Today, state Senator Kent Smith (D-Euclid) issued the following statement in response to reports of a man burning 100 library books from the Beachwood Public Library. The books, mainly about subjects such as Jewish history, African American history, and LGBTQ+ education, were burned in a series of social media posts, as reported by Cleveland.com.

Today, state Senator Kent Smith (D-Euclid) commended the Ohio Senate's passage of House Bill 15, which makes significant changes to Ohio's energy policies to protect consumers, increase power generation, and improve the state's electric grid. House Bill 15 largely mirrors Senate Bill 2, which was unanimously passed by the Senate in March.

Today, Senate Democratic Whip Kent Smith (D-Euclid) and Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) introduced legislation that calls on state and federal legislators to support an amendment to the United States Constitution that would eliminate corporate personhood and the legal doctrine of money being equated with political speech.