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Republican
· Representative
Michelle Teska
Represents District 55 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
87%
on 45 party-line votes · House Republicans median 100%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 275 of 275 roll calls · House median 100%
Their bills that became law
16 of 29
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 67
Roll calls on record
275
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 Michelle Teska 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 Michelle Teska 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. Michelle Teska is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
6 of 45 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.
HB288 · Require construction project owners to timely pay contractors
House Favorable Passage · 2025-06-18 · Passed 8–4
HB393 · Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards
In plain English Requires community-based correctional facilities, programs, and halfway houses to help inmates obtain state identification cards before release.
House Favorable Passage · 2025-11-19 · Passed 9–0
HB268 · Regards filing for certificate of qualification for employment
In plain English Allows people to file for a certificate of qualification for employment at a different time than currently permitted.
House Favorable Passage · 2025-10-22 · Passed 10–0
SB147 · Revise solid waste and construction and demolition debris laws
House Favorable Passage · 2025-05-28 · Passed 11–0
HB144 · Enact Keith's Law regarding the communication disability database
House Favorable Passage · 2025-05-14 · Passed 13–0
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.
Bride SweeneyDemocrat · District 16 · 56 shared contested votes
50%
Dan TroyDemocrat · District 23 · 56 shared contested votes
48%
Derrick HallDemocrat · District 34 · 44 shared contested votes
48%
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.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Michelle Teska 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.
Introduced29
Out of committee19
Passed one chamber19
Passed both chambers16
Became law16
Never left committee10
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 67 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Law Enforcement 4Health and Human Services : Health Care 3Taxation 3Employment 3House Judiciary Committee 3Courts and Civil Law : Courts 3
Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids
To amend section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.
Became lawEffective · 2026-09-17
Enact the Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act
To amend section 9.66 and to enact sections 3744.01, 3744.02, 3744.03, 3744.04, 3744.041, 3744.042, 3744.05, 3744.06, 3744.061, 3744.062, 3744.07, 3744.08, 3744.09, 3744.10, 3744.11, and 3744.12 of the Revised Code to impose various requirements concerning data centers, to name this act the Data Center Accountability and…
Not out of committeeIntroduced · 2026-07-28
Enact Andy's Law
To amend sections 121.03, 2903.01, 2903.11, 2903.13, 2921.36, 2921.38, 2929.03, 2929.14, and 5120.01 and to enact sections 2941.1427, 5120.012, 5120.361, 5120.491, and 5120.85 of the Revised Code to enact Andy's Law to increase the penalty for assaulting or causing the death of specified victims at…
Passed one chamberReferred to committee: Judiciary · 2026-02-11
Enact the C.H.O.I.C.E. Act
To amend sections 3301.16, 3301.53, 3313.671, 5104.014, 5104.015, 5104.017, 5104.018, and 5104.019 and to enact section 3301.532 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing childhood immunizations and exemptions and to name this act the Parental Clarity on Health Options and Information on Conscientious…
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Health · 2025-11-12
Recognize 250th anniversary of United States Army, Chaplain Corps
To recognize the 250th anniversary of the United States Army and the United States Army Chaplain Corps.
Became lawAdopted · 2025-11-12
Honoring Wendy Zhan on her retirement as the director of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.
Became lawAdopted: Rules and Reference · 2025-10-21
Exclude certain financial records in criminal record expungement
To amend section 2953.32 of the Revised Code to exclude certain financial records held by clerks of court from destruction upon ordered expungement of a criminal record.
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Judiciary · 2025-10-15
Enact the Freedom to Carry Act
To amend sections 9.68, 109.69, 109.731, 311.41, 311.42, 311.43, 1547.69, 2921.13, 2923.11, 2923.111, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.127, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1211, 2923.1212, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2923.17, 2953.35, and 4749.10 and to repeal section 1533.04 of the Revised Code to enact the Freedom…
Not out of committeeReferred to committee: Public Safety · 2025-10-08
Honoring the Lebanon High School softball team as the 2025 Division I State Champion.
Became lawAdopted: Rules and Reference · 2025-10-01
Prohibit law enforcement from using quotas for arrests, citations
To enact section 109.70 of the Revised Code to prohibit law enforcement agencies from using quotas for arrests and citations.
Became lawEffective · 2025-09-30
Revise age for discounted hunting, fishing licenses and permits
To amend sections 1533.10, 1533.11, 1533.111, 1533.32, and 1533.321 of the Revised Code to allow Ohio residents who are 65 and up, instead of 66 and up, to qualify for discounted hunting and fishing licenses and permits.
Became lawEffective · 2025-09-30
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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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)
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)
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 Passed)
HB195 · 2026-06-09
Revise the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code (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)
HB20 · 2026-06-09
Prohibit harassing or impeding an emergency service responder (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 Passed)
SB223 · 2026-05-20
Require ODNR discount program for veterans, service members (House Passed)
HB413 · 2026-05-20
Regards Ohio State, Local Government Expenditure Databases (House Passed)
SB106 · 2026-05-20
Regulate the ownership of electric vehicle charging stations (House Passed)
HB446 · 2026-05-20
Modify trust and probate laws (House Passed)
HB31 · 2026-05-20
Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings (House Passed)
HB565 · 2026-05-20
Enact the Grand Jury Privacy and Protection Act (House Passed)
HB689 · 2026-05-20
Align and modernize fingerprinting and disposition reporting (House Passed)
HB732 · 2026-05-20
Create the Ohio, The Heart of It All Pass program (House Passed)
HB478 · 2026-05-20
Create jury tampering offense; revise court intimidation offenses (House Passed)
HB423 · 2026-05-13
Regulate practice of surgical assistants, surgical technologists (House Passed)
HB462 · 2026-05-13
Regards student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device (House Passed)
HB393 · 2026-05-13
Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards (House Passed)
HR408 · 2026-05-13
Relative to travel allowance. (House Adopted)
HB644 · 2026-05-13
Create Higher Ed Evidence-Based Innovation Fund, Grant Program (House Passed)
HB217 · 2026-03-25
Enact the Finding and Identifying with NamUs Data (FIND) Act (House Passed)
HB252 · 2026-03-25
Modify offenses of burglary, breaking and entering, and trespass (House Passed)
HB203 · 2026-03-25
Enact Aspen Runnels' Law (House Passed)
HB249 · 2026-03-25
Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act (House Passed)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 275 total roll-call votes this session).
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