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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use"
+description: "To amend sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 and to enact sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "136"
+identifier: "SB 63"
+citation: "Ohio SB 63 (136)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Theresa Gavarone", "William P. DeMora"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-06-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ad4c68-9a26-4a8c-a5da-55e94c1cda7c"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb63/"
+source_hash: "64bd757e7963324672e0b21db74c4966c25b77029fff9c9a205064c5cbea5ee7"
+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 63 (136) — Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use
+
+To amend sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 and to enact sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting.
+
+## 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/sb63/00_IN/pdf/)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb63/04_PH/pdf/)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb63/02_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/sb63/03_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/sb63/01_RS/pdf/)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb63/05_EN/pdf/)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **27–5** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **65–27** (pass) · lower
+- Reported — **9–4** (fail) · lower
+- Concurred in House amendments — **24–7** (pass) · upper
+- Reported — **6–1** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Theresa Gavarone — primary (person)
+- William P. DeMora — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
+- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
+- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
+- **2026-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
+- **2026-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 6/16/26 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81ad4c68-9a26-4a8c-a5da-55e94c1cda7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+