{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Phil Plummer | state_house = Ohio | district = 39th | term_start = January 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Willis Blackshear Jr. | successor = | district1 = 40th | state_house1 = Ohio | term_start1 = January 3, 2019 | term_end1 = January 2023 | predecessor1 = Michael Henne | successor1 = Rodney Creech | birth_date = | birth_place = {{nowrap|Montgomery County, Ohio, U.S.}} | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | education = University of Toledo (AA)<br>University of Phoenix (BS) }} '''Philip Plummer Jr.''' is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 39th House District. Plummer also serves as the Chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Party. Plummer previously served as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Ohio from 2008 to 2018.
==Policies and positions== === House Bill 6 and related energy legislation ===
==== 2019 nuclear and coal subsidy law (HB 6, 133rd General Assembly) ==== In 2019, Plummer voted in favor of House Bill 6, which created state subsidies for two nuclear plants, required ratepayers to fund two coal plants operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC), and reduced statewide renewable energy and energy-efficiency requirements. The bill passed the Ohio House on July 23, 2019.<ref name="House Bill 6 – Votes 133rd GA">{{cite web |title=House Bill 6 – Votes (133rd GA) |work=Ohio Legislature |url=https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-votes?id=GA133-HB-6 |access-date=November 29, 2025}}</ref>
Federal prosecutors later described the House Bill 6 scheme as the largest public corruption case in Ohio history, following the indictment and conviction of former House Speaker Larry Householder in connection with the law.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Ohio House Speaker sentenced to 20 years in prison for leading racketeering conspiracy |publisher=U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio |date=June 29, 2023 |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/former-ohio-house-speaker-sentenced-20-years-prison-leading-racketeering-conspiracy |access-date=December 29, 2025}}</ref>
Plummer's vote in favor of HB 6 aligned with the majority of the Ohio House Republican caucus during final passage of the legislation.<ref name="House Bill 6 – Votes 133rd GA"/>
See Ohio nuclear bribery scandal.
==== Campaign contributions ==== News coverage during the debates over repealing House Bill 6 identified Plummer as one of several lawmakers whose campaign committees received contributions during the period surrounding the 2019 energy law.<ref>{{cite news |title=House committee to hear first effort to repeal House Bill 6 |work=News From The States |url=https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/house-committee-hear-first-effort-repeal-house-bill-6 |access-date=November 29, 2025}}</ref>
==== 2021 partial repeal of HB 6 (HB 128, 134th General Assembly) ==== Plummer voted in favor of House Bill 128 on March 10, 2021. HB 128 repealed the HB 6 nuclear subsidy program and eliminated the “decoupling” mechanism that had guaranteed FirstEnergy a set revenue floor, while leaving the HB 6 coal subsidies in place.<ref>{{cite web |title=House Bill 128 – Votes (134th GA) |work=Ohio Legislature |url=https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-votes?id=GA134-HB-128 |access-date=November 29, 2025}}</ref>
==Life and career== Plummer joined the Montgomery County Sheriff's office in 1988 as a corrections officer, was later promoted to Deputy Sheriff, and eventually earned the rank of Sergeant. In November 2000, he was promoted to the rank of Major. In January 2004, he was placed in charge of the Personnel Office. In March 2005, he was promoted to Chief Deputy. Following the resignation of Sheriff David Vore in 2008, Plummer was appointed to the office to fill out the remainder of the term.<ref>[http://www.ohiohouse.gov/phil-plummer/biography Phil Plummer biography] (Ohio House of Representatives website)</ref>
Plummer spends his spare time as an assistant coach for the Butler High School wrestling team.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
==Montgomery County Ohio Sheriff's Office== thumb|Sheriff Plummer at the NAACP Dayton Headquarters in 2015 thumb|Sheriff Plummer and Major Daryl Wilson hold a press conference in 2015
In 2014, Dr. Derrick L. Foward, President of the Dayton Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP, filed a complaint on behalf of the Citizens of Montgomery County, Ohio against 6 Sheriff Deputies who were participating in racially motivated text conversations that contained derogatory jokes and threats to the African American community in Dayton, and abroad. Sheriff Phil Plummer and Major Daryl Wilson met with Foward at the Dayton Unit NAACP office to discuss the issue. As a result of this complaint, Capt. Tom Flanders was terminated. Detective Mike Sollenberger was terminated. Deputy Joseph Connelly received a 30-day suspension, Deputy Jamie Horton received a 10-day suspension and Sgt. Brian Lewis received a 3-day suspension. Detective Brad Daugherty was not disciplined for his role in the text message case.<ref>[https://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/results-of-deputies-racist-texts-investigation-to-/nj57h/] (WHIO-TV website)</ref>
