Senator
Beth Liston
| Seat | Senate District 16 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 51 · Statehouse · Ground Floor |
| Mailing address | Room 51, Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square Ground Floor, Columbus, OH 43215 |
| Capitol phone | 614-466-5981 |
| Write to | sd16@ohiosenate.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 1, 2025 |
Committees 6
- Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee standing
- Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee standing
- Senate Health Committee Ranking member standing
- Senate Medicaid Committee Ranking member standing
- Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity Committee standing
- Senate Ways and Means Committee standing
Bills, 136th General Assembly 15 as principal author · 96 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SR 292Honoring the Worthington Christian School boys soccer team as the 2025 Division IV State Champion.Adopted100
- SR 289Honoring Zach Werenski as a member of the gold medal winning Team USA men’s hockey team.Adopted100
- SR 268Honoring the Ohio Soybean Association on its Sixtieth Anniversary.Adopted100
- SR 232Honoring the Thomas Worthington High School field hockey team on securing the 2025 Division I State Championship.Adopted100
- SR 219Honoring the Gahanna Lincoln High School girls cross country team as the 2025 Division I State Champion.Adopted100
- SR 153Honoring Ricardo DeLaSerda, Jr. on his retirement from Ohio Legislative Information Systems.Adopted100
- SR 132Honoring KyLee Tibbs on winning a 2025 State Wrestling Championship.Adopted100
- SB 160Regards prescription drugs and medication switchingPassed Senate29
- SB 386Enact the Medicaid Savings ActIn Senate committee16
- SB 396Establish family and medical leave insurance benefitsIn Senate committee16
- SB 207Prohibit certain health insurance cost-sharing practicesIn Senate committee16
- SB 67Regards support payments under the Ohio Works First programIn Senate committee16
- SB 71Prohibit conversion therapy for minors by certain professionalsIn Senate committee12
- SB 314Enact the Ohio Dementia Care Training Act for Nurse AidesIn Senate committee10
- SB 384Regards direct care staffing hour requirements for nursing homesIn Senate committee7
All 15 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 144, HB 229, HB 27, HB 29, HB 359, HB 4, HB 462, HB 52, HB 54, HB 65, SB 106, SB 138 and 84 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 136th General Assembly, 2025–26
18th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 8 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 1 / 1 / 0 |
| … became law | 0 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate minority average | 3 ÷ 13.44 = 0.22 |
| Most-authored topics | Health & mental health (5), Business, jobs & the economy (2), Children, families & social services (1) |
Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26
Most bills written together
- Bill DeMora DSenate 25 38
- Hearcel Craig DSenate 15 34
- Casey Weinstein DSenate 28 32
- Kent Smith DSenate 21 32
- Nickie Antonio DSenate 23 30
- Paula Hicks-Hudson DSenate 11 28
- Bill Reineke RSenate 26 24
- Catherine Ingram DSenate 9 22
- Jerry Cirino RSenate 18 22
- Theresa Gavarone RSenate 2 22
“Written together” = 136th General Assembly bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
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Copied from https://www.ohiosenate.gov/members/beth-liston on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Ohio State Senate.