---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require certain judicial candidates have party ballot designation"
description: "Require certain judicial candidates have party ballot designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Ohio SB 80 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Courts and Civil Law", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Cirino", "Theresa Gavarone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/805d2be1-d9a7-4120-bdce-d47c391ef8a3"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb80/"
source_hash: "97cc1c5d62123a85dfcfa4f3adf273b12ddb0d3c63676ee7e2d8344087c2515a"
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 80 (134) — Require certain judicial candidates have party ballot designation

## 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/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb80/IN/00/sb80_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb80/PH/04/sb80_04_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb80/PS/02/sb80_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Government Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb80/RH/03/sb80_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb80/RS/01/sb80_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb80/EN/05/sb80_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **52–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerry Cirino — primary (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — primary (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Cupp — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- D. J. Swearingen — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Pavliga — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Callender — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Reported
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Reported
- **2021-06-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/30/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/805d2be1-d9a7-4120-bdce-d47c391ef8a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).