Public reporting on the investigation focused on internal discipline within the Sheriff's Office; no federal civil rights charges were filed in connection with the text message case.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of deputies' racist texts investigation released |work=WHIO-TV |url=https://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/results-of-deputies-racist-texts-investigation-to-/nj57h/ |access-date=November 29, 2025}}</ref>
==Ohio House of Representatives== In the 2018 Election, incumbent for the 40th District, Michael Henne was unable to run again due to term limits. Plummer decided to run and won an uncontested primary to become the Republican nominee. He then beat Ryan Taylor. On December 31, 2018, Plummer resigned as Sheriff in order to be sworn in on January 3, 2019, as State Representative.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
In 2019, Plummer was made Vice Chair of Criminal Justice Committee for the 133rd General Assembly.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
In 2019, Plummer co-sponsored legislation that would ban abortion in Ohio and criminalize what they called "abortion murder". Doctors who performed abortions in cases of ectopic pregnancy and other life-threatening conditions would be exempt from prosecution only if they "[took] all possible steps to preserve the life of the unborn child, while preserving the life of the woman. Such steps include, if applicable, attempting to reimplant an ectopic pregnancy into the woman's uterus".<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Glenza |first=Jessica |date=November 29, 2019 |title=Ohio bill orders doctors to 'reimplant ectopic pregnancy' or face 'abortion murder' charges |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/29/ohio-extreme-abortion-bill-reimplant-ectopic-pregnancy |access-date=November 29, 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=":2">[https://nationalpost.com/news/world/ohio-abortion-bill-would-make-doctors-reimplant-ectopic-pregnancies-which-is-impossible-or-face-abortion-murder-charges Ohio bill would make doctors 'reimplant' ectopic pregnancies (which is impossible) or face 'abortion murder' charges], National Post, November 29, 2019</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=House Bill 413 {{!}} The Ohio Legislature |url=https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA133-HB-413 |website=www.legislature.ohio.gov}}</ref> Reimplantation of an ectopic pregnancy is not a recognized or medically feasible procedure.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rezac |first1=Mary |title=Pro-life doctors: Despite Ohio bill, there is no procedure to save ectopic pregnancies |language=en |agency=Catholic News Agency |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/41307/pro-life-doctors-despite-ohio-bill-there-is-no-procedure-to-save-ectopic-pregnancies}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! colspan="9" | Election results |- !Year !Office !Election !Votes for Plummer !% !Opponent !Party !Votes !% |- |2008 |rowspan=3|Sheriff of Montgomery County, Ohio |General |{{Party shading/Republican}} |152,537 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |59.44% |{{Party shading/none}} |Mike Tenore |{{Party shading/none}} | |{{Party shading/none}} |104,051 |{{Party shading/none}} |40.55% |-|- |2012 |General |{{Party shading/Republican}} |178,029 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |100% |{{Party shading/none}} | |{{Party shading/none}} | |{{Party shading/none}} | |{{Party shading/none}} | |- |2016 |General |{{Party shading/Republican}} |182,058 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |100% |{{Party shading/none}} | |{{Party shading/none}} | |{{Party shading/none}} | |{{Party shading/none}} | |- |2018 |rowspan=4|Ohio House of Representatives |General |{{Party shading/Republican}} |27,388 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |61.81% |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ryan Rebecca Taylor |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democrat |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |16,924 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |38.19% |- |2020 |General |{{Party shading/Republican}} |38,318 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |65.10% |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Leronda Jackson |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democrat |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |20,543 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |34.90% |- |2022 |General |{{Party shading/Republican}} |24,805 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |55.74% |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Leronda Jackson |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democrat |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |19,694 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44.26% |- |2024 |General |{{Party shading/Republican}} | |{{Party shading/Republican}} | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dion Green |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democrat |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | |}
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==External links== * [http://www.ohiohouse.gov/phil-plummer Representative Phil Plummer (official site)]
{{Members of the Ohio House of Representatives}}
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