Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives
	133rd Ohio General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House
Term limits	4 terms (8 years total)
History
New session started	January 7, 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Robert R. Cupp (R) ; since July 30, 2020
Speaker Pro Tempore	Jim Butler (R) ; since January 7, 2019
Majority Leader	Bill Seitz (R) ; since January 7, 2019
Minority Leader	Emilia Sykes (D) ; since January 7, 2019
Structure
Seats	99
Political groups	Majority Republican (61); Minority Democratic (38);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article II, Ohio Constitution
Salary	$60,584/year
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2018; (99 seats)
Next election	November 3, 2020; (99 seats)
Redistricting	Ohio Redistricting Commission
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Ohio Statehouse; Columbus, Ohio
Website
	Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate.

The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year. In 1816, the capital was moved to Columbus, where it is located today. The 133rd General Assembly convened in January 2019.[1]

Members are limited to four consecutive two-year elected terms (terms are considered consecutive if they are separated by less than two years). Time served by appointment to fill out another representative's uncompleted term does not count against the term limit. There are 99 members in the house, elected from single-member districts. Every even-numbered year, all the seats are up for re-election.

Composition

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic	Republican
End of previous Assembly	33	65	98	1

Begin (January 7, 2019)	38	60	98	1
March 27, 2019	38	61	99	0
May 1, 2019	37	61	98	1
May 5, 2019		60	97	2
May 8, 2019		59	96	3
May 22, 2019		60	97	2
May 29, 2019		61	98	1
June 5, 2019	38	61	99	0
October 3, 2019		60	98	1
October 10, 2019		61	99	0
November 12, 2019		60	98	1
November 13, 2019		61	99	0
March 20, 2020		60	98	1
May 28, 2020		61	99	0
Latest voting share	38.4%	61.6%

Leadership

Majority

Speaker of the House: Robert R. Cupp
Speaker pro tempore: Jim Butler
Majority Floor Leader: Bill Seitz
Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Anthony DeVitis
Majority Whip: Jay Edwards
Assistant Majority Whip: Laura Lanese

Minority

Minority Leader: Emilia Sykes
Assistant Minority Leader: Kristin Boggs
Minority Whip: Paula Hicks-Hudson
Assistant Minority Whip: Richard Brown

