Senator
Bill Blessing
| Seat | Senate District 8 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 143 · Statehouse · First Floor |
| Mailing address | Room 143, Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square First Floor, Columbus, OH 43215 |
| Capitol phone | 614-466-8068 |
| Write to | sd08@ohiosenate.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since October 10, 2019 |
Committees 5
- Senate Education Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair standing
- Senate Finance Committee standing
- Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee standing
- Senate Judiciary Committee standing
Bills, 136th General Assembly 48 as principal author · 63 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 162Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providersEnacted100
- SB 262Require construction contracts note variation from standard formEnacted100
- SB 101Regards recording of certain real property documentsEnacted100
- SB 9Incorporate Internal Revenue Code changes into Ohio lawEnacted100
- SR 213Honoring the Miami Fort Power Plant on its Centennial.Adopted100
- SR 121Honoring Isaac Rogers for outstanding service to the Ohio Senate.Adopted100
- SB 163Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraudIn House of Representatives committee37
- SB 341Repeal law that authorizes a person who is 17 to marryIn Senate committee23
- SB 30Require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay cashIn Senate committee21
- SB 374Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptionsIn Senate committee20
- SB 22Authorize tax credit or rebate for certain homeowners, rentersIn Senate committee20
- SB 443Enact the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know ActIn Senate committee19
- SB 28Levy a tax on certain high-volume landlordsIn Senate committee19
- SB 348Require bars, restaurants to have date rape drug testing devicesIn Senate committee18
- SR 261Urge Congress to create a National Infrastructure Bank.In Senate committee18
All 48 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 14, HB 247, HB 4, HB 43, HCR 20, HCR 23, SB 138, SB 14, SB 148, SB 17, SB 179, SB 20 and 51 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
87th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 40 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 5 / 5 / 4 |
| … became law | 4 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 43 ÷ 29.96 = 1.44 |
| Most-authored topics | Courts & civil law (7), Business, jobs & the economy (7), Health & mental health (6) |
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
- Hearcel Craig DSenate 15 21
- Bill DeMora DSenate 25 20
- Nickie Antonio DSenate 23 20
- Kent Smith DSenate 21 18
- Casey Weinstein DSenate 28 17
- Catherine Ingram DSenate 9 14
- Paula Hicks-Hudson DSenate 11 13
- Bill Reineke RSenate 26 12
- Jerry Cirino RSenate 18 11
- Kristina Roegner RSenate 27 11
“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.
District 8
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Source
Copied from https://www.ohiosenate.gov/members/louis-w-blessing-iii on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Ohio State Senate.