Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Ohio
Republican
· Representative
Levi Dean
Represents District 71 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
87%
on 47 party-line votes · House Republicans median 100%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 311 of 311 roll calls · House median 100%
Their bills that became law
19 of 74
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 67
Roll calls on record
311
136th General Assembly
Votes and bills updated Oct 11, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 136th General Assembly.
How Levi Dean votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Levi Dean sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Levi Dean is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
6 of 47 party-line votes.
HB173 · Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services
House Passed · 2026-06-10 · Passed 56–35 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB319 · Enact the Clinical Teaching Subsidy Reform Act
House Passed · 2026-06-09 · Passed 70–26 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB492 · Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests
House Passed · 2025-11-19 · Passed 59–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB56 · Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes
House Passed · 2025-11-19 · Passed 52–34 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB96 · Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27
House Passed · 2025-06-25 · Passed 59–38 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB96 · Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27
House Passed · 2025-04-09 · Passed 60–39 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB276 · Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists
In plain English Ratifies the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists and makes changes to massage therapy licensing, school curriculum, assessment systems, and student athletic transfers, among other changes.
House Favorable Passage · 2026-06-09 · Passed 8–4
HB288 · Require construction project owners to timely pay contractors
House Favorable Passage · 2025-06-18 · Passed 8–4
SB156 · Regards the success sequence curriculum
House Favorable Passage · 2026-05-20 · Passed 9–4
SB33 · Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet
House Favorable Passage · 2025-04-02 · Passed 9–2
HB332 · Create the small defense business linked deposit program
House Favorable Passage · 2026-02-18 · Passed 9–1
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Derrick HallDemocrat · District 34 · 45 shared contested votes
56%
Bride SweeneyDemocrat · District 16 · 56 shared contested votes
54%
Dan TroyDemocrat · District 23 · 56 shared contested votes
52%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (0 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
← Ohio Delegation
YeaYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYeaNayNayYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaNayYeaNayYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYeaNayYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Levi Dean was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced74
Out of committee25
Passed one chamber25
Passed both chambers19
Became law19
Never left committee49
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 67 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Taxation 10Education : Primary and Secondary Education 10Education 8House Ways and Means Committee 8Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Law Enforcement 8House Public Safety Committee 8
Designate Deputy Chris Longfellow Memorial Highway
To enact section 5534.475 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 42 in Greene County and Warren County as the "Deputy Chris Longfellow Memorial Highway."
Not out of committeeIntroduced · 2026-09-30
Regards police escorts for farm equipment, agricultural vehicles
In plain English Allows police escorts for farm equipment and vehicles hauling agricultural goods, and permits farm equipment operation on limited access highways under certain conditions.
Official synopsis: To amend sections 4511.051 and 4513.34 and to enact section 4513.341 of the Revised Code regarding police escorts for farm equipment and vehicles that haul agricultural equipment and produce and the operation of farm equipment and machinery on limited access highways and freeways.
Passed one chamberReferred to committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety · 2026-09-30
Enact the Ohio Freedom from Mass Surveillance Act
To enact sections 5507.01, 5507.02, 5507.03, 5507.031, 5507.04, 5507.05, 5507.06, 5507.07, and 5507.99 of the Revised Code to regulate the use of automated license plate recognition systems and mass surveillance technology and to name this act the Ohio Freedom from Mass Surveillance Act.
Not out of committeeIntroduced · 2026-09-14
Ban requiring public employees to pay employee org. dues or fees
To amend sections 9.81, 4117.09, and 4117.11 of the Revised Code to prohibit requiring public employees to pay dues or fees to an employee organization.
Not out of committeeIntroduced · 2026-06-16
Create the Blue Star Mothers of America license plate
To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.538 of the Revised Code to create the "Blue Star Mothers of America" license plate.
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Transportation · 2026-06-09
Enact the Campus Self-Defense Act
To enact section 3345.211 of the Revised Code to enact the Campus Self-Defense Act to allow adults to carry nonlethal self-defense weapons on state institution of higher education campuses.
