# Jean Schmidt

Jean Schmidt is a Republican member of the Ohio House for district 62.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Ohio House, district 62
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: OH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/392629a2-7bb2-47df-8128-d4cd7d858324

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/392629a2-7bb2-47df-8128-d4cd7d858324 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Schmidt reported $575.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 306 donors and 560 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OH 2025–26 session)

272 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio House 100%). Party unity 97.9% (93.3%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-01 · voted yea · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 519 Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB519/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · SB 315 Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB315/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · SB 450 Make capital appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2028 · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB450/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Adopted · SJR 10 CA: Require identification to vote · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SJR10/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · SB 162 Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB162/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 479 Regards physician supervision of imaging contrast administration · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB479/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 472 Waive ID, birth certificate fees for homeless individuals · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB472/
- 2026-06-10 · voted yea · Passed · HB 647 Regards publicly funded child care, the Child Care Cred Program · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB647/
- 2026-06-10 · voted yea · Passed · HB 314 Limit certain public record requests; allow contractor response · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB314/
- 2026-06-10 · voted yea · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 20 Prohibit harassing or impeding an emergency service responder · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB20/

## Legislation (OH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 166. 52.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio House 58.4%; rank 63 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 527: Honoring St. Columban School on its One Hundredth Anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-24) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR527/
- HR 472: Honoring Caroline Murnan as a 2026 OHSAA Division II State Champion. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR472/
- HR 445: Honoring the City of Loveland on its One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR445/
- HB 861: Prohibit health plan, Medicaid denying dental claim based on age (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB861/
- HB 821: Designate the Loveland Frog as the official state cryptid (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB821/
- HR 369: In memory of L. Helen Rankin. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR369/
- HB 754: Require fetal death register; fetal heartbeat life certificate (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB754/
- HB 753: Require all drivers exams to be administered in English (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB753/
- HB 744: Clarify the professionals that may perform massage therapy (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB744/
- HB 685: Establish provisions governing date rape drug testing devices (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB685/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $575.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ohiohouse.gov/members/jean-schmidt
- Campaign site: https://www.schmidtforohio.com/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/392629a2-7bb2-47df-8128-d4cd7d858324