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SB452 • 2026

Clarify only natural persons have the right to vote

Clarify only natural persons have the right to vote

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Paula Hicks-Hudson
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Clarify only natural persons have the right to vote

To amend section 3503.01 of the Revised Code to clarify only natural persons have the right to vote.

What This Bill Does

  • To amend section 3503.01 of the Revised Code to clarify only natural persons have the right to vote.

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To amend section 3503.01 of the Revised Code to clarify only natural persons have the right to vote.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 452

2025-2026

Senator Hicks-Hudson

To
amend section 3503.01 of the Revised Code
to
clarify only natural persons have the right to vote.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 3503.01 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
3503.01.
(A)

Every
citizen
Only
a citizen
of
the United States who is
a
natural person
of
the age of eighteen years or over and who has been a resident of the
state thirty days immediately preceding the election at which the
citizen offers to vote, is a resident of the county and precinct in
which the citizen offers to vote, and has been registered to vote for
thirty days, has the qualifications of an elector and may vote at all
elections in the precinct in which the citizen resides.

(B)
When only a portion of a precinct is included within the boundaries
of an election district, the board of elections may assign the
electors residing in such portion of a precinct to the nearest
precinct or portion of a precinct within the boundaries of such
election district for the purpose of voting at any special election
held in such district. In any election in which only a part of the
electors in a precinct is qualified to vote, the board may assign
voters in such part to an adjoining precinct. Such assignment may be
made to an adjoining precinct in another county with the consent and
approval of the board of elections of such other county if the number
of voters assigned to vote in a precinct in another county is two
hundred or less.

The
board shall notify all such electors so assigned, at least ten days
prior to the holding of any such election, of the location of the
polling place where they are entitled to vote at such election.

As
used in division (B) of this section, "election district"
means a school district, municipal corporation, township, or other
political subdivision that includes territory in more than one
precinct or any other district or authority that includes territory
in more than one precinct and that is authorized by law to place an
issue on the ballot at a special election.

Section
2.
That
existing section 3503.01 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.