Senator
Kent Smith
| Seat | Senate District 21 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 223 · Statehouse · Second Floor |
| Mailing address | Room 223, Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square Second Floor, Columbus, OH 43215 |
| Capitol phone | 614-466-4857 |
| Write to | sd21@ohiosenate.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since January 1, 2023 |
Committees 8
- Joint Legislative Ethics Committee joint
- Senate Education Committee standing
- Senate Energy Committee Ranking democratic member standing
- Senate Judiciary Committee standing
- Senate Local Government Committee Ranking member standing
- Senate Public Utilities Committee standing
- Senate Rules and Reference Committee standing
- Senate Transportation Committee standing
Bills, 136th General Assembly 27 as principal author · 141 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SR 287Honoring Laila Edwards as a 2026 Olympic gold medalist.Adopted100
- SR 164Honoring Hathaway Brown School on its Sesquicentennial.Adopted100
- SR 131Honoring Caleb Greenwood as a 2025 Division III State Wrestling Champion.Adopted100
- SB 85Create the Ohio NAACP license plateIn House of Representatives committee42
- SCR 21Condemn Russian Federation regarding Ukrainian childrenIn Senate committee36
- SB 374Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptionsIn Senate committee20
- SB 443Enact the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know ActIn Senate committee19
- SB 240Authorize county marijuana tax for art, culture, entertainmentIn Senate committee19
- SB 355Expand the offense of aggravated menacing re: certain workersIn Senate committee18
- SB 245Prohibit utilities from recovering political expenditure costsIn Senate committee18
- SB 442Enact the Food Literacy Standards ActIn Senate committee16
- SB 332Dissolve academic distress comms; require student support teamsIn Senate committee16
- SB 231Establish community energy program and pilot programIn Senate committee16
- SB 190Enact A Good Deal for Ohio ActIn Senate committee16
- SB 187Create temporary tax credit - sound recording company investmentIn Senate committee16
All 27 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 14, HB 144, HB 15, HB 229, HB 27, HB 29, HB 31, HB 311, HB 359, HB 43, HB 462, HCR 13 and 129 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
15th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 22 |
|---|---|
| … 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 | Energy & utilities (4), Budget & taxes (3), Business, jobs & the economy (2) |
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 69
- Bill DeMora DSenate 25 66
- Casey Weinstein DSenate 28 59
- Nickie Antonio DSenate 23 49
- Paula Hicks-Hudson DSenate 11 47
- Catherine Ingram DSenate 9 40
- Beth Liston DSenate 16 32
- Bill Reineke RSenate 26 31
- Andrew Brenner RSenate 19 30
- Jane Timken RSenate 29 30
“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 21
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Source
Copied from https://www.ohiosenate.gov/members/kent-smith on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Ohio State Senate.