republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/sb-293.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	SB 293	Ohio SB 293 (136)	bill	Elections Voting	enacted	Andrew O. Brenner Theresa Gavarone	6	13	5	2025-10-14T04:00:00+00:00	2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/979987b4-2494-4159-b32f-027e4f029ef9	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb293/	ea778a89de38d7a6ce6748632da45a7991d13c4592eeaddb4a88e8d60a291e2b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Reported by the House General Government Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate General Government Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/979987b4-2494-4159-b32f-027e4f029ef9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).