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Public Safety · 2026-05-20
Regards notice of possibility of reversing a chemical abortion
To enact sections 2317.57 and 2317.571 of the Revised Code regarding notice about the possibility of reversing a chemical abortion.
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Health · 2026-03-25
Regards unpaid water, sewer, and trash charges at rented property
To amend sections 729.49, 735.29, and 743.04 and to enact sections 743.51, 743.52, 743.53, and 743.54 of the Revised Code regarding unpaid municipal utility services.
Passed one chamberReferred to committee: Local Government · 2026-03-25
Regards budget commissions, property tax, and certain funds
To amend sections 3317.01, 5705.31, 5705.32, and 5705.321 and to enact section 5705.60 of the Revised Code to modify the law governing county budget commissions and property taxation.
Became lawEffective · 2026-03-20
Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula
To amend sections 319.301, 319.302, 323.08, 323.152, 323.155, 323.158, 4503.06, 4503.065, 4503.0610, 5715.16, and 5715.19 and to enact section 319.303 of the Revised Code to authorize a reduction in school district property taxes affected by a millage floor that would limit increases in such taxes…
Became lawEffective Appropriations effective immediately · 2026-03-20
Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage
To amend sections 319.301, 323.32, 5705.01, 5705.03, 5705.194, and 5709.92 and to enact sections 5705.195, 5705.196, and 5705.197 of the Revised Code to generally include fixed-sum levies in the calculation of a school district's millage floor and to authorize, with limitations, school district fixed-sum levies.
Became lawEffective · 2026-03-20
Designate Patrolman Charles G. Cannon Memorial Highway
To enact section 5534.141 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of U.S. Route 42 in Greene County as the "Patrolman Charles G. Cannon Memorial Highway."
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Transportation · 2026-03-18
Congratulate USA's Olympic hockey teams on their victories
To congratulate the United States of America's Olympic hockey teams on their championship victories over Canada.
Not out of committeeIntroduced and Referred to Committee: Arts, Athletics, and Tourism · 2026-03-04
Increase number of vehicles a person may sell without a license
To amend section 4517.02 of the Revised Code to increase the number of vehicles, from five to fifteen, that a person may sell without obtaining a motor vehicle dealer license if the vehicles are over 12 years old.
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Commerce and Labor · 2026-03-04
“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
Loading committees…
HR544 · 2026-09-30
Relative to the election of Sean Hutson to fill the vacancy in the membership of the House of Representatives created by the resignation of Sharon Ray of the 66th House District. (House Adopted)
HB519 · 2026-09-30
Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle (House Passed)
HB304 · 2026-06-10
Permit certain activities fulfill PE requirement; require recess (House Favorable Passage)
HB105 · 2026-06-10
Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations (House Passed)
HB455 · 2026-06-10
Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW (House Passed)
HB173 · 2026-06-10
Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services (House Passed)
SB162 · 2026-06-10
Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers (House Passed)
HB459 · 2026-06-10
Enact Katelyn's Law (House Passed)
HB479 · 2026-06-10
Regards physician supervision of imaging contrast administration (House Passed)
HB585 · 2026-06-10
Regards DoDD authority re: community capital assistance funds (House Passed)
HB611 · 2026-06-10
Issue medical marijuana processor cultivation, dispensary license (House Passed)
HB210 · 2026-06-10
Regards the sale of used catalytic converters (House Passed)
SB315 · 2026-06-10
Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act (House Passed)
HB433 · 2026-06-10
Alter amusement ride classification for inspection fee purposes (House Passed)
HB251 · 2026-06-10
Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities (House Passed)
