Bernard Willis
Republican · OH · OH State Representative
Bernard Willis serves in the Ohio House, where he chairs the transportation committee, and is a retired Air Force colonel and career military pilot. A Air Force Academy graduate, he has worked as a Clark County deputy sheriff and teaches unmanned aviation.
Where Bernard Willis stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Housing Affordability (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record),
Opposes
Corporate Accountability (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Voted yes on the final compromise version of Senate Bill 56, Ohio's marijuana rewrite, capping dispensaries at 400 and moving adult-use rules into medical law. The House agreed to the conference report 52-34, and it became law.
November 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to pass Substitute House Bill 492, which widened the crime of interfering with an officer making an arrest and raised its penalty. The House passed it 59-21, the Senate later passed it 24-9, and Governor Mike DeWine signed it on July 7, 2026.
November 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to pass H.B. 88, which increased penalties for trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. It passed the Ohio House 71-18.
November 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Primary-sponsored Ohio House Bill 5, the Repeat Offender Act, which addressed repeat-offender classifications, firearm specifications, and sealing and expungement; the House passed it on May 21, 2025.
May 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: ohiohouse.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted to pass H.B. 92, which barred municipalities from putting a lien on rental property over a tenant's unpaid water bills. It passed the Ohio House 67-30.
March 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
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Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted to pass H.B. 319, the Clinical Teaching Subsidy Reform Act, which set a yearly clinical teaching subsidy for public medical schools. It passed the Ohio House 70-26.
June 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted to pass S.B. 293, which required mailed absentee ballots to arrive by the close of polls on Election Day. It passed the Ohio House 61-30 and was signed into law.
November 19, 2025Supports Election Integrity
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Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Primary-sponsored Ohio House Bill 251, which established requirements for law-enforcement and public-entity drone use and expanded aviation-facility provisions; the bill was introduced on April 30, 2025.
April 30, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: ohiohouse.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 oppose
Voted yes on accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 173, which took electric submetering companies out of the legal definition of a public utility. The Ohio House agreed 56-35, but the governor vetoed the bill on June 24, 2026.
June 10, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Voted to pass S.B. 50, a bill to let 14- and 15-year-olds work until 9 p.m. year-round with a parent's approval. It passed the Ohio House 62-30 and was vetoed by the Governor.
November 5, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
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Track record — General
General · 3 records
Primary-sponsored Ohio House Bill 434, which exempted military driver's-license applicants from driver's education requirements within a transportation and appropriations measure; the bill was introduced on September 3, 2025.
September 3, 2025
Source: ohiohouse.gov
Voted to pass H.B. 116, the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act, which bars governments from impairing a person's right to hold or accept digital assets. It passed the Ohio House 70-26.
June 18, 2025
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Voted to pass S.B. 1, the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, which banned diversity offices at public universities and barred faculty strikes. It passed the Ohio House 59-34 and was signed into law.
March 19, 2025
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Past race Bernard Willis ran in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District 74; Ohio · incumbent