Members of the 133rd House of Representatives

House districts by party Democratic Republican

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties Represented	First Elected	Term Limited
1	Scott Wiggam	Rep	Wooster	Wayne	2016	2024
2	Mark Romanchuk	Rep	Mansfield	Richland	2012	2020
3	Haraz Ghanbari	Rep	Perrysburg	Wood	2019	2028
4	Robert R. Cupp	Rep	Lima	Allen	2014	2022
5	Tim Ginter	Rep	Salem	Columbiana	2014	2022
6	Phil Robinson	Dem	Independence	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
7	Tom Patton	Rep	Strongsville	Cuyahoga (part)	2016	2024
8	Kent Smith	Dem	Euclid	Cuyahoga (part)	2014	2022
9	Janine Boyd	Dem	Cleveland Heights	Cuyahoga (part)	2014	2022
10	Terrence Upchurch	Dem	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
11	Stephanie Howse	Dem	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2014	2022
12	Juanita Brent	Dem	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
13	Michael J. Skindell	Dem	Lakewood	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
14	Bride Rose Sweeney	Dem	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
15	Jeffrey Crossman	Dem	Parma	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
16	David Greenspan	Rep	Westlake	Cuyahoga (part)	2016	2024
17	Adam Miller	Dem	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2016	2024
18	Kristin Boggs	Dem	Italian Village	Franklin (part)	2016↑	2024
19	Mary Lightbody	Dem	Westerville	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
20	Richard Brown	Dem	Canal Winchester	Franklin (part)	2017↑	2026
21	Beth Liston	Dem	Worthington	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
22	David J. Leland	Dem	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2014	2022
23	Laura Lanese	Rep	Grove City	Franklin (part)	2016	2024
24	Allison Russo	Dem	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
25	Bernadine Kent	Dem	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2016	2024
26	Erica Crawley	Dem	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
27	Tom Brinkman	Rep	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2014	2022
28	Jessica Miranda	Dem	Madeira	Hamilton (part)	2018	2026
29	Cindy Abrams	Rep	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2019↑	2028
30	Bill Seitz	Rep	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2016	2024
31	Brigid Kelly	Dem	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2016	2024
32	Catherine Ingram	Dem	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2016	2024
33	Sedrick Denson	Dem	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2018	2026
34	Emilia Sykes	Dem	Akron	Summit (part)	2014	2022
35	Tavia Galonski	Dem	Akron	Summit (part)	2017↑	2026
36	Anthony DeVitis	Rep	Uniontown	Summit (part)	2011↑	2020
37	Casey Weinstein	Dem	Hudson	Summit (part)	2018	2026
38	Bill Roemer	Rep	Akron	Stark (part), Summit (part)	2018	2026
39	Fred Strahorn	Dem	Dayton	Montgomery (part)	2012	2020
40	Phil Plummer	Rep	Clayton	Montgomery (part)	2018	2026
41	Jim Butler	Rep	Oakwood	Montgomery (part)	2011↑	2020
42	Niraj Antani	Rep	Miamisburg	Montgomery (part)	2014↑	2022
43	Jeffery Todd Smith	Rep	Clayton	Montgomery (part), Preble	2018	2026
44	Paula Hicks-Hudson	Dem	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2018	2026
45	Lisa Sobecki	Dem	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2018	2026
46	Michael Sheehy	Dem	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2013↑	2022
47	Derek Merrin	Rep	Monclova Township	Fulton (part), Lucas (part)	2016↑	2024
48	Scott Oelslager	Rep	Canton	Stark (part)	2018	2026
49	Thomas West	Dem	Canton	Stark (part)	2016	2024
50	Reggie Stoltzfus	Rep	Alliance	Stark (part)	2018	2026
51	Sara Carruthers	Rep	Hamilton	Butler (part)	2018	2026
52	George Lang	Rep	West Chester	Butler (part)	2017↑	2026
53	Candice Keller	Rep	Middletown	Butler (part)	2016↑	2024
54	Paul Zeltwanger	Rep	Mason	Butler (part), Warren (part)	2014	2022
55	Gayle Manning[2]	Rep	North Ridgeville	Lorain (part)	2018	2026
56	Joe Miller	Dem	Lorain	Lorain (part)	2018	2026
57	Dick Stein	Rep	Norwalk	Huron, Lorain (part)	2016	2024
58	Michele Lepore-Hagan	Dem	Youngstown	Mahoning (part)	2014	2022
59	Alessandro Cutrona	Rep	Canfield	Mahoning (part)	2020↑	2028
60	John Rogers	Dem	Mentor-on-the-Lake	Lake (part)	2012	2020
61	Jamie Callender	Rep	LeRoy Township	Lake (part)	2018	2026
62	Scott Lipps	Rep	Franklin	Warren (part)	2016	2024
63	Gil Blair	Dem	McDonald	Trumbull (part)	2019↑	2028
64	Michael O'Brien	Dem	Warren	Ashtabula (part), Trumbull (part)	2014	2022
65	John Becker	Rep	Union Township	Clermont (part)	2012	2020
66	Doug Green	Rep	Mt. Orab	Brown, Clermont (part)	2012	2020
67	Kris Jordan	Rep	Powell	Delaware (part)	2018	2026
68	Rick Carfagna	Rep	Westerville	Delaware (part), Knox	2016	2024
69	Steve Hambley	Rep	Brunswick	Medina (part)	2014	2022
70	Darrell Kick	Rep	Loudonville	Ashland, Holmes (part), Medina (part)	2016	2024
71	Mark Fraizer	Rep	Newark	Licking (part)	2019↑	2028
72	Larry Householder	Rep	Glenford	Coshocton, Licking (part), Perry	2016	2024
73	Rick Perales	Rep	Beavercreek	Greene (part)	2012	2020
74	Bill Dean	Rep	Xenia	Clark (part), Greene (part), Madison	2016↑	2024
75	Randi Clites	Dem	Kent	Portage (part)	2018	2026
76	Diane Grendell	Rep	Bainbridge Township	Geauga (part), Portage (part)	2019	2026
77	Jeffrey LaRe	Rep	Violet Township	Fairfield (part)	2019↑	2028
78	Ron Hood	Rep	Ashville	Athens (part), Fairfield (part), Hocking, Morgan, Muskingum (part), Pickaway (part)	2012	2020
79	Kyle Koehler	Rep	Springfield	Clark (part)	2014	2022
80	Jena Powell	Rep	Tipp City	Darke (part), Miami	2018	2026
81	Jim Hoops	Rep	Napoleon	Fulton (part), Henry, Putnam, Williams	2018↑	2026
82	Craig Riedel	Rep	Defiance	Auglaize (part), Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert	2016	2024
83	Jon Cross	Rep	Findlay	Hancock, Hardin, Logan (part)	2018	2026
84	Susan Manchester	Rep	Celina	Auglaize (part), Darke (part), Mercer, Shelby (part)	2018	2026
85	Nino Vitale	Rep	Urbana	Champaign, Logan (part), Shelby (part)	2014	2022
86	Tracy Richardson	Rep	Marysville	Marion (part), Union	2018	2026
87	Riordan McClain	Rep	Upper Sandusky	Crawford, Marion (part), Morrow, Seneca (part), Wyandot	2018↑	2026
88	Bill Reineke	Rep	Tiffin	Sandusky, Seneca (part)	2014	2022
89	D. J. Swearingen	Rep	Huron	Erie, Ottawa	2019↑	2028
90	Brian Baldridge	Rep	Cherry Fork	Adams, Lawrence (part), Scioto	2018	2026
91	Shane Wilkin	Rep	Lynchburg	Clinton, Highland, Pike, Ross (part)	2018↑	2026
92	Gary Scherer	Rep	Circleville	Fayette, Pickaway (part), Ross (part)	2012↑	2020
93	Jason Stephens	Rep	Kitts Hill	Gallia, Jackson (part), Lawrence (part), Vinton (part)	2018	2026
94	Jay Edwards	Rep	Nelsonville	Athens (part), Meigs, Vinton (part), Washington (part)	2016	2024
95	Don Jones	Rep	Marietta	Belmont (part), Carroll, Harrison, Noble, Washington (part)	2018	2026
96	Jack Cera	Dem	Bellaire	Belmont (part), Jefferson, Monroe	2011↑	2020
97	Adam Holmes	Rep	Cambridge	Guernsey, Muskingum (part)	2018	2026
98	Brett Hillyer	Rep	Uhrichsville	Holmes (part), Tuscarawas	2018	2026
99	John Patterson	Dem	Jefferson	Ashtabula (part), Geauga (part)	2012	2020

