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C. Michelle Teska

Republican · OH · OH State Representative

Michelle Teska has more than 25 years in private-sector sales, including as national sales manager for Cox Media Group Ohio. Since 2011 she and her husband have owned Golden Heart Senior Care, an in-home senior care business.

Where C. Michelle Teska stands, based on their records

Supports

Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Housing Affordability (1 record), Election Integrity (1 record),

Opposes

Environment and Public Health (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Women's Reproductive Rights (2 records),

Mixed record

Corporate Accountability (1 support · 2 oppose)

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Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 oppose

  • Co-sponsored a bill requiring Ohio schools and child care centers to tell parents about vaccine exemptions whenever they send out immunization rules, and to let healthy exempt children stay in school during disease outbreaks (House Bill 561).

    October 29, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: ohiohouse.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support

  • Voted to pass H.B. 252, which created new burglary and trespass offenses that no longer require force, stealth or deception. It passed the Ohio House 70-25.

    March 25, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • 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

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • Primary-sponsored Ohio House Bill 509, which excluded certain financial records from criminal-record expungement; the bill was introduced on October 14, 2025.

    October 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: ohiohouse.gov · researched August 20, 2026

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

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose

  • Primary-sponsored Ohio House Bill 376, which reduced the maximum weeks an individual could receive unemployment benefits; the bill was introduced on June 23, 2025.

    June 23, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: ohiohouse.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 oppose

  • Voted to pass H.B. 347, the SHE WINS Act, which permitted an elective abortion only after a 24-hour informed consent meeting. It passed the Ohio House 64-32.

    March 25, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • Voted to pass H.B. 485, the Baby Olivia Act, which required schools to teach human development with an ultrasound video. It passed the Ohio House 59-27.

    November 19, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

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

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support

  • Voted to pass H.B. 503, which required voter approval before a municipality cuts or repeals an income tax reciprocity credit. It passed the Ohio House 65-27.

    February 25, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 2 oppose

  • Voted to pass H.B. 249, the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act, which created the offense of unlawful adult cabaret performance. It passed the Ohio House 63-32.

    March 25, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 1 support · 2 oppose

  • Voted no 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, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • 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

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • Voted to pass H.B. 126, which prohibited public nuisance lawsuits arising from the sale of a product. It passed the Ohio House 59-36.

    May 7, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

Track record — General

General · 4 records

  • Voted against passing 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, 2026

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • Voted no 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, 2025

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • Voted against 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, 2025

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

  • 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

    Source: search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · researched August 24, 2026

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Profile last researched August 7, 2026.