# Beth Lear

Beth Lear is a Republican member of the Ohio House for district 61.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Ohio House, district 61
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: OH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/de0a6483-7c16-43e1-a76b-c0cc98a9d7ed

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de0a6483-7c16-43e1-a76b-c0cc98a9d7ed (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

Lear sits at +0.90 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.90 (standard error 0.02), from 509 donors and 382 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OH 2025–26 session)

282 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio House 100%). Party unity 100% (93.3%). 9 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 26 bills: 25 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 131. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio House 58.4%; rank 70 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 971: Enact the Save Ohio Sports Act (introduced, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB971/
- HR 400: Honoring Ashlynn Brokaw on securing a 2026 State Championship in girls wrestling. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR400/
- HR 369: In memory of L. Helen Rankin. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR369/
- HB 762: Exempt certain vending machine food purchases from sales, use tax (in committee, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB762/
- HB 735: Designate William 'Bill' Burgett Memorial Highway (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB735/
- HCR 35: Urge Congress accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure (passed one chamber, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HCR35/
- HB 586: Prohibit mailing out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms (in committee, 2025-11-12) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB586/
- 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/
- HB 513: Let certain entities apply Prevailing Wage to public projects (in committee, 2025-10-15) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB513/
- HR 234: In memory of Jack Cera. (passed one chamber, 2025-10-08) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HR234/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $198.3K (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/beth-lear
- Campaign site: https://bethlear.com/
- X: https://x.com/LearforLiberty
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090615736619
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethlearforstaterep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beth.lear.1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-lear-1010ba19/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de0a6483-7c16-43e1-a76b-c0cc98a9d7ed