Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives
	134th Ohio General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House
Term limits	4 terms (8 years total)
History
New session started	January 4, 2021
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Robert R. Cupp (R) ; since July 30, 2020
Speaker Pro Tempore	Tim Ginter (R) ; since January 4, 2021
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 (64); Minority Democratic (35);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article II, Ohio Constitution
Salary	$60,584/year
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2020; (99 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2022; (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The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year.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.[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	38	61	99	0

Begin (January 4, 2021)	35	64	99	0
Latest voting share	35.4%	64.6%

Leadership

Presiding
Speaker of the House		Robert Cupp
Speaker Pro Tempore		Tim Ginter
Majority Leadership
Majority Floor Leader		Bill Seitz
Assistant Majority Floor Leader		Rick Carfagna
Majority Whip		Don Jones
Assistant Majority Whip		Cindy Abrams
Minority Leadership
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	Republican	Wooster	Wayne	2016	2024
2	Marilyn John	Republican	Shelby	Richland	2020	2028
3	Haraz Ghanbari	Republican	Perrysburg	Wood	2019↑	2028
4	Robert Cupp	Republican	Shawnee Township	Allen	2014	2022
5	Tim Ginter	Republican	Salem	Columbiana	2014	2022
6	Phil Robinson	Democratic	Solon	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
7	Tom Patton	Republican	Strongsville	Cuyahoga (part)	2016	2024
8	Kent Smith	Democratic	Euclid	Cuyahoga (part)	2014	2022
9	Janine Boyd	Democratic	Cleveland Heights	Cuyahoga (part)	2014	2022
10	Terrence Upchurch	Democratic	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
11	Stephanie Howse	Democratic	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2014	2022
12	Juanita Brent	Democratic	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
13	Michael Skindell	Democratic	Lakewood	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
14	Bride Rose Sweeney	Democratic	Cleveland	Cuyahoga (part)	2018↑	2026
15	Jeffery Crossman	Democratic	Parma	Cuyahoga (part)	2018	2026
16	Monique Smith	Democratic	Fairview Park	Cuyahoga (part)	2020	2028
17	Adam Miller	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2016	2024
18	Kristin Boggs	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2016↑	2024
19	Mary Lightbody	Democratic	Westerville	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
20	Richard Brown	Democratic	Canal Winchester	Franklin (part)	2017↑	2026
21	Beth Liston	Democratic	Dublin	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
22	David Leland	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2014	2022
23	Laura Lanese	Republican	Grove City	Franklin (part)	2016	2024
24	Allison Russo	Democratic	Upper Arlington	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
25	Dontavius Jarrells	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2020	2028
26	Erica Crawley	Democratic	Columbus	Franklin (part)	2018	2026
27	Tom Brinkman	Republican	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2014	2022
28	Jessica Miranda	Democratic	Forest Park	Hamilton (part)	2018	2026
29	Cindy Abrams	Republican	Harrison	Hamilton (part)	2019↑	2028
30	Bill Seitz	Republican	Green Township	Hamilton (part)	2016	2024
31	Brigid Kelly	Democratic	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2016	2024
32	Catherine Ingram	Democratic	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2016	2024
33	Sedrick Denson	Democratic	Cincinnati	Hamilton (part)	2018	2026
34	Emilia Sykes	Democratic	Akron	Summit (part)	2014	2022
35	Tavia Galonski	Democratic	Akron	Summit (part)	2017↑	2026
36	Bob Young	Republican	Green	Summit (part)	2020	2028
37	Casey Weinstein	Democratic	Hudson	Summit (part)	2018	2026
38	Bill Roemer	Republican	Richfield	Stark (part), Summit (part)	2018	2026
39	Willis Blackshear, Jr.	Democratic	Dayton	Montgomery (part)	2020	2028
40	Phil Plummer	Republican	Dayton	Montgomery (part)	2018	2026
41	Andrea White	Republican	Kettering	Montgomery (part)	2020	2028
42	Tom Young	Republican	Miamisburg	Montgomery (part)	2020	2028
