2025SB 1

Confronting Left-Wing Capture of Ohio’s Public Universities

2025 - Ohio House of Representatives

Conservatives Support

Description

This bill enacts the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act to overhaul how state universities operate, including governance, academic centers, institutional priorities, and certain labor practices. It is designed to rein in ideological abuses, increase transparency, and ensure public institutions serve students and taxpayers instead of entrenched campus bureaucracies. CPAC supports efforts to break the grip of left-wing ideology on higher education and to restore accountability to public universities and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-26 by a vote of 20-11. The House passed this bill on 2025-03-19 by a vote of 59-34. Since this was one of the most important bills of the session, votes for this bill count for double in the CPAC score. The bill later became law.

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Legislators · 101

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Munira Abdullahi OH	Democrat	19%	Leftist
Cindy Abrams OH	Republican	84%	Leftist
Sarah Fowler Arthur OH	Republican	85%	Conservative
Ashley Bryant Bailey OH	Democrat	—	Did Not Vote
Rachel B. Baker OH	Democrat	25%	Leftist
Tim Barhorst OH	Republican	96%	Conservative
Adam Bird OH	Republican	88%	Conservative
Monica Robb Blasdel OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Sean P. Brennan OH	Democrat	35%	Leftist
Juanita Brent OH	Democrat	15%	Leftist
Darnell T Brewer OH	Democrat	31%	Leftist
Karen Brownlee OH	Democrat	46%	Leftist
Jamie Callender OH	Republican	83%	Did Not Vote
Thaddeus J. Claggett OH	Republican	88%	Conservative
Gary Click OH	Republican	85%	Conservative
Christine Cockley OH	Democrat	—	Leftist
Meredith Craig OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Rodney Creech OH	Republican	89%	Conservative
Jack Daniels OH	Republican	95%	Conservative
Levi Dean OH	Republican	100%	Conservative
Kellie Deeter OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Steve Demetriou OH	Republican	90%	Conservative
Sedrick Denson OH	Democrat	15%	Leftist
Michael Dovilla OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Ron Ferguson OH	Republican	84%	Conservative
Tex Fischer OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Haraz Ghanbari OH	Republican	81%	Conservative
Chris Glassburn OH	Democrat	69%	Leftist
Michele Grim OH	Democrat	15%	Leftist
Jennifer Gross OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Thomas Hall OH	Republican	87%	Conservative
Derrick Hall OH	Democrat	46%	Leftist
Mark Hiner OH	Republican	85%	Conservative
Adam Holmes OH	Republican	86%	Conservative
James Hoops OH	Republican	85%	Conservative
Matt Huffman OH	Republican	93%	Conservative
Latyna Humphrey OH	Democrat	23%	Leftist
Dani Isaacsohn OH	Democrat	23%	Leftist
Dontavius Jarrells OH	Democrat	18%	Leftist
Marilyn John OH	Republican	87%	Conservative
Mark Johnson OH	Republican	88%	Conservative
Don Jones OH	Republican	84%	Conservative
Angela N. King OH	Republican	89%	Conservative
Matthew Kishman OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Roy Klopfenstein OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Brian E. Lampton OH	Republican	87%	Conservative
Jeff LaRe OH	Republican	86%	Did Not Vote
Meredith Lawson-Rowe OH	Democrat	31%	Leftist
Beth Lear OH	Republican	90%	Conservative
Crystal Lett OH	Democrat	—	Leftist
Brian Lorenz OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Gayle Manning OH	Republican	80%	Conservative
Adam Mathews OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Ty Mathews OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Riordan McClain OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Lauren McNally OH	Democrat	33%	Did Not Vote
Joseph Miller OH	Democrat	26%	Leftist
Kevin Miller OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Melanie Miller OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
Ismail Mohamed OH	Democrat	31%	Did Not Vote
Ty Moore OH	Republican	—	Did Not Vote
Diane Mullins OH	Republican	90%	Conservative
Johnathan Newman OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Mike Odioso OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Scott Oelslager OH	Republican	82%	Leftist
Bob Peterson OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Beryl Piccolantonio OH	Democrat	31%	Leftist
Justin Pizzulli OH	Republican	90%	Did Not Vote
Phil Plummer OH	Republican	85%	Conservative
Tristan Rader OH	Democrat	—	Leftist
Sharon A. Ray OH	Republican	87%	Conservative
Tracy M. Richardson OH	Republican	85%	Conservative
Kevin Ritter OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. OH	Democrat	30%	Leftist
Bill Roemer OH	Republican	86%	Conservative
Elgin Rogers, Jr. OH	Democrat	25%	Leftist
C. Allison Russo OH	Democrat	23%	Did Not Vote
Jodi Salvo OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Nick Santucci OH	Republican	89%	Conservative
Jean Schmidt OH	Republican	89%	Conservative
Mark Sigrist OH	Democrat	58%	Leftist
Veronica Sims OH	Democrat	36%	Leftist
Anita Somani OH	Democrat	30%	Leftist
Jason Stephens OH	Republican	85%	Leftist
Brian Stewart OH	Republican	88%	Conservative
D. J. Swearingen OH	Republican	88%	Conservative
Bride Rose Sweeney OH	Democrat	32%	Leftist
Eric Synenberg OH	Democrat	33%	Leftist
Michelle Teska OH	Republican	100%	Conservative
Cecil Thomas OH	Democrat	18%	Leftist
Jim Thomas OH	Republican	91%	Conservative
David Thomas OH	Republican	92%	Conservative
Desiree Tims OH	Democrat	25%	Leftist
Daniel P. Troy OH	Democrat	28%	Leftist
Terrence Upchurch OH	Democrat	23%	Leftist
Andrea White OH	Republican	82%	Conservative
Erika White OH	Democrat	38%	Leftist
Josh Williams OH	Republican	93%	Conservative
Bernard Willis OH	Republican	95%	Conservative
Heidi Workman OH	Republican	100%	Conservative
Tom Young OH	Republican	86%	Conservative