Key votes and formal actions recorded in the Ohio Senate on Sept. 30, 2025:

- Item 66, amended substitute House Bill 96 (budget line item affecting school levy types and ballot language): override of governor's objection passed 21–11. The item changes treatment of replacement, emergency and substitute levies and requires ballot language to reference the county auditor's market value. (See full floor debate and roll call in the Senate journal.)

- House Bill 57 (school policies on administration of overdose-reversal drugs; religious release time amendment): Passed 28–4 after floor debate; the bill requires districts that keep overdose-reversal drugs to adopt maintenance/use policies and directs the Department of Education and Workforce to create a model policy in consultation with the Department of Health. The bill includes an amendment allowing local boards to adopt policies differing from the 2-period/2-unit cap on religious release time for districts that historically exceeded those limits.

- House Bill 144 (Keith Law; communication-disability database expansion): Passed unanimously, 32–0. Expands voluntary registry to additional disabilities and allows county 9-1-1 systems access for first responders; requires agencies to make verification forms available.

- Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 (support for the Ohio Commission for the U.S. Semiquincentennial): Adopted unanimously, 32–0, expressing support for the commission's work celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary.

- Confirmations/advising and consent votes recorded on the floor:
- Appointment of Christian Chavez (Marietta) to an unspecified post: the clerk announced the Senate advised and consented with 30 yeas, 0 nays. (Transcript shows the roll remained open and final announcement recorded 30–0.)
- A group of gubernatorial appointments (Tyessa Banker, Bowman and others): the clerk recorded the Senate advised and consented; the transcript records a roll call with 32 yeas and 0 nays.
- Rhodes State College Trustee Selection Committee appointment (Jill Jacobs): Senate advised and consented, 32–0.

- Miscellaneous: The clerk read the journal entries noting 4 bills introduced and 7 resolutions offered and adopted earlier in the session; the Senate adopted the title for passed measures and agreed to a motion to adjourn until Oct. 7, 2025.

Ending: This roundup records the formal floor actions and roll-call outcomes as announced on the Senate journal; details of statutory language, fiscal notes or implementation schedules are recorded in bill text and agency guidance and are not reproduced in full in the transcript.