43	Rodney Creech	Republican	West Alexandria	Montgomery (part), Preble	2020	2028
44	Paula Hicks-Hudson	Democratic	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2018	2026
45	Lisa Sobecki	Democratic	Toledo	Lucas (part)	2018	2026
46	Michael Sheehy	Democratic	Oregon	Lucas (part)	2013↑	2022
47	Derek Merrin	Republican	Waterville	Fulton (part), Lucas (part)	2016↑	2024
48	Scott Oelslager	Republican	North Canton	Stark (part)	2018	2026
49	Tom West	Democratic	Canton	Stark (part)	2016	2024
50	Reggie Stoltzfus	Republican	Paris Township	Stark (part)	2018	2026
51	Sara Carruthers	Republican	Hamilton	Butler (part)	2018	2026
52	Jennifer Gross	Republican	West Chester	Butler (part)	2020	2028
53	Thomas Hall	Republican	Madison Township	Butler (part)	2020	2028
54	Paul Zeltwanger	Republican	Mason	Butler (part), Warren (part)	2014	2022
55	Gayle Manning	Republican	North Ridgeville	Lorain (part)	2018	2026
56	Joe Miller	Democratic	Amherst	Lorain (part)	2018	2026
57	Dick Stein	Republican	Norwalk	Huron, Lorain (part)	2016	2024
58	Michele Lepore-Hagan	Democratic	Youngstown	Mahoning (part)	2014	2022
59	Alessandro Cutrona	Republican	Canfield	Mahoning (part)	2020↑	2028
60	Daniel Troy	Democratic	Willowick	Lake (part)	2020	2028
61	Jamie Callender	Republican	Concord Township	Lake (part)	2018	2026
62	Scott Lipps	Republican	Franklin	Warren (part)	2016	2024
63	Mike Loychik	Republican	Cortland	Trumbull (part)	2020	2028
64	Michael O'Brien	Democratic	Warren	Ashtabula (part), Trumbull (part)	2014	2022
65	Jean Schmidt	Republican	Loveland	Clermont (part)	2020	2028
66	Adam Bird	Republican	New Richmond	Brown, Clermont (part)	2020	2028
67	Kris Jordan	Republican	Powell	Delaware (part)	2018	2026
68	Rick Carfagna	Republican	Westerville	Delaware (part), Knox	2016	2024
69	Sharon Ray	Republican	Wadsworth	Medina (part)	2020	2028
70	Darrell Kick	Republican	Loudonville	Ashland, Holmes (part), Medina (part)	2016	2024
71	Mark Fraizer	Republican	Newark	Licking (part)	2019↑	2028
72	Larry Householder	Republican	Glenford	Coshocton, Licking (part), Perry	2016	2024
73	Brian Lampton	Republican	Beavercreek	Greene (part)	2020	2028
74	Bill Dean	Republican	Xenia	Clark (part), Greene (part), Madison	2016↑	2024
75	Gail Pavliga	Republican	Atwater	Portage (part)	2020	2028
76	Diane Grendell	Republican	Chesterland	Geauga (part), Portage (part)	2019↑	2028
77	Jeffrey LaRe	Republican	Violet Township	Fairfield (part)	2019↑	2028
78	Brian Stewart	Republican	Ashville	Athens (part), Fairfield (part), Hocking, Morgan, Muskingum (part), Pickaway (part)	2020	2028
79	Kyle Koehler	Republican	German Township	Clark (part)	2014	2022
80	Jena Powell	Republican	Arcanum	Darke (part), Miami	2018	2026
81	James Hoops	Republican	Napoleon	Fulton (part), Henry, Putnam, Williams	2018	2026
82	Craig Riedel	Republican	Defiance	Auglaize (part), Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert	2016	2024
83	Jon Cross	Republican	Kenton	Hancock, Hardin, Logan (part)	2018	2026
84	Susan Manchester	Republican	Waynesfield	Auglaize (part), Darke (part), Mercer, Shelby (part)	2018	2026
85	Nino Vitale	Republican	Union Township	Champaign, Logan (part), Shelby (part)	2014	2022
86	Tracy Richardson	Republican	Marysville	Marion (part), Union	2018	2026
87	Riordan McClain	Republican	Upper Sandusky	Crawford, Marion (part), Morrow, Seneca (part), Wyandot	2018↑	2026
88	Gary Click	Republican	Fremont	Sandusky, Seneca (part)	2020	2028
89	Douglas Swearingen, Jr.	Republican	Huron	Erie, Ottawa	2019↑	2028
90	Brian Baldridge	Republican	Cherry Fork	Adams, Lawrence (part), Scioto	2018	2026
91	Shane Wilkin	Republican	Lynchburg	Clinton, Highland, Pike, Ross (part)	2018↑	2026
92	Mark Johnson	Republican	Chillicothe	Fayette, Pickaway (part), Ross (part)	2020	2028
93	Jason Stephens	Republican	Kitts Hill	Gallia, Jackson (part), Lawrence (part), Vinton (part)	2019↑	2028
94	Jay Edwards	Republican	Nelsonville	Athens (part), Meigs, Vinton (part), Washington (part)	2016	2024
95	Don Jones	Republican	Freeport	Belmont (part), Carroll, Harrison, Noble, Washington (part)	2018	2026
96	Ron Ferguson	Republican	Wintersville	Belmont (part), Jefferson, Monroe	2020	2028
97	Adam Holmes	Republican	Nashport	Guernsey, Muskingum (part)	2019↑	2028
98	Brett Hillyer	Republican	Uhrichsville	Holmes (part), Tuscarawas	2018	2026
99	Sarah Fowler	Republican	Geneva	Ashtabula (part), Geauga (part)	2020	2028

