# Rodney Creech

Rodney Creech is a Republican member of the Ohio House for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Ohio House, district 40
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: OH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c34a852a-71fc-4b21-a594-bc4a75b799c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c34a852a-71fc-4b21-a594-bc4a75b799c8 (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

Creech sits at +0.52 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 76% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 324 donors and 570 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OH 2025–26 session)

310 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio House 100%). Party unity 100% (93.3%). 2 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 · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 105 Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB105/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 173 Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB173/
- 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 · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 455 Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB455/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in Senate amendments · HB 251 Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB251/
- 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 292 Establish the Ohio Defense Commission · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB292/

## Legislation (OH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 98. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio House 58.4%; rank 31 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 457: Honoring Graceworks Lutheran Services on its One Hundredth Anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR457/
- HB 947: Regards possession of certain animals for commercial purposes (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB947/
- HR 369: In memory of L. Helen Rankin. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR369/
- HB 676: Regards wolfdog hybrids, abatement of certain animal nuisances (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB676/
- HB 602: Limit the types of flags that a state agency may display (in committee, 2025-11-19) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB602/
- HB 591: Authorize use of natural organic reduction as form of disposition (in committee, 2025-11-19) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB591/
- HB 578: Require tick-related disease reporting to Department of Health (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB578/
- HR 263: Honoring Wendy Zhan on her retirement as the director of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. (passed one chamber, 2025-10-21) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR263/
- HR 234: In memory of Jack Cera. (passed one chamber, 2025-10-08) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR234/
- HR 255: In memory of Mary Rose Oakar. (passed one chamber, 2025-10-01) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR255/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $88.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ohiohouse.gov/members/rodney-creech
- Campaign site: https://www.rodneycreech.com/
- X: https://x.com/creech3_rodney
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodneycreechohiohouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodney.creech.92
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/statereprodneycreech/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c34a852a-71fc-4b21-a594-bc4a75b799c8