Theresa Gavarone

Seat	Senate District 2
Party	Republican
Capitol office	Room 138 · Statehouse · First Floor
Mailing address	Room 138, Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square First Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
Capitol phone	614-466-8060
Write to	sd02@ohiosenate.gov (official address)
Tenure	Serving since February 6, 2019

Committees 9

Joint Agency Rule Review Committee Chair joint
Senate General Government Committee Vice chair standing
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair standing
Senate Local Government Committee Vice chair standing
Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee joint
Legislative Service Commission commission
Senate Gaming Select Committee select
Senate Public Utilities Committee standing
Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity Committee standing

Bills, 136th General Assembly 45 as principal author · 149 as coauthor

All 45 bills as principal author ›

Coauthor of HB 124, HB 144, HB 15, HB 186, HB 229, HB 23, HB 246, HB 247, HB 27, HB 29, HB 309, HB 31 and 137 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

1.378th of 32 in the Senate
78th percentile

Bills & joint resolutions authored	21
… passed committee / chamber / both	9 / 9 / 2
… became law	2
Carried in the other chamber (became law)	0 (0)
Points vs. Senate majority average	41 ÷ 29.96 = 1.37
Most-authored topics	Elections & ethics (4), Schools (K–12) (2), Courts & civil law (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

Jerry Cirino RSenate 18 66
Bill Reineke RSenate 26 62
Jane Timken RSenate 29 56
Tom Patton RSenate 24 55
Tim Schaffer RSenate 20 54
Andrew Brenner RSenate 19 53
Kristina Roegner RSenate 27 52
Mark Romanchuk RSenate 22 51
Bill DeMora DSenate 25 50
Terry Johnson RSenate 14 50

“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.

Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025–2026

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Source

Copied from https://www.ohiosenate.gov/members/theresa-gavarone on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Ohio State Senate.