of the state's Emergency Management Agency Executive Director.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB35

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
1/28/25  
Report Pass
10/15/25  
To enact sections 5123.68, 5123.681, 5123.682, 5123.683, 5123.684, 5123.685, and 5123.686 of the Revised Code to establish supported decision-making as a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for adults with developmental disabilities.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB39

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/28/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
3/5/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Enrolled
6/11/25  
Enrolled
6/24/25  
Passed
7/1/25  
Passed
7/1/25  
Passed
9/30/25  
To enact section 4113.13 of the Revised Code regarding the creation and display of a poster containing information on benefits and services for veterans.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB381

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To enact sections 4908.01, 4908.02, 4908.021, 4908.022, 4908.023, 4908.03, 4908.031, 4908.032, 4908.033, 4908.034, 4908.04, 4908.041, 4908.042, 4908.05, 4908.051, 4908.052, 4908.053, and 4908.06 of the Revised Code to require the Public Utility Commission's approval of agreements to interconnect data centers to the electrical grid.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB134

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To amend sections 9.04, 9.07, 120.03, 120.041, 120.06, 120.14, 120.16, 120.18, 120.24, 120.26, 120.28, 120.33, 120.34, 149.43, 149.436, 149.45, 1901.183, 2152.13, 2152.67, 2301.20, 2307.60, 2317.02, 2701.07, 2743.51, 2901.02, 2909.24, 2929.02, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.61, 2930.19, 2937.222, 2941.021, 2941.14, 2941.148, 2941.401, 2941.43, 2941.51, 2945.06, 2945.10, 2945.13, 2945.21, 2945.25, 2945.33, 2945.38, 2949.02, 2949.03, 2953.02, 2953.07, 2953.08, 2953.09, 2953.10, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2953.71, 2953.72, 2953.73, 2953.81, 2967.05, 2967.12, 2967.13, 2967.193, 2967.194, 2971.03, 2971.07, 3901.87, 5101.56, 5120.113, 5120.53, 5120.61, 5139.04, and 5919.16 and to repeal sections 109.97, 120.35, 2725.19, 2929.021, 2929.022, 2929.023, 2929.024, 2929.025, 2929.03, 2929.04, 2929.05, 2929.06, 2945.20, 2947.08, 2949.21, 2949.22, 2949.221, 2949.222, 2949.24, 2949.25, 2949.26, 2949.27, 2949.28, 2949.29, 2949.31, and 2967.08 of the Revised Code to abolish the death penalty, to modify the number of jurors that may be challenged in cases where a defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment, and to prohibit public funding for the use of lethal injection drugs in nontherapeutic abortions, assisting suicide, and executing a death sentence.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB27

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/22/25  
Report Pass
2/19/25  
Engrossed
3/5/25  
Report Pass
5/21/25  
Enrolled
6/4/25  
Enrolled
6/24/25  
Passed
7/1/25  
Passed
7/1/25  
Passed
9/30/25  
To enact section 5.2540 of the Revised Code to designate March 20th as "Ameloblastoma Awareness Day."
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB266

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To enact sections 3779.01, 3779.02, 3779.03, and 3779.99 of the Revised Code to establish specified requirements governing the sale and testing of intoxicating hemp products.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB374

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
To amend section 122.175 of the Revised Code to prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions from being granted.
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Ohio 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ohio Senate Bill SB364

Filed/Introduced
 
Introduced
2/17/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
To enact section 5534.974 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 322 in Cleveland as the "Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter Memorial Highway."