↑: Member was originally appointed to the seat.

Officials

Speaker of the House

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House. The duties of the Speaker include preserving order and decorum at all times, recognizing visitors in the galleries, controlling and providing security for the Hall, appointing members to perform the duties of the Speaker for a temporary period of time, naming committees and subcommittees and appointing their chairs and members, overseeing the performance of House employees, and signing bills, acts, resolutions, and more.[3]

Clerk of the House

The Clerk of the House of Representatives is in charge of and regulates the distribution of records of the House. The Clerk is the custodian of legislative documents within the House. The duties of the Clerk include examining bills or resolutions before introduction, numbering bills and resolutions for filing, providing bills and documents pertaining to the bill to the chair of the corresponding committee, publishing calendars to notify the public about bills and resolutions, keeping a journal of House proceedings, superintending the presentation of bills and resolutions, and attesting writs and subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives.[3]

Sergeant-at-Arms

The Sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives is tasked with maintaining security and order in the House. The Sergeant-at-arms may be ordered by the Speaker to clear the aisles if this is deemed necessary by the Speaker. Other duties of the Sergeant-at-arms include controlling admission to the building, serving subpoenas and warrants issued by the House, and bringing any members found to be absent without leave to the House.[3]

Committees

The Speaker of the House is in charge of naming all committees and subcommittees.[3] The current committees, chairs and vice chairs are:[4]

