republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/sb-63.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	SB 63	Ohio SB 63 (136)	bill	Elections Local Government State and Local Government	enacted	Theresa Gavarone William P. DeMora	6	13	5	2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2026-06-16T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/81ad4c68-9a26-4a8c-a5da-55e94c1cda7c	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb63/	64bd757e7963324672e0b21db74c4966c25b77029fff9c9a205064c5cbea5ee7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
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

• 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; origin ocd-bill/81ad4c68-9a26-4a8c-a5da-55e94c1cda7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).