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SJR10 • 2026

CA: Require identification to vote

CA: Require identification to vote

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Jane M. Timken
Last action
Official status
As Enrolled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CA: Require identification to vote

Proposing to enact Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to require identification to vote.

What This Bill Does

  • Proposing to enact Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to require identification to vote.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the Senate General Government Committee

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Adopted by the Senate

  4. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the House General Government Committee

  5. Ohio Legislature

    As Adopted by the House

  6. Ohio Legislature

    As Enrolled

Official Summary Text

Proposing to enact Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to require identification to vote.

Current Bill Text

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sjr10_05_EN

(136th General Assembly)

(Substitute
Senate Joint Resolution Number 10)

A joint resolution

Proposing to enact Section 5
of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to require
identification to vote.

Be
it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring herein,
that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, in the
manner prescribed by law at the general election to be held on
November 3, 2026, a proposal to enact Section 5 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Ohio to read as follows:

ARTICLE V

Section 5.
(A
)
Electors shall provide photo identification in order to vote in
person at a polling place or other voting location designated by law,
in accordance with laws passed by the general assembly, except that
the laws may provide an alternative method of verifying the identity
of an elector who does not have photo identification because the
elector has a sincere religious objection to being photographed.

(B)
At a minimum, and in accordance with laws passed by the general
assembly, electors shall provide photo identification or, if
authorized by law, a signature and at least one other unique
identifier in order to vote by any other method authorized by law.

(C)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Photo identification" means one of the following documents
that is issued by an agency of this state or the United States,
includes the elector's name and photograph, and is not expired:

(a)
A driver's license or state identification card issued by the Ohio
bureau of motor vehicles or its successor agency or a temporary
document issued by that agency to an applicant for a driver's license
or state identification card that contains all of the information
otherwise found on the license or card and that the applicant may use
as a form of identification while waiting to receive the license or
card;

(b)
A United States passport or passport card;

(c)
A United States military identification card, an Ohio national guard
identification card, or an identification card issued by the United
States department of veterans affairs or its successor agency.

(2)
"Other unique identifier" means one of the following that
is authorized by the general assembly by law for voting purposes:

(a)
A unique numeric or alphanumeric descriptor assigned to the elector
by an agency of this state or the United States;

(b)
A truncated version of a descriptor described in division (C)(2)(a)
of this section.

EFFECTIVE
DATE

If
adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this proposal,
Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio
enacted by this proposal shall take effect immediately.

Speaker _________________
of the House of Representatives.

President
_________________ of the Senate.

Adopted ____________________, 20____