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair
Aging and Long-Term Care	Tim Ginter	D. J. Swearingen
Agriculture and Rural Development	Kyle Koehler	Jeffery Todd Smith
Armed Services and Veterans Affairs	Rick Perales	Ron Hood
Civil Justice	Steve Hambley	Tom Patton
Commerce and Labor	Gayle Manning	Bill Dean
Criminal Justice	George Lang	Phil Plummer
Economic and Workforce Development	Paul Zeltwanger	Jena Powell
Energy and Natural Resources	Nino Vitale	Darrell Kick
Federalism	John Becker	Reggie Stoltzfus
Finance	Scott Oelslager Jamie Callender	Gary Scherer
Financial Institutions	Kris Jordan	Brett Hillyer
Health	Scott Lipps	Don Manning
Higher Education	Candice Keller	Craig Riedel
Insurance	Tom Brinkman	Niraj Antani
Primary and Secondary Education	Don Jones	Susan Manchester
Public Utilities	Jamie Callender	Shane Wilkin
Rules and References	Robert R. Cupp	Jim Butler
State and Local Government	Scott Wiggam	Jason Stephens
Transportation and Public Safety	Doug Green	Riordan McClain
Ways and Means	Derek Merrin	Jeffrey LaRe

Past composition of the House of Representatives

References

"Ohio House History | The Ohio House Of Representatives". www.ohiohouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
Mahoney, Scott (2018-11-07). "Gayle Manning elected to Ohio House". Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
"RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES". The Ohio Legislature. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
"Standing Committees". The Ohio House of Representatives. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

External links

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[1] "Ohio House History | The Ohio House Of Representatives". www.ohiohouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-20.

[2] Mahoney, Scott (2018-11-07). "Gayle Manning elected to Ohio House". Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved 2019-02-15.

[House_Rules-3] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES". The Ohio Legislature. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[Standing_Committees-4] "Standing Committees". The Ohio House of Representatives. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

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Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
133rd Ohio General Assembly (2019-2020) Speaker of the House: Robert R. Cupp (R) Speaker pro Tempore: Jim Butler (R) Majority Leader: Bill Seitz (R) Minority Leader: Emilia Sykes (D)
Scott Wiggam (R) Mark Romanchuk (R) Haraz Ghanbari (R) Robert Cupp (R) Tim Ginter (R) Phil Robinson (D) Tom Patton (R) Kent Smith (D) Janine Boyd (D) Terrence Upchurch (D) Stephanie Howse (D) Juanita Brent (D) Michael J. Skindell (D) Bride Rose Sweeney (D) Jeffrey Crossman (D) David Greenspan (R) Adam Miller (D) Kristin Boggs (D) Mary Lightbody (D) Richard Brown (D) Beth Liston (D) David J. Leland (D) Laura Lanese (R) Allison Russo (D) Bernadine Kent (D) Erica Crawley (D) Tom Brinkman (R) Jessica Miranda (D) Cindy Abrams (R) Bill Seitz (R) Brigid Kelly (D) Catherine Ingram (D) Sedrick Denson (D) Emilia Sykes (D) Tavia Galonski (D) Anthony DeVitis (R) Casey Weinstein (D) Bill Roemer (R) Fred Strahorn (D) Phil Plummer (R) Jim Butler (R) Niraj Antani (R) Jeffery Todd Smith (R) Paula Hicks-Hudson (D) Lisa Sobecki (D) Michael Sheehy (D) Derek Merrin (R) Scott Oelslager (R) Thomas West (D) Reggie Stoltzfus (R) Sara Carruthers (R) George Lang (R) Candice Keller (R) Paul Zeltwanger (R) Gayle Manning (R) Joe Miller (D) Dick Stein (R) Michele Lepore-Hagan (D) Alessandro Cutrona (R) John Rogers (D) Jamie Callender (R) Scott Lipps (R) Gil Blair (D) Michael O'Brien (D) John Becker (R) Doug Green (R) Kris Jordan (R) Rick Carfagna (R) Steve Hambley (R) Darrell Kick (R) Mark Fraizer (R) Larry Householder (R) Rick Perales (R) Bill Dean (R) Randi Clites (D) Diane Grendell (R) Jeffrey LaRe (R) Ron Hood (R) Kyle Koehler (R) Jena Powell (R) Jim Hoops (R) Craig Riedel (R) Jon Cross (R) Susan Manchester (R) Nino Vitale (R) Tracy Richardson (R) Riordan McClain (R) Bill Reineke (R) Douglas Swearingen, Jr. (R) Brian Baldridge (R) Shane Wilkin (R) Gary Scherer (R) Jason Stephens (R) Jay Edwards (R) Don Jones (R) Jack Cera (D) Adam Holmes (R) Brett Hillyer (R) John Patterson (D)
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