↑: 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.[2]

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.[2]

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.[2]

Committees

The Speaker of the House is in charge of naming all committees and subcommittees.[2] The current committees, chairs and vice chairs are:[3]

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair
Aging and Long-Term Care
Agriculture and Rural Development
Armed Services and Veterans Affairs
Civil Justice
Commerce and Labor
Criminal Justice
Economic and Workforce Development
Energy and Natural Resources
Federalism
Finance
Financial Institutions
Health
Higher Education
Insurance
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Utilities
Rules and References
State and Local Government
Transportation and Public Safety
Ways and Means

Past composition of the House of Representatives

References

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

[House_Rules-2] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES". The Ohio Legislature. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[Standing_Committees-3] "Standing Committees". The Ohio House of Representatives. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

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Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
134th Ohio General Assembly (2021–2022) Speaker of the House: Robert R. Cupp (R) Speaker Pro Tempore: Tim Ginter (R) Majority Leader: Bill Seitz (R) Minority Leader: Emilia Sykes (D)
Scott Wiggam (R) Marilyn John (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) Monique Smith (D) 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) Dontavius Jarrells (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) Bob Young (R) Casey Weinstein (D) Bill Roemer (R) Willis Blackshear Jr. (D) Phil Plummer (R) Andrea White (R) Tom Young (R) Rodney Creech (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) Jennifer Gross (R) Thomas Hall (R) Paul Zeltwanger (R) Gayle Manning (R) Joe Miller (D) Dick Stein (R) Michele Lepore-Hagan (D) Alessandro Cutrona (R) Dan Troy (D) Jamie Callender (R) Scott Lipps (R) Mike Loychik (R) Michael O'Brien (D) Jean Schmidt (R) Adam Bird (R) Kris Jordan (R) Rick Carfagna (R) Sharon Ray (R) Darrell Kick (R) Mark Fraizer (R) Larry Householder (R) Brian Lampton (R) Bill Dean (R) Gail Pavliga (R) Diane Grendell (R) Jeffrey LaRe (R) Brian Stewart (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) Gary Click (R) Douglas Swearingen, Jr. (R) Brian Baldridge (R) Shane Wilkin (R) Mark Johnson (R) Jason Stephens (R) Jay Edwards (R) Don Jones (R) Ron Ferguson (R) Adam Holmes (R) Brett Hillyer (R) Sarah Fowler (R)
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