HB667 · 2026-06-10
Enact the Reagan Tokes and Patrick Heringer Act (House Passed)
SB450 · 2026-06-10
Make capital appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2028 (House Passed)
SB276 · 2026-06-10
Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists (House Passed)
HB292 · 2026-06-10
Establish the Ohio Defense Commission (House Passed)
HB692 · 2026-06-10
Revise the household sewage treatment system law (House Passed)
HB757 · 2026-06-09
Enact the Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act (House Passed)
HB664 · 2026-06-09
Regards registered veterinary technician authority (House Passed)
HB346 · 2026-06-09
Enact V.J.'s Law (House Passed)
HB654 · 2026-06-09
Enact Amanda Dean's Law (House Passed)
HB733 · 2026-06-09
Include maple syrup, maple product production to agriculture law (House Passed)
HCR40 · 2026-06-09
Urge Congress to enact the Ohio River Restoration Program Act (House Adopted)
SB276 · 2026-06-09
Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists (House Favorable Passage)
SB273 · 2026-06-09
Enact the Keep Them Safe Act (House Passed)
HCR32 · 2026-06-09
Urge Congress to implement a zero-based budgeting process (House Adopted)
SB19 · 2026-06-09
Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention (House Favorable Passage)
SB19 · 2026-06-09
Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention (House Passed)
HB758 · 2026-06-09
Regards SUDEP, epilepsy license designation, disability database (House Passed)
SB52 · 2026-06-09
Designate Congressman David Hobson Memorial Highway (House Passed)
HB630 · 2026-06-09
Regards police escorts for farm equipment, agricultural vehicles (House Passed)
HCR35 · 2026-06-09
Urge Congress accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (House Adopted)
HB852 · 2026-06-09
Require appointed police chief to complete officer basic training (House Passed)
HB319 · 2026-06-09
Enact the Clinical Teaching Subsidy Reform Act (House Passed)
HB563 · 2026-06-09
Regulate ticket sales (House Passed)
HB284 · 2026-06-09
Require US-produced iron, steel be used on state-funded projects (House Passed)
HB314 · 2026-06-09
Limit certain public record requests; allow contractor response (House Passed)
HB603 · 2026-06-09
Prohibit certain clauses from conservancy district contracts (House Passed)
HB645 · 2026-06-09
Require the use of zero-based budgeting every ten years (House Passed)
HB647 · 2026-06-09
Regards publicly funded child care, the Child Care Cred Program (House Passed)
HB291 · 2026-06-09
Create the Ohio International Trade Commission (House Favorable Passage)
HB291 · 2026-06-09
Create the Ohio International Trade Commission (House Passed)
HB170 · 2026-06-03
Establish process to regulate carbon capture, storage technology (House Passed)
SB179 · 2026-06-03
Verify veteran status of imprisoned individuals (House Passed)
SB262 · 2026-06-03
Require construction contracts note variation from standard form (House Passed)
HB339 · 2026-06-03
Allow surviving spouse to retain Purple Heart license plate (House Passed)
HB639 · 2026-06-03
Create defense to nuisance claims re: racing facilities (House Passed)
HB345 · 2026-06-03
Increase the penalties for voyeurism (House Passed)
SB219 · 2026-06-03
Revise the law governing oil and gas wells (House Passed)
HB441 · 2026-06-03
Regards the one-year limitations period for libel or slander (House Passed)
HB523 · 2026-06-03
Enact the Future Educators Support Act (House Passed)
HB593 · 2026-06-03
Regards paid family leave insurance (House Passed)
SB318 · 2026-06-03
Allow law enforcement to provide certain school resource services (House Favorable Passage)
HB163 · 2026-06-03
Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2025 (House Passed)
SB263 · 2026-06-03
Regards professional employer organizations and Unemployment Law (House Passed)
HB582 · 2026-06-03
Regards embalmers, funeral directors, and crematories (House Passed)
HB711 · 2026-06-03
Regards the minimum teacher salary schedule (House Favorable Passage)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 311 total roll-call votes this session).
Follow Levi Dean
One email a week, only when there’s something: every time they broke with their party, and the closest votes they cast. Free, and you can stop any time.