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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise deadline to return absent voter ballots"
+description: "To amend sections 3509.05, 3511.09, and 3511.11 of the Revised Code to require all marked absent voter's ballots to be delivered to the board of elections by the close of the polls on Election Day in order to be counted."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "136"
+identifier: "SB 293"
+citation: "Ohio SB 293 (136)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Voting"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew O. Brenner", "Theresa Gavarone"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-10-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/979987b4-2494-4159-b32f-027e4f029ef9"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/"
+source_hash: "ea778a89de38d7a6ce6748632da45a7991d13c4592eeaddb4a88e8d60a291e2b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
+---
+
+# Ohio SB 293 (136) — Revise deadline to return absent voter ballots
+
+To amend sections 3509.05, 3511.09, and 3511.11 of the Revised Code to require all marked absent voter's ballots to be delivered to the board of elections by the close of the polls on Election Day in order to be counted.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/00_IN/pdf/)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/04_PH/pdf/)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/02_PS/pdf/)
+4. **As Reported by the House General Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/03_RH/pdf/)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate General Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/01_RS/pdf/)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/05_EN/pdf/)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported — **5–2** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **23–10** (pass) · upper
+- Concurred in House amendments — **23–10** (pass) · upper
+- Reported — **8–4** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **61–30** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew O. Brenner — primary (person)
+- Theresa Gavarone — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported - Amended
+- **2025-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
+- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/20/26 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/979987b4-2494-4159-b32f-027e4f029ef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
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