Stephen A. Huffman

District 5
Chamber Senate
Political Party Republican
https://ohiosenate.gov/members/stephen-a-huffman

Senator Huffman is serving his second term in the Ohio Senate, representing the people of the 5th Senate District, which includes all of Miami and Preble counties in addition to portions of Butler, Darke and Montgomery counties. He joins the Senate after two terms in the Ohio House from 2015-2018. He also was elected and served as Miami County Coroner from 2012-2015.

After graduating from Milton-Union High School, Senator Huffman attended the University of Toledo, where he earned a medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Toledo School of Medicine).

Senator Huffman has been a practicing physician for 32 years and he is currently employed by multiple emergency rooms throughout Western Ohio. He also served overseas in underserved regions for 18 months.

A lifelong resident of Miami County, Senator Huffman resides in Tipp City with his wife, Kathryn, and their five children.

136th General Assembly Committee Assignments:

  • Health, Chair
  • Medicaid, Vice Chair
  • Education
  • General Government
  • Workforce DevelopmentĀ 
District Map

Committee Membership

Education
  • Bills: 24
  • Members: 7
Medicaid
  • Bills: 4
  • Members: 6
General Government
  • Bills: 41
  • Members: 7
Workforce Development
  • Bills: 10
  • Members: 6
Health
  • Bills: 36
  • Members: 7
General Assembly
Committee
Abolish death penalty; regards funding of lethal injection drugs
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 134
Type Senate Bill
Committee Judiciary
Abolish the death penalty; revise number of juror challenges
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 133
Type Senate Bill
Committee Judiciary
Adopt the 1905 Wright Flyer III as the state airplane
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 24
Type Senate Bill
Committee Transportation
Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 33
Type Senate Bill
Committee Commerce and Labor
Allow physician with revoked license to apply for reinstatement
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 375
Type Senate Bill
Committee Health
Amend competitive retail electric service law
General Assembly 136
Number H. B. No. 15
Type House Bill
Committee Energy
CA: Establish constitutional right to hunt and fish
General Assembly 136
Number S. J. R. No. 8
Type Senate Joint Resolution
Committee General Government
Define antisemitism; expand the offense of ethnic intimidation
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 87
Type Senate Bill
Committee Judiciary
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Recent Votes

General Assembly
Committee
Designate Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter Memorial Hwy
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 364
Type Senate Bill
Committee Transportation
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/15/2026
Vote Result Passed
Regards carrying of firearms by certain special police officers
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 321
Type Senate Bill
Committee Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/15/2026
Vote Result Passed
Enter into the Athletic Trainer Compact
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 320
Type Senate Bill
Committee Health
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/15/2026
Vote Result Passed
Regards student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device
General Assembly 136
Number H. B. No. 462
Type House Bill
Committee Health
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/15/2026
Vote Result Passed
Permit monetary damages against municipal corps with gun controls
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 278
Type Senate Bill
Committee Local Government
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/15/2026
Vote Result Passed
Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards
General Assembly 136
Number H. B. No. 393
Type House Bill
Committee Community Revitalization
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/15/2026
Vote Result Passed
Regards timing of health insurer recoupment from providers
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 162
Type Senate Bill
Committee Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/15/2026
Vote Result Passed
Require school building to have an exterior secure master key box
General Assembly 136
Number S. B. No. 290
Type Senate Bill
Committee Education
Vote Yes
Vote Date 4/14/2026
Vote Result Favorable Passage
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