Ohio · Current officeholder
Anita Somani
Democratic Ohio House, District 8
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Sponsored legislation
150 bills in the current data (23 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1032 | Regards AI use by state agencies and in labor and employment | Co-sponsor | Introduced | October 22, 2026 |
| SB 162 | Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers | Co-sponsor | Enacted | October 7, 2026 |
| HB 433 | Alter amusement ride classification for inspection fee purposes | Co-sponsor | Enacted | October 6, 2026 |
| HB 1020 | Temporarily suspend the motor fuel tax; make other changes | Co-sponsor | Introduced | September 30, 2026 |
| HB 479 | Regards physician supervision of imaging contrast administration | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 23, 2026 |
| HB 1014 | Require bill credits, reimbursements after certain power outages | Co-sponsor | Introduced | September 23, 2026 |
| HB 359 | Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 17, 2026 |
| HB 311 | Designate EMS week in Ohio | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 7, 2026 |
| HB 462 | Regards student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 26, 2026 |
| HB 377 | Regards use of light-based medical devices for hair removal | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 26, 2026 |
| HB 980 | Enact the Rideshare Sexual Assault Prevention Act | Co-sponsor | Introduced | July 22, 2026 |
| HB 968 | Regards the ACE Educational Savings Account Program | Co-sponsor | Introduced | June 25, 2026 |
| HB 472 | Waive ID, birth certificate fees for homeless individuals | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | June 25, 2026 |
| HB 966 | Study the prevalence of cholestatic liver disorders in women | Primary sponsor | Introduced | June 22, 2026 |
| HB 163 | Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2025 | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 10, 2026 |
| SB 18 | Designate Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 9, 2026 |
| SB 137 | Require hospitals to provide overdose reversal drugs | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 9, 2026 |
| HB 957 | Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions from being granted | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 3, 2026 |
| HB 55 | Revise fees for the administration of a probate estate | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 915 | Require health plans, Medicaid to cover epinephrine and glucagon | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 20, 2026 |
| HB 905 | Prohibit common ownership of certain health care entities | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 20, 2026 |
| HB 904 | Establish a reinsurance program | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 20, 2026 |
| HB 884 | Regards cost calculation of and GA intent for school financing | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 20, 2026 |
| HB 423 | Regulate practice of surgical assistants, surgical technologists | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 20, 2026 |
| HCR 44 | Encourage DD boards adopt an advisory board of self-advocates | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 861 | Prohibit health plan, Medicaid denying dental claim based on age | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 855 | Enact the Ohio Safe Homes Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 848 | Designate September as Celebrate HBCU Month | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 836 | Require physicians to sign death certificates electronically | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 835 | Enact the Ohio Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 819 | Revise oil and natural gas severance tax; electric bill credit | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 808 | Require warning labels on addictive social media platforms | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 807 | Prohibit selling sensitive personal data for profit | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 801 | Enact the Ohio Privacy Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 800 | Enact the Preschool for All Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HB 790 | Designate the Honor and Remember flag; encourage flag display | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2026 |
| HR 369 | In memory of L. Helen Rankin. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 771 | Modify Governor's authority re: Ohio National Guard; deployments | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 770 | Allow a campaign committee to refund a political contribution | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 768 | Provide publicly funded child care to certain child care staff | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 767 | Enact Menopause, Perimenopause, and Hormone Therapy Coverage Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 578 | Require tick-related disease reporting to Department of Health | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 437 | Enact the Healthy Cardiac Monitoring Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 25 | Establish the Foster-to-College Scholarship Program | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 29 | Regards inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 184 | Prescribe limitations on intercollegiate athlete contracts | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 124 | Modify process for property tax sales-assessment ratio studies | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 114 | Regards age requirements for kindergarten admission | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 761 | Allow absent voter’s ballot return to any county polling place | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 760 | Create the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. license plate. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 58 | Create recovery housing residences certificate of need program | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 296 | Delay offender financial sanctions until 180 days after release | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| SB 155 | Revise the real estate wholesaler law | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 2, 2026 |
| HR 341 | Condemn President Trump's sharing of a racist video | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 713 | Regards adoption advertising and facilitation | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 706 | Impose certain minimum requirements on data center customers | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 8 | Require health plan and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| HB 691 | Enact the Community and Police Protection Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| HB 665 | Regulate the use of pricing algorithms | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 663 | Create the Artificial Intelligence Study Commission | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 658 | Create the "SHELTER" license plate | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 643 | Limit EdChoice expansion scholarship based on income | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 440 | Regards the Board of Nursing and criminal records check results | Co-sponsor | Enacted | December 19, 2025 |
| HB 588 | Apply employment portions of Civil Rights Law to unpaid interns | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 19, 2025 |
| HB 587 | Regards sales of kratom products | Co-sponsor | In committee | November 19, 2025 |
| HB 253 | License advanced practice respiratory therapists | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 19, 2025 |
| HB 213 | Designate Tuscarawas Valley Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 19, 2025 |
| HCR 20 | Honor the United States Navy; commemorate its 250th anniversary | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | November 12, 2025 |
| HB 258 | Require notice before driver's license expires, instead of after | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | November 5, 2025 |
| HCR 29 | Recognize 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| HB 547 | Enact the Kid Influencer Protection Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| HB 545 | Enact the School Busing Improvement Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 29, 2025 |
| HB 525 | Regards use of artificial intelligence in therapy services | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 22, 2025 |
| HB 524 | Impose penalties for AI models suggesting harming self or another | Co-sponsor | In committee | October 22, 2025 |
| HB 275 | Designate Deputy Sheriff Daniel Kin Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 22, 2025 |
| HR 263 | Honoring Wendy Zhan on her retirement as the director of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 21, 2025 |
| SCR 2 | Urge investment into security, reliability of electric grid | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | October 15, 2025 |
| HR 234 | In memory of Jack Cera. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 8, 2025 |
| HB 293 | Designate NASA Day of Remembrance | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 8, 2025 |
| HR 255 | In memory of Mary Rose Oakar. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | October 1, 2025 |
| SB 27 | Designate Ameloblastoma Awareness Day | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| HB 65 | Enact the Agriculture Appreciation Act | Co-sponsor | Enacted | September 30, 2025 |
| HR 211 | Support CA to abolish corporate personhood, money as speech | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HJR 5 | CA: Prohibit slavery, involuntary servitude as criminal penalty | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 438 | Enact the FAMILY Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 416 | Designate Police Officer Phillip Wagner Memorial Highway | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 415 | Enact CROWN Act regarding discrimination based on hair | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 400 | Create a permanent absent voter list | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 399 | Prohibit oil and gas removal from under Lake Erie or a state park | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 389 | Eliminate additional registration fee for hybrid motor vehicles | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 387 | Authorize Sunday sales without local option election approval | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 374 | Regards prescription drug readers for visually impaired patients | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 373 | Enact the Universal Background Checks Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| HB 367 | Revise the law governing dedicated organ recovery vehicles | Co-sponsor | In committee | September 15, 2025 |
| SB 20 | Designate Ohio Stroke Awareness Week | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 27, 2025 |
| HB 4 | Designate Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 27, 2025 |
| SB 14 | Designate Speaker Jo Ann Davidson Day | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 18, 2025 |
| HB 15 | Amend competitive retail electric service law | Co-sponsor | Enacted | August 14, 2025 |
| HB 54 | Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 30, 2025 |
| HB 81 | Make appropriations for Bureau of Workers' Comp for FY 2026-27 | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 27, 2025 |
| HB 365 | Enact the Property Tax Refund Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 18, 2025 |
| HB 364 | Require food service operation note certain allergens on the menu | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 18, 2025 |
| HB 348 | Regards duty to carry a concealed handgun license, notify police | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 18, 2025 |
| HB 244 | Designate Women's History Month | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 18, 2025 |
| HB 48 | Modify tax deductions for 529 plan and ABLE account contributions | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 11, 2025 |
| HB 337 | Require firearm sale by federal dealer to include trigger lock | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 11, 2025 |
| HB 327 | Enact Parents' Rights to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity (PRIDE) Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 11, 2025 |
| HB 133 | Authorize tax credit - small employers with health reimbursement | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 11, 2025 |
| HJR 4 | CA:Reconcile same sex marriage law; right to interracial marriage | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 86 | Enact the Gus Frangos Act | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 315 | Designate Sojourner Truth Day | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 312 | Designate the walleye as the official fish of the state | Co-sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 204 | Designate 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 131 | Prohibit law enforcement from using quotas for arrests, citations | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 127 | Permit schools to withhold directory information | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 4, 2025 |
| HR 138 | Honoring Don Jones for his exemplary service to the Ohio House of Representatives. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HR 101 | Support Cleveland’s offer to host the 2030 Special Olympics | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HCR 6 | Support work of the Ohio Commission for U.S. Semiquincentennial | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 300 | Prohibit conversion therapy for minors by certain professionals | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 104 | Designate Cardiovascular Health Awareness Day | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| HB 32 | Designate Celebrating Disabilities Month | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 21, 2025 |
| HB 289 | Establish Ohio Health Care Plan for universal health coverage | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 21, 2025 |
| HB 263 | Cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs, diabetes devices | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 130 | Regards Medicaid Estate Recovery Program notification requirement | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2025 |
| HR 87 | Designate and commemorate Nurses and Health Professionals Week | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 257 | Enact the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | May 7, 2025 |
| HB 166 | Designate Harriet Tubman Day | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2025 |
| HR 118 | In memory of Ronald Edward Hood. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| HCR 12 | Recognize the importance of perinatal mental health | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 245 | Regards Ohio parenting and pregnancy program services | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 239 | Designate National Library Week | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 237 | Protect assisted reproduction care | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| HB 218 | Allow liquor permit holders to discount dealcoholized wine | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2025 |
| HCR 10 | Urge Congress to make daylight saving time the permanent time | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 205 | Enact the Future Educators Support Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HR 38 | In memory of Ross Allen Boggs, Jr. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 191 | Require school district, ESC teachers be paid at least $50,000 | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 169 | Designate International Women's Day in Ohio | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 165 | Regards implicit bias training for licensed educators | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 158 | Enact the Consumer Utility Billing Transparency Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 156 | Authorize a property tax freeze for certain owner-occupied homes | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 150 | Enact the Clock Out Kids Act | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 14 | Incorporate Internal Revenue Code changes into Ohio law | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 7, 2025 |
| HB 143 | Authorize property tax exemption for certain long-term homeowners | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HB 140 | Authorize the refundable thriving families tax credit | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HB 136 | Prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HB 128 | Enact the Reproductive Care Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 45 | Prohibit certain firearm transfers without a background check | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 34 | Increase the state minimum wage | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HR 365 | In memory of Master Sergeant Tyler Simmons. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | — |